Today, Sony Home Entertainment is releasing Monster House on 3D Blu-ray. This is a great animated film for older kids and adults, that’s actually intense when it needs to be. I paid a fair bit for the original DVD when it first came out in 2006, and have watched it every Halloween since – this… Read More Blu-ray Release: Monster House in 3D
Year of the Carnivore – An eOne Films’ Release http://www.yearofthecarnivore.com/ DVD Release Date: September 7th, 2010 Rated 18A for sexual content and coarse language Running time: 88 minutes Sook-Yin Lee (dir.) Sook-Yin Lee (writer) Sook-Yin Lee (music) Cristin Milioti as Sammy Smalls Mark Rendall as Eugene Zaslavsky Ali Liebert as Sylvia Eugene Lipinski as Lloyd… Read More DVD Review: Year of the Carnivore
Today, eOne Films is releasing a collection of episodes from the popular Animal Planet TV show Meerkat Manor on DVD. With outside threats, rivalries and domestic disputes threatening to tear apart the Manor, things are not going smoothly for the adorable meerkats of the Kalahari Desert. Family Ties includes 10 episodes of the… Read More DVD Release: Meerkat Manor: Family Ties
Babies – An Alliance Films Release http://www.focusfeatures.com/babies http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/babies DVD Release Date: August 31st, 2010 Rated G Running time: 79 minutes Thomas Balmes (dir.) Bruno Coulais (music) Babies (as themselves) Bayar – from Mongolia Hattie – from San Franciso Mari – from Tokyo Ponjiao – from Namibia Bonus Features Include: • The… Read More DVD Review: Babies
Today, eOne is releasing Daniel Barber’s Harry Brown on DVD, after being released in theatres on May 21st. This gritty, ultra-violent revenge thriller stars the always excellent Michael Caine in a hard-hitting performance as a widower living in a violent neighbourhood in Britain. When his best friend is murdered by a gang of thugs, he… Read More DVD Release: Harry Brown
Last week, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the complete thirteenth season of The Simpsons on Blu-ray & DVD. The 3-disc Blu-ray set includes all 22 episodes, including the annual Halloween special. This iconic cartoon has been a big part of pop culture for over 20 years, and this set is a must-have for Simpsons fans. The… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: The Simpsons – Season 13
Temple Grandin – A Warner Home Video Release http://www.hbocanada.com/details/?id=50658 DVD Release Date: August 24th, 2010 Canadian Home Video Rating – 14A; TV – PG Running time: 109 minutes Mick Jackson (dir.) Christopher Monger (teleplay) Merritt Johnson (teleplay) (as William Merritt Johnson) Temple Grandin (book “Emergence”) Margaret Scarciano (book “Emergence”) Temple Grandin (book “Thinking in Pictures”)… Read More DVD Review: Temple Grandin
$5 a Day – An eOne Films’ Release DVD Release Date: August 24th, 2010 Rated PG not recommended for young children Running time: 98 minutes Nigel Cole (dir.) Neal H. Dobrofsky (writer) Tippi Dobrofsky (writer) Alex Wurman (music) Christopher Walken as Nat Parker Alessandro Nivola as Ritchie Flynn Parker Sharon Stone as Dolores Jones Amanda… Read More DVD Review: $5 a Day
The Back-up Plan – An Alliance Films Release http://www.theback-upplan.com/ DVD Release Date: August 24th, 2010 Rated PG – language may offend, mature theme. Running time: 104 minutes Alan Poul (dir.) Kate Angelo (screenplay) Stephen Trask (music) Jennifer Lopez as Zoe Alex O’Loughlin as Stan Michaela Watkins as Mona Eric Christian Olsen as Clive Bonus Features… Read More DVD Review: The Back-up Plan
Death at a Funeral – A Sony Pictures’ Release http://DeathAtAFuneral-movie.com/ DVD Release Date: August 10th, 2010 Rated 14A for coarse language, nudity, and substance abuse Running time: 92 minutes Neil LaBute (dir.) Dean Craig (writer) Christophe Beck (music) Martin Lawrence as Ryan James Marsden as Oscar Tracy Morgan as Norman Chris Rock as Aaron Peter… Read More DVD Review: Death at a Funeral
