Bull Durham: On August 31st, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the hilarious baseball comedy Bull Durham on Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. The story of making love and playing ball was originally released in 1988 and was very deservedly Oscar nominated for Best Original Screenplay. The dialogue snaps along at a quick pace and is just as… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Blood Simple & Bull Durham
By John C. What started with a hockey musical, ended with the people calling the brilliant portrait of a king’s stutter the best movie they’d seen over the past 11 days. Once again, this weekend brought the end of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, but with the outstanding list of films, we couldn’t have… Read More The King’s Speech for People’s Choice and the Bell Lightbox are just some of the standouts of a perfect festival
Easy A – A Sony Pictures’ Release http://www.letsnotandsaywedid.com/ Release Date: September 17th Rated 14A for sexual content, language may offend Running time: 93 minutes Will Gluck (dir.) Bert V. Royal (screenplay) Brad Segal (music) Emma Stone as Olive Amanda Bynes as Marianne Dan Byrd as Brandon Thomas Haden Church as Mr. Griffith Patricia Clarkson as… Read More Movie Review: Easy A
Letters to Juliet – An eOne Films’ Release http://LettersToJuliet-Movie.com/ DVD Release Date: September 14th, 2010 Rated PG for mature theme Running time: 105 minutes Gary Winick (dir.) Jose Rivera (writer) Tim Sullivan (writer) Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Christopher Egan as Charlie Gael García Bernal as Victor Vanessa Redgrave as Claire Our… Read More DVD Review: Letters to Juliet
Micmacs – An eOne Films’ Release http://www.sonyclassics.com/micmacs/ DVD Release Date: September 7th, 2010 Rated 14A for sexual content and violence Running time: 105 minutes Jean-Pierre Jeunet (dir.) Jean-Pierre Jeunet (scenario) Guillaume Laurant (scenario & dialogue) Raphaël Beau (music) Dany Boon as Bazil André Dussollier as Nicolas Thibault de Fenouillet Nicolas Marié as François Marconi Jean-Pierre… Read More DVD Review: Micmacs
Looking for Eric – An eOne Films’ Release http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/looking-for-eric DVD Release Date: September 14th, 2010 Rated 14A for coarse language and substance abuse Running time: 117 minutes Ken Loach (dir.) Paul Laverty (screenplay) Steve Evets as Eric Bishop Eric Cantona as Eric Stephanie Bishop as Lily Gerard Kearns as Ryan Our reviews below: _______________________________________________ Looking… Read More DVD Review: Looking for Eric
Just Wright has a sincerity and sweetness to it that makes it stand out from other romantic-comedies. Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing the film on DVD & Blu-ray, and this is one worth seeing. The acting is all good, and Queen Latifah has a likable quality to her that keeps us watching.… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Just Wright
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
By John C. When you think of the Toronto International Film Festival, besides movies, one of the things you’re going to think of is all the parties. And TIFF parties are often associated with upscale clubs populated by celebrities and shots of SKYY vodka. But perhaps the biggest party of this year’s festival was one… Read More A fun block party and thoughts on the Bell Lightbox
We’re a little late in the game getting to this, but these pieces of Pixar news are too good to pass up. Pixar’s latest masterpiece, and one of the best movies of the year, Toy Story 3 is coming to DVD & Blu-ray on November 2nd. The film will be available to buy in several… Read More A few interesting pieces of recent Pixar news…
By John C. For the first time in quite some time a Friday has come without a new review. But with the only big release being Resident Evil: Afterlife, there wasn’t actually much of note opening. Although that hardly matters to Torontonians as there are numerous great films playing over the next week at TIFF. We’ll… Read More Fall Preview 2010
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
By John C. With film festivals getting into full swing and the majority of upcoming films just begging to be called Oscar bait, there’s no denying that we’re getting into awards season territory yet again. Every year this is the time that serious contenders start to roll in left, right and centre. And on September… Read More Can ‘Dragons’ soar with the Academy?
Going The Distance – A Warner Bros. Release http://going-the-distance.warnerbros.com/ Release Date: September 3rd, 2010 Rated 14A Running time: 103 minutes Nanette Burstein (dir.) Geoff LaTulippe (screenwriter) Mychael Danna (music) Drew Barrymore as Erin Justin Long as Garrett Charlie Day as Dan Jason Sudeikis as Box Christina Applegate as Corinne Ron Livingston as Will Oliver Jackson-Cohen… Read More Movie Review: Going the Distance
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, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing the kid’s comedy Marmaduke on DVD & Blu-ray. We reviewed the title when it opened in theatres on June 4th. It probably wasn’t worthy of quite such a high rating, but this is still an enjoyable film that features a dog-lover’s delight of different breeds and personalities. … Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Marmaduke
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
By John C. For the second week in a row, I’m talking Oscars. But this time the focus is entirely on the upcoming contenders from indie power studio, Fox Searchlight. Founded in 1994 as the independent branch of 20th Century Fox, they are one of those studios that – more often than not – offers… Read More This Fall, Fox Searchlight has Four Films in the Oscar Field
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