Taking aim at the best and worst of movies and television.
Jun. 02, 2010 at 1:55pm | Permalink
New on DVD: 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'The Wolfman' Read more
May. 26, 2010 at 9:21am | Permalink
New on DVD: 'The Road' and 'Dear John' Read more
May. 12, 2010 at 9:11am | Permalink
New on DVD: 'Edge of Darkness' and 'Daybreakers' Read more
May. 05, 2010 at 9:42am | Permalink
New on DVD: 'Nine,' 'Leap Year' and 'Tooth Fairy' Read more
Apr. 28, 2010 at 10:03am | Permalink
New on DVD: 'It's Complicated,' 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' and 'District 13: Ultimatum' Read more
Feb. 10, 2010 at 12:31pm | Permalink
The Coen brothers latest film may be their best. A Serious Man has been nominated for two Oscars. Read more
Nov. 16, 2009 at 12:07pm | Permalink
Talk about boldly going where no one's gone before ... or at least in the last several movies: Star Trek continues director J.J. Abrams' hot streak reviving previously moribund franchises (his last directorial effort, Mission: Impossible III, gave the Tom Cruise trilogy a badly need... Read more
Nov. 10, 2009 at 12:33pm | Permalink
Up hits you hard and does so early. The opening 10 minutes of Pete Docter's film are some of the most beautifully wrought scenes about life seen in recent memory (just when you think Hollywood's gone and misplaced what little remained of its soul). Kids will embrace Up for Pixar's f... Read more
Nov. 03, 2009 at 3:52pm | Permalink
Director Tony Scott never met a visual flourish he didn't overuse. The Taking of Pelham 123, his star-studded update of the 1974 thriller, frequently tramples Brian Helgeland's observant, timely adaptation of John Godey's novel about a subway hijacking with an Avid's worth of flashy cuts a... Read more
Oct. 26, 2009 at 4:08pm | Permalink
Most discussions of Monty Python begin with a favorite sketch and expand outward, escalating into ever sillier digressions. The Python franchise has been thoroughly mined; multiple editions of the Python films exist on DVD and the series has been repackaged a couple times itself. Until now, there... Read more
Apr. 21, 2009 at 10:35am | Permalink
Mickey Rourke's Oscar-nominated performance can't lift this tired sports movie off the mat. Read more
Mar. 03, 2009 at 7:44am | Permalink
The DVD release of Beverly Hills Chihuahua gives us an excuse to reprise our masterful DFW Chihuahua video. Read more
Feb. 03, 2009 at 4:25pm | Permalink
Also: Zack and Miri Make a Porno, plus Yentl and The Partridge Family. How's that for a winning combination? Read more
Jan. 13, 2009 at 10:39am | Permalink
Fresh off a Golden Globe win, Woody Allen's European love quadrangle will be a popular pick at the video store. Read more
Dec. 02, 2008 at 9:59am | Permalink
Remember that electric excitement, that adrenaline rush of pure action-movie joy that sluiced through your veins the first time you saw (pick one, based on the appropriate generation): Read more