DVD Review: The classic 'On the Waterfront' surfaces

DVD Review: The classic 'On the Waterfront' surfaces
DVD Review: 'Lawrence of Arabia' looks great on Blu-ray

DVD Review: 'Lawrence of Arabia' looks great on Blu-ray
DVD review: Warner Bros. doubles up on Bugs and Co.

DVD Review: Warner Bros. doubles up on Bugs and Co.
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Film Review: Going to the 'Hangover' well too often

Film Review: Going to the 'Hangover' well too often

The tension between art and commerce in Hollywood is never more apparent than in the industry's reliance on remakes, sequels or, worse yet, remakes masquerading as sequels. Sequels that are generally regarded as surpassing their predecessors are like the proverbial hen's teeth.

DVD Review: Jean-Luc Godard classic comes to Blu-ray

DVD Review: Jean-Luc Godard classic comes to Blu-ray

In his first eight years as a director (1960-67), Jean-Luc Godard released 15 features and numerous shorts, including the most audacious and influential works of the French New Wave, and by extension, of anyone in the world.

Movie Reviews

Film Review: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' marks return of some old friends

Film Review: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' marks return of some old friends

Film Review: A fearsome performance will keep you watching

Film Review: A fearsome performance will keep you watching

Film Review: An epic from the mind of Salman Rushdie

Film Review: An epic from the mind of Salman Rushdie

Film Review: A romantic comedy sans jokes

Film Review: A romantic comedy sans jokes

Film Review: Pair is part lackluster, part confusing

Film Review: Pair is part lackluster, part confusing

Film Review: A feature without answers

Film Review: A feature without answers

Film Review: What does 'The Shining' really mean?

Film Review: What does 'The Shining' really mean?

Film Review: 'G.I. Joe's' retaliation against us all

Film Review: 'G.I. Joe's' retaliation against us all

Film Review: 'Admission' not wonderful, not awful

Film Review: 'Admission' not wonderful, not awful

Film Review: An incredible waste of 'Wonderstone'

Film Review: An incredible waste of 'Wonderstone'

Film Review: 'Stoker' is ambiguous, stylish, weird

Film Review: 'Stoker' is ambiguous, stylish, weird

Film Review: 'Jack' isn't worth a hill of beans

Film Review: 'Jack' isn't worth a hill of beans

Film Review: 'Snitch' and its star the Rock are toned down just enough

Film Review: 'Snitch' and its star the Rock are toned down just enough

Film Review: Gothic snoozer 'Beautiful Creatures' isn't quite as dim as 'Twilight'

Film Review: Gothic snoozer isn't quite as dim as 'Twilight'

Film Review: It's hard to laugh at this 'Identity Thief'

Film Review: It's hard to laugh at this 'Identity Thief'

Film Review: Plot has one gaping bullet hole

Film Review: Plot has one gaping bullet hole

Film Review: A graphic take on 'Parker'

Film Review: A graphic take on 'Parker'

Film review: 'Amour' is wonderfully complicated

Film review: 'Amour' is wonderfully complicated

Film review: 'Gangster Squad' is no 'Chinatown'

Film review: 'Gangster Squad' is no 'Chinatown'

Film review: 'On the Road' to a Razzie

Film review: 'On the Road' to a Razzie

Film review: Quentin Tarantino ropes himself a Western with 'Django Unchained'

Film review: Tarantino ropes himself a Western

Film review: 'Jack Reacher' thriller is a bit of a reach

Film review: 'Jack Reacher' thriller is a bit of a reach

Film review: 'The Hobbit' journeys into a lesson on frame rates

Film review: 'The Hobbit' journeys into a lesson on frame rates

Film review: Pitt's cold assassin makes for a bleak 'Killing'

Film review: Pitt's cold assassin makes for a bleak 'Killing'

Film review: Biopic has more than one hitch

Film review: Biopic has more than one hitch

Film review: A redeeming 'Life of Pi'

Film review: A redeeming 'Life of Pi'

