Reviews - DVD

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:18

My Sweet Suicide incorporates one film archetype and anticipates another, while making the most of its modest budget and showcasing the talents of the lead actors.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:15

The film is totally sincere but also a bit boring, as if the excitement of leading societal change had to be dulled down lest revolution start breaking out all over.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 02 December 2011 14:33

Whitechapel stays within the expected confines of its genre, but it’s unusually well done.

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Written by Erin Jameson Tuesday, 22 November 2011 19:05

Steven Moffat seems to have also gotten over any initial little hiccups and has put together a pretty good season.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Sunday, 20 November 2011 22:32

Crowley’s play appeared at exactly the right time in American history, anticipating a sea change in social values which came about so quickly that his achievement almost got washed away in the wake.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 03 November 2011 21:15

He’s never really stopped loving Nora, a fact which becomes clearer as he starts to remember their life together as a young couple.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 12 October 2011 12:00

The young dancers featured are well chosen and their natural charisma, as well as their dancing skill, nearly carries the film.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 08 September 2011 07:57

Phil Ochs lived about as many years as Mozart, and though his musical contributions were in an entirely different genre he certainly can claim to be Mozart's equal in terms of mastering the musical context of his times.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 06 September 2011 07:40

The purpose of all this seems to be satire but it’s so ham-fisted that the director just comes off as a smarty pants who thinks he’s better than everyone else.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 06 September 2011 07:31

It embraces its nature as a genre film rather than trying to be more than it is. It also has a real do-it-yourself vibe, understandable given that it was shot in 17 days.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 11 July 2011 13:35

You can get your Cohen fix with three DVDs that offer a look at the man and his music.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 07 July 2011 10:47

Susan Sontag’s documentary is not a film like any other and almost 30 years later still commands our interest.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 07 July 2011 10:31

This story is not particularly novel but it is competently presented, with more than the usual number of complications adding a realistic touch to the proceedings.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 07 July 2011 10:09

The greatest accomplishment of Hey, Boo may be its ability to show you how this decision made sense from Lee's point of view.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 29 June 2011 20:45

One premise of the series is that the day students aren’t supposed to know that the night students are vampires, although you have to wonder how dim they are to not catch on pretty quickly.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 28 June 2011 10:26

A better question, it seems to me, is not if one has a right to complain about one's life, but whether or not one can make an interesting film about it.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Friday, 25 March 2011 00:23

One thing that you have to understand, and which Derailroaded goes to great lengths to elucidate, is that Wild Man is the so-called godfather of outsider music.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 15 February 2011 18:06

It’s surprising to see someone who appears to live in the same world as you and I describe how he uses chaos magic as casually as someone else might describe using the internet.