Your Highness – A Universal Pictures’ Release http://www.yourhighnessmovie.net/ DVD Release Date: August 9th, 2011 Rated 18A for violence, coarse language and sexual content Running time: 106 minutes (unrated version) David Gordon Green (dir.) Danny McBride (writer) Ben Best (writer) Steve Jablonsky (music) Danny McBride as Thadeous James Franco as Fabious Natalie Portman as Isabel Zooey Deschanel… Read More DVD Review: Your Highness
Today, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is releasing Mars Needs Moms on Blu-ray & DVD. Despite being an expensive flop at the box office, this is a fun sci-fi adventure for kids that has enough in the way of positive messages and impressive motion-capture visuals to keep older audiences watching. We reviewed the film when… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Mars Needs Moms
Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing the animated hit Rio on Blu-ray & DVD. Playing to the uplifting beat of an excellent soundtrack, the characters here are endlessly appealing and the inspirational messages fly high, as the film has an infectious energy about it that will leave everyone smiling as the credits start to… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Rio
Exporting Raymond – A Sony Pictures’ Release http://www.exportingraymond-movie.com/ DVD Release Date: August 2nd, 2011 Rated G Running time: 85 minutes Phil Rosenthal (dir.) Phil Rosenthal (writer) Rick Marotta (music) Phil Rosenthal as Himself Our reviews below: ___________________________________________ Exporting Raymond DVD Review By John C. *** (out of 4) After creating one of the most popular sitcoms… Read More DVD Review: Exporting Raymond
Source Code – An eOne Films’ Release http://www.enterthesourcecode.com/ DVD Release Date: July 26th, 2011 Rated PG for violence, coarse language, not recommend for young children Running time: 93 minutes Duncan Jones (dir.) Ben Ripley (screenplay) Chris Bacon (music) Jake Gyllenhaal as Colter Stevens Michelle Monaghan as Christina Warren Vera Farmiga as Colleen Goodwin Jeffrey Wright as… Read More DVD Review: Source Code
Trigger – An eOne Films’ Release DVD Release Date: July 26th, 2011 Rated 14A for coarse language and substance abuse Running time: 78 minutes Bruce McDonald (dir.) Daniel MacIvor (screenplay) Brendan Canning (music) Molly Parker as Kat Tracy Wright as Vic Don McKellar as Brian Sarah Polley as Hillary Our reviews below: _____________________________________________ Trigger DVD Review… Read More DVD Review: Trigger
Limitless – An Alliance Films’ Release http://www.iamrogue.com/limitless DVD Release Date: July 19th, 2011 Rated 14A for sexual content, substance abuse, graphic violence Running time: 105 minutes Neil Burger (dir.) Leslie Dixon (screenplay) Based on the novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn Paul Leonard-Morgan (music) Bradley Cooper as Eddie Morra Robert De Niro as Carl Van… Read More DVD Review: Limitless
The Tempest – An eOne Films’ Release DVD Release Date: July 12th, 2011 Rated PG Running time: 131 minutes Des McAnuff (dir.) Based on the stage play by William Shakespeare Michael Roth (music) Christopher Plummer as Prospero Trish Lindstrom as Miranda Julyana Soelistyo as Ariel Our reviews below: _____________________________________________ The Tempest DVD Review By John C.… Read More DVD Review: The Tempest
Today, eOne Home Entertainment is releasing The Lincoln Lawyer on DVD & Blu-ray. With an excellent performance from Matthew McConaughey in the leading role coupled with the mature and classic look of the film, this is a very smart and incredibly entertaining legal thriller for adults. We reviewed the film when it opened in theatres… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: The Lincoln Lawyer
The Company Men – A VVS Films’ Release http://www.companymenmovie.com/ DVD Release Date: July 5th, 2011 Rated 14A for coarse language and sexual content Running time: 105 minutes John Wells (dir.) John Wells (writer) Aaron Zigman (music) Ben Affleck as Bobby Walker Tommy Lee Jones as Gene McClary Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward Kevin Costner as Jack… Read More DVD Review: The Company Men