Film review: This Abe is hard to top

Film review: This Abe is hard to top

Film review: James Bond is back on track

Film review: James Bond is back on track

Film review: Return of the live-action Zemeckis

Film review: Return of the live-action Zemeckis

Film review: 'Cloud Atlas' is worth the ride

Film review: 'Cloud Atlas' is worth the ride

Film review: Let's bring on the horror

Film review: Let's bring on the horror

Film review: 'Psychopaths' twists and turns upon itself

Film review: 'Psychopaths' twists and turns upon itself

Film review: 'Butter' spreads it on thick

Film review: 'Butter' spreads it on thick

Film review: Bruce Willis goes back to the future in 'Looper'

Film review: Bruce Willis goes back to the future

Film review: 'Dredd 3D' better than the original

Film review: 'Dredd 3D' better than the original

Film review: Richard Gere plays one of the 1% in 'Arbitrage'

Film review: Richard Gere plays one of the 1% in 'Arbitrage'

Film review: Tune out 'The Words'

Film review: Tune out 'The Words'

Film review: Hong Kong filmmaker takes a shot at IMAX 3D with 'Flying Swords of Dragon Gate'

Film review: Hong Kong filmmaker takes a shot at IMAX 3D with 'Flying Swords of Dragon Gate'

Film review: Plot isn't the point in 'Premium Rush'

Film review: Plot isn't the point in 'Premium Rush'

Film review: 'Awakening' to a burst of nonsense

Film review: 'Awakening' to a burst of nonsense

Film review: A win for the 'Dark Horse'

Film review: A win for the 'Dark Horse'

Film review: 'Dark Knight Rises' is a promise fulfilled

Film review: 'Dark Knight Rises' is a promise fulfilled

Film review: Latest 'Spider-Man' is diverting, but not amazing

Film review: Latest 'Spider-Man' is diverting, but not amazing

Film review: Nancy Savoca returns to form with 'Union Square'

Film review: Nancy Savoca returns to form with 'Union Square'

Film review: Woody Allen's 'Rome' is good but can't top 'Paris'

Film review: Woody Allen's 'Rome' is good but can't top 'Paris'

Film review: 'Rock of Ages' stewed in irony?

Film review: 'Rock of Ages' stewed in irony?

Film review: 'Paradise' revisited

Film review: 'Paradise' revisited

Film review: 'Polisse' a brilliant, complex film

Film review: 'Polisse' a brilliant, complex film

Film review: 'The Dictator' is humorous, but stretches bad taste

Film review: 'The Dictator' is humorous, but stretches bad taste

Film review: 'Dark Shadows' more comedic than dark

Film review: 'Dark Shadows' more comedic than dark

Film review: Joss Whedon brings together 'The Avengers'

Film review: Joss Whedon brings together 'The Avengers'

Film review: 'The Raven' is a lackluster Edgar Allan Poe mash-up

Film review: 'The Raven' is a lackluster Edgar Allan Poe mash-up

Film review: 'The Lucky One' never gets the fire started

Film review: 'The Lucky One' never gets the fire started

Film review: 'Keyhole' spins 1930s gangster plot with Homer's 'Odyssey'

Film review: 'Keyhole' spins 1930s gangster plot with Homer's 'Odyssey'

Film review: The movie 'John Carter' is as forgettable as the title

Film review: The movie 'John Carter' is as forgettable as the title

Film Review: 'This Means War' a humorless slog

Film Review: 'This Means War' a humorless slog

Film review: A state of clueless 'Wanderlust'

Film review: A state of clueless 'Wanderlust'

Film review: Journey to a marginally clever sequel

Film review: Journey to a marginally clever sequel

Film review: Ralph Fiennes' 'Coriolanus' is an unsympathetic look at Shakespeare

Film review: Ralph Fiennes' 'Coriolanus' is an unsympathetic look at Shakespeare

Film review: Joe Carnahan's 'The Grey' has a bit of an overbite

Film review: Joe Carnahan's 'The Grey' has a bit of an overbite

Film review: Steven Soderbergh's 'Haywire' puts up a great fight

Film review: Steven Soderbergh's 'Haywire' puts up a great fight

Film review: 'Contraband' hits the mark as a shoot-'em-up

Film review: 'Contraband' hits the mark as a shoot-'em-up

Film review: John le Carre's 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is hard to follow

