One Day – An Alliance Films’ Release http://www.experienceoneday.com DVD Release Date: November 29th, 2011 Rated PG for sexual content, mature themes and substance abuse Running time: 108 minutes Lone Scherfig (dir.) David Nicholls (writer) Based on the novel by David Nicholls Rachel Portman (music) Anne Hathaway as Emma Jim Sturgess as Dexter Rafe Spall as… Read More DVD Review: One Day
Another Earth – A 20th Century Fox Release http://anotherearth.com DVD Release Date: November 29th, 2011 Rated 14A for sexual content and mature themes Running time: 92 minutes Mike Cahill (dir.) Mike Cahill (writer) Brit Marling (writer) Fall On Your Sword (music) William Mapother as John Burroughs Brit Marling as Rhoda Williams Jordan Baker as Kim… Read More DVD Review: Another Earth
By John C. What do The Muppets, Arthur Christmas, The Descendants and Hugo all have in common? These were the four movies that we reviewed last week and they all got my highest rating of 4-stars. For a film critic, this is a pretty great run, especially in the wake of several disappointing movies. This… Read More Four Great Movies in a Row Lead to Talk of Oscars
Hugo – A Paramount Pictures’ Release http://www.HugoMovie.com Release Date: November 23rd Rated PG for some scary scenes Running time: 127 minutes Martin Scorsese (dir.) John Logan (screenplay) Based on the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Howard Shore (music) Ben Kingsley as Georges Méliès Sacha Baron Cohen as Station inspector Asa Butterfield as… Read More Movie Review: Hugo
The Descendants – A Fox Searchlight Release http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thedescendants Release Date: November 18th (Limited) November 25th, 2011 (Wide) Rated 14A for coarse languge and mature themes Running time: 115 minutes Alexander Payne (dir.) Alexander Payne (screenplay) Nat Faxon (screenplay) Jim Rash (screenplay) Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings George Clooney as Matt King Shailene Woodley… Read More Movie Review: The Descendants
Today is Thanksgiving across the border. As we get the Christmas season into full swing, it seems like to perfect time to say a big thank you to all of our American readers who have helped to make One Movie, Five Views such a big success. Our readers are the ones who make all of our… Read More Happy Thanksgiving!
Arthur Christmas – A Sony Pictures’ Release http://www.arthurchristmas.com/ Release Date: November 23rd, 2011 Rated G for animated action Running time: 98 minutes Sarah Smith (dir.) Peter Baynham (writer) Sarah Smith (writer) Harry Gregson-Williams (music) James McAvoy as Arthur (voice) Hugh Laurie as Steve (voice) Bill Nighy as Grandsanta (voice) Jim Broadbent as Santa (voice) Imelda Staunton… Read More Movie Review: Arthur Christmas
The Muppets – A Walt Disney Pictures’ Release http://disney.com/muppets Release Date: November 23rd, 2011 Rated G for some mild crude humour and peril Running time: 102 minutes James Bobin (dir.) Jason Segel (screenplay) Nicholas Stoller (screenplay) Jim Henson (characters) Christophe Beck (music) Jason Segel as Gary Amy Adams as Mary Chris Cooper as Tex Richman Rashida… Read More Movie Review: The Muppets
Today, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is releasing the great Prep & Landing on DVD. Originally airing in 2009, the animated TV special follows Wayne (voice of Dave Foley) and Lanny (Derek Richardson), two little elves who are in charge of preparing houses for Santa’s visit on Christmas Eve. Brilliantly conceived and beautifully animated, Prep &… Read More DVD Release: Prep & Landing
Today, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing the excellent Super 8 on Blu-ray & DVD. Directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, this is a thrilling and nostalgic film that ranks as one of the best summer blockbusters in recent memory. We reviewed Super 8 when it opened in theatres on June 10th, our overall… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Super 8
Already on DVD, Rushmore is being released on Blu-ray today as part of the Criterion Collection. From director Wes Anderson, the film follows Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) an overachieving high schooler who develops a crush on an elementary school teacher (Olivia Williams) and befriends a wealthy industrialist (Bill Murray), after he is put on academic… Read More Criterion Release: Rushmore
On November 1st, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released The Liam Neeson Film Collection on DVD. The ten-disc set holds nine of the actor’s films, including Peter Donaldson’s The Bounty (1984), the crime drama A Prayer For The Dying (1987), the horror-comedy High Spirits (1988), the WWII-set Shining Through (1992), the psychological drama Nell (1994),… Read More DVD Release: The Liam Neeson Film Collection
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is releasing Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas on Blu-ray & DVD today. A straight to video spin-off from 1997, the film takes place during the original 1991 classic as Belle (voice of Paige O’Hara) and the Beast (Robby Benson) get the castle ready to celebrate Christmas. Although obviously… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World – An Alliance Films’ Release http://spykidsmovie.net/ DVD Release Date: November 22nd, 2011 Rated PG for some language Running time: 89 minutes Robert Rodriguez (dir.) Robert Rodriguez (writer) Robert Rodriguez (music) Carl Thiel (music) Jessica Alba as Marissa Wilson Joel McHale as Wilbur Wilson Rowan Blanchard as Rebecca… Read More DVD Review: Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
By John C. Disney’s marketing for The Muppets is some of the best that I have ever seen. I don’t say this because you can’t go a single day without seeing the film advertised, but because of the genuine inventiveness with which it has targeted a certain audience. The marketing of a movie is rarely… Read More Parodies Make Disney’s Marketing for “The Muppets” Some of the Best I’ve Seen
Happy Feet Two – A Warner Bros. Pictures’ Release http://happyfeettwo.warnerbros.com/index.html Release Date: November 18th, 2011 Rated PG for mild rude humour and some scary scenes Running time: 103 minutes George Miller (dir.) George Miller (writer) Warren Coleman (writer) Gary Eck (writer) Paul Livingston (writer) John Powell (music) Elijah Wood as Mumble (voice) Alecia “P!nk” Moore as… Read More Movie Review: Happy Feet Two
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – An eOne Films’ Release http://www.breakingdawn-themovie.com/ Release Date: November 18th, 2011 Rated PG for mature themes and sexual content Running time: 117 minutes Bill Condon (dir.) Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay) Based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer Carter Burwell (music) Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black… Read More Movie Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Larry Crowne – An Alliance Films’ Release http://www.larrycrowne.com DVD Release Date: November 15th, 2011 Rated PG for some language Running time: 98 minutes Tom Hanks (dir.) Tom Hanks (writer) Nia Vardalos (writer) James Newton Howard (music) Tom Hanks as Larry Crowne Julia Roberts as Mercedes Tainot Cedric the Entertainer as Lamar Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Talia… Read More DVD Review: Larry Crowne
Today, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing DreamWorks Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury on Blu-ray & DVD. Inspired by last year’s brilliant animated film How To Train Your Dragon, the Holiday special follows Hiccup (voice of Jay Baruchel) and the other residents of Berk as they get ready to celebrate their upcoming winter celebration and… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: DreamWorks Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
On October 25th, eOne Home Entertainment released A Dog Named Christmas on DVD. Todd McCray (Noel Fisher) is a young man with a developmental disability who has always dreamed of having a dog. When the local shelter offers a program for families to foster animals over Christmas, he convinces his father (Bruce Greenwood) to bring… Read More DVD Release: A Dog Named Christmas
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