Warner Bros. | 2010 | 317 mins. | NR While Ricky Gervais is a cast member of the show that bears his name (and the one most viewers are apt to recognize), the real star is Karl Pilkington, or as…
New Line | 1998 | 124 mins. | PG-13 Pleasantville was written and directed by Gary Ross (Seabiscuit). Though this was his directorial debut, Ross wrote Big, the 1988 hit starring Tom Hanks as a kid trapped inside the body…
Criterion | 1987 | 132 mins. | R Early in his career, director, producer and screenwriter James L. Brooks worked as a copywriter for CBS News, and then as a writer for the news broadcasts, where he wrote reports on…
Criterion | 1964 | 90 mins. | NR Given the nature of his films, director Samuel Fuller was a magnet for controversy and varying opinions about his work. When I was first introduced to his work, almost twenty years ago…
The Sweet Smell of Success comes to Blu-ray and DVD, via the Criterion Collection on February 22, 2011.
On March 29, 2011, Shout! Factory will release the Complete First Season of Dennis the Menace, with all 32 episodes available on DVD for the first time. Beginning in 1951, Hank Ketcham’s comic strip Dennis the Menace was syndicated…
Image | 2010 | 64 mins. | NR Kathleen Madigan has been around for nearly two decades, and is a veteran of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Late Show with David Letterman, and…
Warner Bros. | 1984 | 229 mins. | R Director Sergio Leone, best known for spaghetti westerns like The Good, The Bad & The Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars, turned down the chance to direct The Godfather to work…
Image | 2010 | 82 mins. | R I’ve been a fan of 50 Cent since his party ready hit, “In da Club” blasted onto the airwaves in 2003. Though he quickly became a multi-platinum rap artist, by 2005, had…
Criterion | 1963 | 101 mins. | NR If you found yourself fascinated by Martin Scorsese’s latest effort, Shutter Island, I suggest picking up Shock Corridor. Recently released on DVD by the Criterion Collection, Scorsese has said Shock Corridor was…