Today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing director Wolfgang Peterson’s 1981 epic, Das Boot on Blu-ray. Taking place in the midst of WWII, the film follows a young German submarine crew ordered to patrol the Atlantic and take down an allied armada bringing supplies to Britain. Nominated for six Academy Awards, this is the first… Read More Blu-ray Release: Das Boot
Barney’s Version – An eOne Films’ Release http://www.sonyclassics.com/barneysversion/ DVD Release Date: June 28th, 2011 Rated 14A for coarse language and sexual content Running time: 134 minutes Richard J. Lewis (dir.) Michael Konyves (screenplay) Based on the novel by Mordecai Richler Pasquale Catalano (music) Paul Giamatti as Barney Panofsky Scott Speedman as Boogie Dustin Hoffman as Izzy… Read More DVD Review: Barney’s Version
Cedar Rapids – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.foxsearchlight.com/cedarrapids/ DVD Release Date: June 21st, 2011 Rated 14A for coarse language, substance abuse and crude content Running time: 87 minutes Miguel Arteta (dir.) Phil Johnston (writer) Christophe Beck (music) Ed Helms as Tim Lippe John C. Reilly as Dean Ziegler Anne Heche as Joan Ostrowski-Fox Isiah… Read More DVD Review: Cedar Rapids
Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules on Blu-ray & DVD. A big step up over last year’s original Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Rodrick Rules will delight kids with its middle school humour and also provides some agreeably amusing moments for adults. We reviewed the film… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
The Other Woman – An Alliance Films’ Release http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/the-other-woman DVD Release Date: June 14th, 2011 Rated 14A for mature theme, language may offend Running time: 102 minutes Don Roos (dir.) Don Roos (screenplay) Based on the novel Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman Brian Tyler (music) Natalie Portman as Emilia Greenleaf Lisa Kudrow… Read More DVD Review: The Other Woman
Battle: Los Angeles – A Sony Pictures’ Release http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/battlela/ DVD Release Date: June 14th, 2011 Rated 14A for violence, language may offend Running time: 116 minutes Jonathan Liebesman (dir.) Christopher Bertolini (writer) Brian Tyler (music) Aaron Eckhart as Sgt. Michael Nantz Ramon Rodriguez as 2nd Lt. William Martinez Will Rothhaar as Cpl. Lee Imlay Michelle… Read More DVD Review: Battle: Los Angeles
Coming to Blu-Ray for the first time from Warner Home Video, is the complete set of Superman films with superb quality video and sound (DTS-HD 5.1 master audio). Packaged nicely in a boxed set, this would make a great Father’s Day present. The deluxe 8-disc set includes Superman the Movie, Superman the Movie: Expanded Edition,… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Superman Motion Picture Anthology (1978-2006)
Just Go With It – A Sony Pictures’ Release http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/justgowithit/ DVD Release Date: June 7th, 2011 Rated PG for language may offend Running time: 116 minutes Dennis Dugan (dir.) Allan Loeb (screenplay) Timothy Dowling (screenplay) Rupert Gregson-Williams (music) Adam Sandler as Danny Maccabee Jennifer Aniston as Katherine Nick Swardsen as Eddie Brooklyn Decker as Palmer… Read More DVD Review: Just Go With It
Sanctum – A Universal Pictures’ Release http://www.sanctummovie.com/ DVD Release Date: June 7th, 2011 Rated 14A for disturbing content, violence and coarse language Running time: 108 minutes Alister Grierson (dir.) John Garvin (screenplay) Andrew Wight (screenplay & story) David Hirschfelder (music) Richard Roxburgh as Frank Ioan Gruffudd as Carl Rhys Wakefield as Josh Alice Parkinson as… Read More DVD Review: Sanctum
On May 24th, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Russian sci-fi epic Solaris was released on DVD & Blu-ray, as part of the prestigious Criterion Collection. Originally released theatrically in 1972, the film follows the remaining residents of the Solaris space station who are experiencing a strange phenomena aboard their ship, that may be emanating from a mysterious planet.… Read More Criterion Release: Solaris
