Author: Rebecca Wright

Some Like It Hot

Blu-ray Review: Some Like It Hot

Marilyn Monroe had a keen understanding of how to use her face, body and voice to make her sex appeal permeate through the screen. In Billy Wilder’s 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot, Monroe was at the height of her…

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DVD Review: The Smurfs – A Magical Adventure

Voice Cast: Don Messick (Papa Smurf, Azrael), Paul Winchell (Gargamel), Lucille Bliss (Smurfette), Danny Goldman (Brainy Smurf), Michael Bell (Johan, Lazy Smurf, Handy Smurf, Grouchy Smurf), Frank Welker (Peewit, Hefty Smurf, Poet Smurf), Hamilton Camp (Greedy Smurf, Harmony Smurf), Henry…

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Criterion Announces October 2011 Releases

Criterion has revealed a new batch of titles, all of which will street in October. These include Zoltán Korda’s 1939 epic The Four Feathers, Kaneto Shindo’s Kuroneko, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Identification of a Woman and Island of Lost Souls, a 1932…

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Blu-ray Review: The Sacrifice

Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film The Sacrifice is a fitting epitaph for a great artist. While it’s not an easy movie to get through, nearly every frame is piece of art, the script is thoughtful, and the performances are universally excellent….

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Blu-ray Review: Amélie

A treasure trove of colors, wonderful camerawork, and great acting, Jean-Pierre Jenuet’s Amélie was the surprise box office hit of 2001. Strong early reviews, unprecedented interest from various distributors around the globe, and a much publicized scandal involving the Cannes…

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Blu-ray Review: Arthur (2011)

A sleeper hit in 1981, Arthur grossed nearly $100 million in the U.S. alone, won two Oscars (for best song and supporting actor, John Gielgud) and nominations for star Dudley Moore and original screenplay. For the 2011 remake, Hobson the…

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Blu-ray Review: Bridget Jones’s Diary

Just seconds into Sharon Maguire’s adaptation of Helen Fielding’s beloved novel, it’s hard to imagine that there was such controversy surrounding the casting of Renée Zellweger as 32-year-old British singleton Bridget Jones. From the moment we see her trudging through…

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