Film review: John le Carre's 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is hard to follow

Film Review: 'Carnage' a confined comedy of bad manners

Film Review: 'Carnage' a confined comedy of bad manners

Film review: Brad Bird adds wit to 'Mission: Impossible'

Film review: Brad Bird adds wit to 'Mission: Impossible'

Film review: It's worth getting a second 'Tattoo'

Film review: It's worth getting a second 'Tattoo'

Film review: Enjoy the silents in the 'The Artist'

Film review: Enjoy the silents in the 'The Artist'

Film review: 'Melancholia' never felt so good

Film review: 'Melancholia' never felt so good

Film review: Casting comes up short in 'Edgar'

Film review: Casting comes up short in 'Edgar'

DVD Reviews

DVD Review: 'Dragon' features dramatic acting, good Blu-ray transfer

DVD Review: 'Dragon' features dramatic acting, good Blu-ray transfer

DVD Review: Reaching for the combo 'Reacher' option

DVD Review: Reaching for the combo 'Reacher' option

DVD Review: A buffet of 'Repo Man' shrimp

DVD Review: A buffet of 'Repo Man' shrimp

DVD Review: 'Django Unchained' is a memorable film, good Blu-ray deal

DVD Review: 'Django Unchained' is a memorable film, good Blu-ray deal

DVD Review: A more appetizing 'Naked Lunch'

DVD Review: A more appetizing 'Naked Lunch'

DVD Review: 'John Dies' in alternate universes

DVD Review: 'John Dies' in alternate universes

DVD Review: A worthwhile look at 'Badlands'

DVD Review: A worthwhile look at 'Badlands'

DVD Review: Jackie Chan Double-feature that satisfies

DVD Review: Jackie Chan Double-feature that satisfies

DVD Review: The good and bad news about 'Roger Rabbit'

DVD Review: The good and bad news about 'Roger Rabbit'

DVD Review: 'Phantasm' sequel comes scary with extras

DVD Review: 'Phantasm' sequel comes scary with extras

DVD Review: A good-looking look at Lang

DVD Review: A good-looking look at Lang

DVD Review: 'Naked City' helped some big stars hone their chops

DVD Review: 'Naked City' helped some big stars hone their chops

DVD Review: The classic 'On the Waterfront' surfaces

DVD Review: The classic 'On the Waterfront' surfaces

DVD Review: 'Seven Psychopaths' falls short on extras

DVD Review: 'Seven Psychopaths' falls short on extras

Blu-ray Review: A bit of a 'Titanic' waste

Blu-ray Review: A bit of a 'Titanic' waste

DVD Review: Don't dread watching 'Dredd'

DVD Review: Don't dread watching 'Dredd'

DVD Review: Old Jackie Chan movie package not very good, but for a good price

DVD review: Doomsday portrayed in three parts

DVD review: 'Doomsday Book' portrayed in three parts

DVD review: Hitchcock classic welcomed to Blu-ray

DVD review: Hitchcock classic welcomed to Blu-ray

DVD review: 'Following' foreshadowed Christopher Nolan's career

DVD review: 'Following' foreshadowed Christopher Nolan's career

DVD review: 'Ted' is a vulgar display of good humor

DVD review: 'Ted' is a vulgar display of good humor

DVD review: Highsmith steals a part of your life with 'Purple Noon'

DVD review: Highsmith steals a part of your life with 'Purple Noon'

DVD review: Holy excess marketing, Batman

DVD review: Holy excess marketing, Batman

DVD review: Crime docs win a positive verdict

DVD review: Crime docs win a positive verdict

DVD Review: 'Lawrence of Arabia' looks great on Blu-ray

DVD review: 'Lawrence of Arabia' looks great on Blu-ray

DVD review: The last of Godard's accessible period

DVD review: The last of Godard's accessible period

DVD review: Kurosawa classic 'Rashomon' brushed up for Blu-ray

DVD review: Kurosawa classic 'Rashomon' brushed up for Blu-ray

DVD review: 'The Campaign' is a race to so-so

DVD review: 'The Campaign' is a race to so-so

DVD review: 'They Live' has legs

DVD review: 'They Live' has legs

DVD review: Warner Bros. doubles up on Bugs and Co.

