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Recent DVDs
Reviewed May 2, 2008
- Classic Caballeros Collection
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- The Golden Compass
- Horse Thief, The
- Houdini: The Movie Star
- King Corn
- The Magic of Méliès
- Tick Tock Lullaby
- 27 Dresses
Reviewed April 25, 2008
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Charlie Wilson's War
- Flash Point
- One Missed Call
- The Orphanage
- The Savages
- Starting Out in the Evening
Reviewed April 18, 2008
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
- I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
- Juno
- Lawrence of Arabia
Reviewed April 11, 2008
- Mr. Wong, Detective: The Complete Collection
- The Phantom Empire
- P2
- Reservation Road
- There Will Be Blood
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Reviewed April 4, 2008
- Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
- Revolver
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Wristcutters: A Love Story
Reviewed March 28, 2008
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema - 1896-1913
- The Kite Runner
- Lost Highway
- The Mist
- Wristcutters: A Love Story
Reviewed March 21, 2008
- Atonement
- Forbidden Hollywood, Vol. 2
- Love in the Time of Cholera
- Nancy Drew
- Southland Tales
- Vanaja
Reviewed March 14, 2008
- August Rush
- Dan in Real Life
- The Dragon Painter
- Enchanted
- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
- Nancy Drew
- No Country for Old Men
- Summer Palace
Reviewed March 7, 2008
- Apartment 1303
- Flipper Live: Target Video - 1980-1981
- I Want to Go Home
- Into the Wild
- Last Hurrah for Chivalry
- Love Unto Death
- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
- My Kid Could Paint That
- Niagara Motel
Reviewed February 29, 2008
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Beowulf
- Death at a Funeral
- Goya's Ghosts
- The Last Emperor: The Criterion Collection
- Mélo
- Silk
- Slipstream
- 30 Days of Night
- A Zed & Two Noughts
Reviewed February 22, 2008
- The Darjeeling Limited
- The Draughtsman's Contract
- In the Valley of Elah
- Kurt Cobain: About a Son
- Lust, Caution
- Margot at the Wedding
- Michael Clayton
- No Reservations
- The Phantom Creeps
- Redacted
- 30 Days of Night
- We Own the Night
Reviewed February 15, 2008
- American Gangster
- Becoming Jane
- The Brave One
- The Bubble
- Fierce People
- German Expressionism Collection
- Gone Baby Gone
- In the Shadow of the Moon
- Martian Child
Reviewed February 8, 2008
- Across the Universe
- Saved from the Flames: 54 Rare and Restored Films 1896-1944
- 2 Days in Paris
- Weirdsville
Reviewed February 1, 2008
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Feast of Love
- The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
- The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Reviewed January 25, 2008
- The Hunting Party
- The Invasion
Reviewed January 18, 2008
- An Affair to Remember: 50th Anniversary Edition
- El Cid
- Good Luck Chuck
- Scene of the Crime
- Syndromes and a Century
Reviewed January 11, 2008
- Death Sentence
- He Was a Quiet Man
- Man of the West (Region 2)
- Monsieur Hire
- Sunshine
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
- Witchfinder General
Reviewed January 4, 2008
- The Doll/Lubitsch in Berlin
- Eastern Promises
- Election (Hong Kong)
- Film Noir: Five Classics from the Studio Vaults (Kino)
- Ford at Fox
- Golden Boy
- The Heartbreak Kid (Remake)
- Jimmy and Judy
- O Lucky Man!
