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Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss Directed by: The Wachowskis Written by: The Wachowskis Genre: Action, Science Fiction Rating: Video: Audio: Extras: Value: Review: Video: Catalogue releases are often a mixed bag – particularly those from the nineties, for some reason – so it’s a pleasant surprise to see such diligence paid to the [...]
Cast: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Written by: Scott Z. Burns Genre: Thriller Rating: Video: Audio: Extras: Value: 1/2 Read more about Contagion (2011) Review: Video: For what the film is, the picture quality is simply outstanding. Bear in mind that this is not a sweeping or huge movie — [...]
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Directed by: Christopher Nolan Written by: Christopher Nolan Genre: Action, Thriller Rating: Video: Audio: 1/2 Extras: Value: Read more about Inception (2010) Review: Video: Clean, rich video that is a little bit soft due to being shot on film stock instead of a digital format. The film’s lush [...]
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Joseph-Gordon Levitt Directed by: Christopher Nolan Written by: Christopher Nolan Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Set in a fantasy world where dreams are a tangible landscape, this science fiction thriller follows Cobb, an extractor of information from the dreamworld, who is hired for a sort of corporate infiltration mission. He assembles [...]
Cast: Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet Directed by: Stephen Soderbergh Written by: Scott Z. Burns Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller In a world where the media uses fear as fuel for ratings, where new diseases lurk around every corner, where the accessibility of information has created a paranoid society… oh wait… that’s this world! In [...]
It’s common knowledge by now that lists of top films are always rather arbitrary. That being given, they are still obsessive fun. This year, as I was mentally compiling my list, I came to the conclusion that many of the films I would place highly in my list weren’t exactly technically proficient, nor did they [...]
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn Written by: Hossein Amini Genre: Crime Rating: Video: Audio: 1/2 Extras: 1/2 Value: Read more about Drive (2011) Review: Video: Sony’s high definition presentation of Drive is something to behold. It packs a wallop with its tactile textures, vibrant colors (particularly in facial [...]
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong Directed by: John Michael McDonagh Written by: John Michael McDonagh Genre: Comedy, Crime Rating: Video: 1/2 Audio: Extras: Value: Read more about The Guard (2011) Review: Video: 1/2 Sony’s high definition presentation of The Guard is acceptable, but often lacks conviction. On the whole colors are gorgeous depicting [...]
Cast: Bailee Madison, Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes Directed by: Troy Nixey Written by: Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins Genre: Fantasy, Horror Rating: Video: Audio: 1/2 Extras: Value: 1/2 Review: Video: Sony’s transfer to home video of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is very admirable. Undoubtedly the strongest aspect of the film is its acutely [...]
Cast: Owen Wilson, Corey Stoll, Rachel McAdams Directed by: Woody Allen Written by: Woody Allen Genre: Comedy, Romance Rating: Video: Audio: Extras: Value: Read more about Midnight in Paris (2011) Review: Video: Woody Allen’s first excursion with digital filmmaking boasted beautiful results in the theater, painting Paris as the idealistic portrait of romanticism. That digitally [...]