DVD review: Warner Bros. doubles up on Bugs and Co.

DVD review: In the mood for beauty

DVD review: Criterion rears restored 'Children of Paradise'

DVD review: Criterion rears restored 'Children of Paradise'

DVD review: Italian neorealism that still resonates

DVD review: Italian neorealism that still resonates

DVD review: Eighteen hours of Indiana Jones

DVD review: Eighteen hours of Indiana Jones

DVD review: 'End of the Road' weirder, more abstract than the book

DVD review: 'End of the Road' weirder, more abstract than the book

DVD review: 'Quadrophenia' gets remixed

DVD review: 'Quadrophenia' gets remixed

DVD review: All by its 'Lonesome'

DVD review: All by its 'Lonesome'

DVD review: 'Hunger Games' a pleasant surprise

DVD review: 'Hunger Games' a pleasant surprise

DVD review: An action-packed 'Raid'

DVD review: An action-packed 'Raid'

DVD review: '21 Jump Street' is 'good dumb'

DVD review: '21 Jump Street' is 'good dumb'

DVD review: 'Samurai Trilogy' is a cut above predecessor

DVD review: 'Samurai Trilogy' is a cut above predecessor

DVD review: Griffith played well against type

DVD review: Griffith played well against type

DVD review: 'The 39 Steps' worth taking

DVD review: 'The 39 Steps' worth taking

DVD review: 'Cat Run' has some sharp extras

DVD review: 'Cat Run' has some sharp extras

DVD review: 'Yellow Submarine' resurfaces on Blu-ray

DVD review: 'Yellow Submarine' resurfaces on Blu-ray

DVD review: 'Maverick,' the first season

DVD review: 'Maverick,' the first season

DVD review: 'Certified Copy' looks at a mysterious relationship

DVD review: 'Certified Copy' looks at a mysterious relationship

DVD review: 'Being John Malkovich' real, or a put-on?

DVD review: 'Being John Malkovich' real, or a put-on?

DVD review: 'The Organizer'

DVD review: 'The Organizer'

DVD review: 'Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol'

DVD review: 'Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol'

DVD review: Escape to 'Stony Island'

DVD review: Escape to 'Stony Island'

DVD review: Roger Corman takes on healthcare

DVD review: Roger Corman takes on healthcare

DVD review: 'Melancholia' is a multilayer metaphor

DVD review: 'Melancholia' is a multilayer metaphor

DVD review: 'A Night to Remember' offers historical look at Titanic disaster

DVD review: 'A Night to Remember' offers historical look at Titanic disaster

DVD review: 'The Descendants' packed with George Clooney interviews

DVD review: 'The Descendants' packed with George Clooney interviews

DVD Review: 'Hugo' doesn't disappoint

DVD Review: 'Hugo' doesn't disappoint

DVD review: 'World on a Wire'

DVD review: 'World on a Wire'

DVD review: 'Three Outlaw Samurai'

DVD review: 'Three Outlaw Samurai'

DVD Review: 'La Jetée' and 'Sans Soleil'

DVD Review: 'La Jetée' and 'Sans Soleil'

DVD Review: A comprehensible transfer with 'Attack the Block'

DVD Review: A comprehensible transfer with 'Attack the Block'

DVD Review: 'Godzilla' restoration cleans up flaws

DVD Review: 'Godzilla' restoration cleans up flaws

DVD Review: 'Tucker & Dale vs. Evil'

DVD Review: 'Tucker & Dale vs. Evil'
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