- September Dawn
- Shoot 'Em Up
Reviewed December 21, 2007
- A Christmas Carol: Ultimate Collector's Edition
- The Evil Dead: Ultimate Edition
- Halloween
- The Harry Langdon Collection: Lost and Found
- The Kingdom
- The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas
- Rush Hour 3
- The Simpsons Movie
- Silent Night, Deadly Night
- Stardust
Reviewed December 14, 2007
- Blade Runner: The Final Cut
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Colma: The Musical
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- The Hottest State
Reviewed December 7, 2007
- Hairspray (2007)
- Manufactured Landscapes
- The Nanny Diaries
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Reviewed November 30, 2007
- El Bruto
- I Am Cuba
- Lady Chatterley
- Mr. Bean's Holiday
- Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York
- Paprika
- Spice World
- Waitress
Reviewed November 16, 2007
- Breathless: The Criterion Collection
- Days of Heaven: The Criterion Collection
- Fantastic Planet
- The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
- Killer of Sheep
- La vie en rose
- Live Free or Die Hard
- Nosferatu: The Ultimate DVD Edition
- Ocean's Thirteen
- Paris, je t'aime
- Pixar Short Films Collection
- Rescue Dawn
- Shrek the Third
Reviewed November 9, 2007
- The Best of Rocky & Bullwinkle Vol. 2
- Breaking News (Region 2)
- Chinatown
- The Coen Brothers Movie Collection
- Deck the Halls
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
- Ratatouille
- Sicko
- This Is England
Reviewed November 2, 2007
- El Cantante
- Day Watch
- In the Land of Women
- Mario Bava Collection Volume 2
- Spider-Man 3
- Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition
- Warner Home Video Director's Series: Stanley Kubrick
Reviewed October 26, 2007
- The First Films of Samuel Fuller
- Hated: G.G. Allin & the Murder Junkies
- Hellraiser: 20th Anniversary Edition
- Into Great Silence
- A Mighty Heart
- Ramones: It's Alive 1974-1996
- Talk to Me
Reviewed October 19, 2007
- Annual '13 for Halloween' DVD Roundup
- American Silent Horror Collection
- Battleship Potemkin
- Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
- Creature Features Collection
- The Hoax
- The Invisible
- Masters of Horror: Season 1
- My Best Friend
- Poltergeist
- The Reaping
- Transformers
- Twilight Zone: The Movie
Reviewed October 12, 2007
- 12:08 East of Bucharest
- Black Sheep (Unrated)
- Demons 2
- Evan Almighty
- The Film Crew: Killers from Space
- Reign Over Me
- Surf's Up
- Unholy
- You Kill Me
Reviewed October 5, 2007
- 1408
- Bad Blood (Coisa Ruim)
- Cinema 16: European Short Films
- Cruising
- Demons
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
- Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection - Vol. 3
Reviewed September 28, 2007
- The Bangles: Return to Bangleonia
- Black Book
- The Bow
- Bug
- Knocked Up
- Next
- On and Off the Rails
- Red Road
- Ten Canoes
- Working Girls
Reviewed September 21, 2007
- All My Loving
- The Darwin Awards
- Deadly Dames: Film Noir Collector's Set
- Gracie
- Josie and the Pussycats: The Complete Series
- Lucky You
- Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Rip: Music for Experimental Film
- The Up Series
- Valentino: Rediscovering an Icon of Silent Film
- We Are Marshall
Reviewed September 14, 2007
- Away from Her
- The Boss of It All
- Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
- DOA: Dead or Alive
- The Milky Way: The Criterion Collection
- This Is Tom Jones
- Triad Election
Reviewed September 7, 2007
- Avant-Garde 2: Experimental Cinema 1928-1954
- Georgia Rule
- Inland Empire
- Luis Bunuel: 2 Disc Collector's Edition
- Night Junkies
- Othello
Reviewed August 31, 2007
- Blades of Glory
- The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Collector's Edition
- The Search for John Gissing
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Reviewed August 24, 2007
- Broken English
- The Ex
- 51 Birch Street
- The Lives of Others
- Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection
- Robocop: 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition
- Serenity: Collector's Edition
- She: Deluxe Edition
- The Woman in the Window
Reviewed August 17, 2007
- Fracture
- Hamlet (1996)
- Hard-Boiled
- Labyrinth
- The Lookout
- Taxi Driver
- Wanted: Dead or Alive - Season 2
- Welcome to the Grindhouse
Reviewed August 10, 2007
- Are We Done Yet?
- The Big Steal
- Crime Wave
- Disturbia
- Film Noir Classic Collection Vol. 4
- I Think I Love My Wife
- Kansas City Confidential
- Shock
- Side Street
- The Stranger
- They Live by Night
- Western Union (Region 2, PAL)
Reviewed August 3, 2007
- Firehouse Dog
- Five Dedicated to Ozu
- Hot Fuzz
- Pathfinder
- The Pirate
- Starter for 10
- 300
- 20 Million Miles to Earth
Reviewed July 27, 2007
- After the Wedding
- Exterminating Angels
- The Host
- Late Ozu
- The Number 23
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
- Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938 Volume 1
- The Rainmaker
- Zodiac
Archive:
- The 25 Best DVDs of 2006
- The 25 Best DVDs of 2005
- The 25 Best DVDs of 2004
- The 25 Best DVDs of 2003
- The 25 Best DVDs of 2002
- Air Force
- Alfred Hitchcock 3-Disc Collector's Edition
- Alice in Cartoonland
- Alpha Dog
- Apartment Zero
- Apocalypto
- Army of Shadows
- Arthur and the Invisibles
- The Astronaut Farmer
- Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
- Aurora Borealis
- Baby Face/Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 1
- Bad Santa: Director's Cut
- Ball of Fire
- Because I Said So
- Bedazzled (1967)
- The Black Dahlia
- Blood and Chocolate
- Blood Diamond
- Bobby
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Breach
- The Break Up
- Breaking and Entering
- The Bride and the Beast
- Casino Royale
- Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Best of Casper Vols. 1-2
- Catch and Release
- Un chant d'amour
- Children of Men
- Circle of Iron
- Cisco Kid Western Collection
- The Clock
- The Complete Pluto, Volume 2: 1947-1951 (Disney)
- Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven: The First Annual Camp Out Live
- Crossing Delancey
- Curse of the Golden Flower
- The Da Vinci Code
- Days of Glory
- Dead Silence
- Deja Vu
- The Departed
- Devil's Den
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Divergence
- Dreamgirls
- The Dress
- Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Edition
- Duck You Sucker
- Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
- The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
- Evil (To Kako)
- Family
- Fast Food Nation
- Fay Grim
- Fearless
- The Fearmakers Collection
- The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky
- The Films of Kenneth Anger Volume One
- Fixed Bayonets!