On August 3rd, I talked about Sony’s DVD releases of last year’s Best Foreign Language Film nominees The White Ribbon and A Prophet. Today, Mongrel Media is releasing fellow nominee Ajami on the home market. Isreal’s selection for the Oscar’s 2009, Ajami is told through five different chapters all taking place in the… Read More DVD Release: Ajami & Women Without Men
On July 27th, the 1948 classic The Red Shoes was released to The Criterion Collection. Directed by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, this story of a star ballerina torn between two loves, is one of the most stunning Technicolor films of the 1940’s. This award-winning 2009 digital restoration is bright and crisp – and it… Read More Criterion Release: The Red Shoes
Yesterday, Alliance Films’ released eleven ‘The Festival Collection’ boxed sets, I’ll be giving notice of three of them here. One set includes Guillermo de Toro’s Pan’s Labrynth, Fernando Meirelles’ Blindness, and Christopher Nolan’s Memento. This collection is rated 18A. (Image currently unavailable) The next set includes Roberto Benigni’s Life Is Beautiful, Scott Hicks’… Read More DVD Release: Alliance Films Festival Collections
Cemetery Junction – A Sony Pictures’ Release http://www.cemeteryjunction.co.uk/ DVD Release Date: August 17th, 2010 Rated 14A for coarse language, and crude content. Running time: 95 minutes Ricky Gervais (dir.) Stephen Merchant (dir.) Ricky Gervais (writer) Stephen Merchant (writer) Tim Atack (music) Tom Hughes as Bruce Pearson Ricky Gervais as Mr. Taylor Christian Cooke as Freddie… Read More DVD Review: Cemetery Junction
Me and Orson Welles – An eOne Films’ Release http://www.meandorsonwellesthemovie.com/ DVD Release Date: August 17th, 2010 Rated PG for mature theme, and coarse language Running time: 113 minutes Richard Linklater (dir.) Holly Gent Palmo (screenplay) Vincent Palmo Jr. (screenplay) Based on the book by Robert Kaplow Michael J. McEvoy (music) Zac Efron as Richard Samuels… Read More DVD Review: Me and Orson Welles
The Good, The Bad, The Weird – An eOne Films’ Release DVD Release Date: August 17th, 2010 Rated 14A for violence and language may offend. Running time: 130 minutes Ji-woon Kim (dir.) Ji-woon Kim (writer) Min-suk Kim (writer) Dalparan (music) Yeong-gyu Jang (music) Kang-ho Song as Yoon Tae-goo / The Weird Byung-hun Lee as Park… Read More DVD Review: The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Gunless – An Alliance Films Release http://gunless.ca/ DVD Release Date: August 17th, 2010 Rated PG for violence. Running time: 89 minutes William Phillips (dir.) William Phillips (screenplay) Paul Gross as Sean ‘The Montana Kid’ Rafferty Sienna Guillory as Jane Taylor Dustin Milligan as Corporal Jonathan Kent Tyler Mane as Jack Smith Callum Keith Rennie as… Read More DVD Review: Gunless
The kids environmental comedy Furry Vengeance is available on DVD and Blu-ray today from eOne Home Entertainment. Although the humour – for adults – is admittedly mostly of the silly/borderline stupid variety, this is sure to be a source of immense entertainment for kids. It’s got a great environmental message as well, so that’s another… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Furry Vengeance
Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing Date Night on DVD & Blu-ray. The hilarious duo of Steve Carell and Tina Fey star as a married couple going out for “date night” only to end up – through a case of mistaken identity – having to take down the mob. Both in scenes of action and comedy,… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Date Night
My Name is Khan – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.foxsearchlight.com/mynameiskhan/ DVD Release Date: August 10th, 2010 Rated PG language may offend, not recommended for young children Running time: 161 minutes Karan Johar (dir.) Shibani Bathija (story and screenplay) Shibani Bathija (dialogue) Niranjan Iyengar (dialogue) Shankar Mahadevan (music) Loy Mendonsa (music) Ehsaan Noorani (music) Shahrukh… Read More DVD Review: My Name is Khan
