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Tombstone on Blu-ray
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This Western has become a modest cult favorite since its release in 1993, when the film was met with mixed reviews but the performances of Kurt Russell (as Wyatt Earp) and especially Val Kilmer, for his memorably eccentric performance as the dying gunslinger Doc Holliday, garnered high [...]
Toy Story (Two-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo w/ Blu-ray Packaging)
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There is greatness in film that can be discussed, dissected, and talked about late into the night. Then there is genius that is right in front of our faces–we smile at the spell it puts us into and are refreshed, and nary a word needs to be [...]
Sex, Lies, and Videotape on Blu-ray
Winner of the Palm d’Or and Best Actor awards at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, sex, lies, and videotape transformed the independent film industry and turned writer-director Steven Soderbergh into the envy of aspiring filmmakers everywhere. Sly, seductive, and coolly intelligent, the movie explores the sexual shenanigans and personal preoccupations of its four [...]
The Sand Pebbles on Blu-ray
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Following the success of The Sound of Music, director Robert Wise chose to film Robert McKenna’s prize-winning 1962 novel, The Sand Pebbles–an ambitious choice for a director at the peak of his career. Shot in Taiwan and Hong Kong, the film combines historical sweep and intimate human [...]
Gandhi (+ BD-Live) on Blu-ray
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Sir Richard Attenborough’s 1982 multiple-Oscar winner (including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Ben Kingsley) is an engrossing, reverential look at the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi, who introduced the doctrine of nonviolent resistance to the colonized people of India and who ultimately gained [...]
Public Enemies (Special Edition) on Blu-ray
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Since crime auteur Michael Mann, like his protagonists, plays by his own rules, Public Enemies eschews back story and motivation for a closely-observed, action-packed examination of men at work. FBI supremo J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) kick-starts a nationwide manhunt when he proclaims John Dillinger (Johnny Depp, [...]
Capitalism: A Love Story on Blu-ray
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Michael Moore’s didactic documentary style is actually a source of inspiration in Capitalism: A Love Story. This film, which explores the history of incongruence between American capitalism and democracy, is evidently a culmination of Moore’s lifetime of research into this topic: he begins the movie by admitting [...]
Alexander, Revisited – The Final Cut on Blu-ray
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For better or worse (and in this case, it’s mostly for better), Oliver Stone’s Alexander Revisited should stand as the definitive version of Stone’s much-maligned epic about the great Asian conqueror. Following the DVD release of his previous Director’s Cut, Stone offers a video introduction here, explaining [...]