- Flags of Our Fathers
- For Your Consideration
- Forbidden Planet
- The Fountain
- Free Zone
- Gary Cooper: The Signature Collection
- George Burns Live In Concert
- Ghost Rider
- Ginger & Fred
- Gloomy Sunday
- The Good German
- The Good Shepherd
- A Good Year
- The Grudge 2
- The Guardian
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
- Half Nelson
- Hamlet (Grigori Kozintsev)
- Hammer Film Noir Double Features Vols. 4-5
- Hannibal Rising
- Happy Feet
- Harveytoons: The Complete Collection (Sony)
- The Heirloom
- The Hitcher (2007)
- Hollywoodland
- Jane Eyre (1944)
- Jason of Star Command: The Complete Series
- Jean Renoir: 3-Disc Collector's Edition
- Jesus Camp
- The Jesus Lizard
- La Jetée & Sans Soleil: The Criterion Collection
- Katharine Hepburn: 100th Anniversary Collection
- The Last King of Scotland
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- Lies & Alibis
- Little Children
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Lubitsch in Berlin
- The Manitou
- Marie Antoinette
- The Mario Bava Collection Volume 1
- The Marsh
- The Messengers
- Miami Vice (2006)
- The Mirror of the Soul: The Forough Farrokhzad Trilogy
- Mouchette: The Criterion Collection
- Music and Lyrics
- Mutual Appreciation
- The Nativity Story
- The Naked Spur
- Night at the Museum
- Norbit
- Notes on a Scandal
- Old Joy
- Overlord: The Criterion Collection
- The Painted Veil
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Pelts
- Performance
- Perth
- Phantasm
- Phantasm III
- Pinky and the Brain, Vol. 1-2
- Pirates
- The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete First Season
- The Prestige
- The Promise
- Puccini for Beginners
- The Puffy Chair
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- The Queen
- Rabid Dogs/Kidnapped
- Re-Animator
- Reds
- Reel Baseball
- The Return of Frank James
- La Revue des Revues
- Rio Bravo: Special Edition
- Rocky Balboa
- Romantico
- Running with Scissors
- Sansho the Bailiff: The Criterion Collection
- A Scanner Darkly
- The Sentinel
- Seraphim Falls
- The Sergio Leone Anthology
- Sheitan
- Silk
- Smokin' Aces
- Spider-Man 2.1
- Stolen Life
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Suddenly
- Sweet Movie: The Criterion Collection
- Sylvia Scarlett
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: The Criterion Collection
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- 3 Needles
- El Topo
- 20 Fingers
- Twin Peaks: The Second Season
- 2LDK
- Venus
- Volver
- Waiting for Happiness
- Warrior of Light
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs: The Criterion Collection
- Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die: A Film About Pier Paolo Pasolini (Facets)
- Who Wants to Kill Jesse?
- Woman Is the Future of Man
- World War II Collection, Vol. 2: Heroes Fight for Freedom
- WR: Mysteries of the Organism - The Criterion Collection
- 13 for Halloween: 2006 DVD Roundup
Import DVDs
- Autumn Tale (Region 2, PAL)
- Bigger Than Life (Region 2, PAL)
- Cache (Region 0, PAL)
- Chimes at Midnight (Region 0, PAL)
- The Dead (Region 2, PAL)
- The Descent (Region 2, PAL)
- Dogville (Region 2, PAL)
- Eyes Wide Shut (Region 2, PAL)
- Godzilla (Region 2 Import)
- Ken Park (PAL, Region 2)
- Lonesome Jim (Region 0, PAL)
- Love Streams (Region 2, PAL)
- Machuca (Region 2, PAL)
- Malena (Region 0, NTSC)
- Matter of Life and Death, A (Reion 2, PAL)
- Rancho Notorious (Region 2, PAL)
- Spirit of the Beehive (Region 2, PAL)
- The Stepfather (Region 0, PAL)
- Sunrise (Region 2, PAL)
- Werckmeister Harmonies (Region 2, PAL)
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