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
By John C. What started as merely an idea for a story and morphed into a franchise that is estimated to be worth over $6 billion, will come to a close this Friday with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. After first imagining the magical world in 1990, British author… Read More Harry Potter and the Conclusion of a Beloved Franchise
Horrible Bosses – A Warner Bros. Pictures’ Release http://horriblebossesmovie.warnerbros.com/index.html Release Date: July 8th, 2011 Rated 14A for coarse language and sexual content Running time: 97 minutes Seth Gordon (dir.) Michael Markowitz (story & screenplay) John Francis Daley (screenplay) Jonathan M. Goldstein (screenplay) Christopher Lennertz (music) Jason Bateman as Nick Hendricks Charlie Day as Dale Arbus… Read More Movie Review: Horrible Bosses
By Erin V. First off, I’ll make a quick mention of the songs included on here (since they appear first in the track listing). The five included play to the range of locales visited in the film. The three written for the film (tracks 2, 3, & 4) are all really good, although it is… Read More Soundtrack Review: Cars 2
Released May 2011 Page count: 160 pages Size: 11” x 9” The Art of Cars 2 By Ben Queen with Karen Paik Foreword by John Lasseter Published by Chronicle Books Distributed by Raincoast (Canada) http://www.raincoast.com/ http://www.chroniclebooks.com/ ___________________________________ The Art of Cars 2 Book Review By Erin V. It’s been almost two weeks since I posted… Read More Book Review: The Art of Cars 2
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
By John C. When I wrote about 3D in the midst of last summer, my feelings were often mixed but in certain instances leaned towards the positive. Nearly a year later, my feelings remain pretty much the same. Over the last few months, I have seen films presented in the third dimension that impress as… Read More 3D at the Movies: The Future, or Just a Fad?
One Movie, Five Views would like to take this time to wish all of our Canadian readers a very happy and safe Canada Day. In honour of July 1st, here are our picks for ten of the best and most entertaining recent films celebrating Canada that we have reviewed over the last three years, in… Read More Happy Canada Day!
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
By John C. No matter what you think of the film, history was made for Pixar with Cars 2. Last week, it became the first of their stellar films to receive a “Rotten” rating on the popular review-aggregating website, Rotten Tomatoes. Coming in at a depressing 33%, critics put the film in the same low league… Read More “Rotten” Reviews don’t make “Cars 2” a Pixar Failure
Cars 2 – A Walt Disney Pictures’ Release http://www.disney.com/cars/ Release Date: June 24th, 2011 Rated G for sequences of action and peril Running time: 106 minutes John Lasseter (dir.) Brad Lewis (co-dir.) Ben Queen (screenplay) John Lasseter (story) Brad Lewis (story) Dan Fogelman (story) Michael Giacchino (music) Larry the Cable Guy as Mater (voice) Owen… Read More Movie Review: Cars 2
Released May 24th, 2011 Page count: 48 pages Size: 8.25” x 5.25” Cars 2 – The Essential Guide Published by Dorling Kindersley Written by Steve Bynghall http://www.dk.com/ ___________________________________________ Cars 2 The Essential Guide Book Review By Erin V. With the new Cars 2 keeping in true Pixar form of creating films that provide humour, heart,… Read More Book Review: Cars 2 – The Essential Guide
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
Exactly 3 years ago today, One Movie, Five Views was launched at precisely 6:11 PM with a review of Get Smart. It feels like only yesterday. Over the past few years, we have been fortunate to offer frequent reviews and opinion pieces on many great and not so great movies, as well as provide coverage… Read More Happy Three Year Anniversary to One Movie, Five Views!
By John C. Having opened in limited release on June 10th and expanding to the beautiful TIFF Bell Lightbox this past Friday, The Tree of Life is acclaimed director Terrence Malick’s fifth film in nearly forty years. In many ways, it is his most visionary. Watching it is a visually breathtaking and spiritual experience, that manages… Read More Finding Meaning in “The Tree of Life”
Green Lantern – A Warner Bros. Pictures’ Release http://greenlanternmovie.warnerbros.com/ Release Date: June 17th, 2011 Rated PG for violence, not recommended for young children Running time: 105 minutes Martin Campbell (dir.) Greg Berlanti (screenplay) Michael Green (screenplay) Marc Guggenheim (screenplay) Michael Goldenberg (screenplay) James Newton Howard (music) Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern Blake Lively… Read More Movie Review: Green Lantern
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
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