While it could be the weather or the crowds that might dissuade people from heading to the theaters this holiday season, a handful of distributors are providing plenty of reasons to stay in with plenty of films available at just the touch of a button. IFC and Magnolia continue to bring the arthouse to your house with hot festival favorites such as Lena Dunham's comedy "Tiny Furniture" and the Kerry Washington-Anthony Mackie drama "Night Catches Us" arriving on demand at the same time they hit theaters, while companies like FilmBuff and Gravitas are debuting new films from Edward Burns ("Nice Guy Johnny") and Melissa Leo ("One Night") on an array of platforms to choose from. A complete guide to what's not at your local multiplex is below.
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- 10/21/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
DVD Playhouse—August 2009
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Allen Gardner
Watchmen—Director’S Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday...
By
Allen Gardner
Watchmen—Director’S Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday...
- 8/10/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
You know, it must be a nice to be a character in an independent film; even when you’re faced with major existential and relationship crises, they seem to be easily solved by trite monologues, acoustic guitar riffs, and staring off into the sunset for a long enough duration of time. It worked for Garden State, it worked for Juno, and by golly, it’s going to work for Dakota Skye. And by work, I mean annoy the living Hell out of me. Granted, Dakota Skye hasn’t become quite the thorn in my paw that the other mentioned films have been, but I suspect that’s due only to those films' complete omnipresence during the years of their release. In fact, I’m sure of it.
Dakota Skye (Eileen April Boylan) is a fairly typical teenage girl with a dumb name and an ambivalent attitude about what she wants to do with her life,...
Dakota Skye (Eileen April Boylan) is a fairly typical teenage girl with a dumb name and an ambivalent attitude about what she wants to do with her life,...
- 7/20/2009
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
Here’s a list of some of the new DVD and Blu-ray releases this week. Plus, some old favorites (and not so favorites) coming out this week on Blu-Ray.
Movies:
For All Mankind: Criterion Collection ~ Jim Lovell, Kenneth Mattingly, Russell Schweickart, and Eugene Cernan (Blu-ray)
The Color of Magic ~ David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, and Jeremy Irons (DVD)
The Towering Inferno ~ Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Richard Chamberlain (Blu-ray)
The Haunting in Connecticut (Unrated Special Edition) ~ Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas and Virginia Madsen (DVD and Blu-ray)
The Edge of Love ~ Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, and Simon Armstrong (DVD and Blu-ray)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon / Curse of the Golden Flower / House of Flying Daggers Trilogy ~ Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Chow Yun-Fat (Blu-ray)
Horsemen ~ Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou Taylor Pucci, and Clifton Collins Jr. (DVD)
Van Wilder: Freshman Year – Unrated ~ Linden Ashby, Kurt Fuller,...
Movies:
For All Mankind: Criterion Collection ~ Jim Lovell, Kenneth Mattingly, Russell Schweickart, and Eugene Cernan (Blu-ray)
The Color of Magic ~ David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, and Jeremy Irons (DVD)
The Towering Inferno ~ Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Richard Chamberlain (Blu-ray)
The Haunting in Connecticut (Unrated Special Edition) ~ Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas and Virginia Madsen (DVD and Blu-ray)
The Edge of Love ~ Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, and Simon Armstrong (DVD and Blu-ray)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon / Curse of the Golden Flower / House of Flying Daggers Trilogy ~ Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Chow Yun-Fat (Blu-ray)
Horsemen ~ Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou Taylor Pucci, and Clifton Collins Jr. (DVD)
Van Wilder: Freshman Year – Unrated ~ Linden Ashby, Kurt Fuller,...
- 7/14/2009
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2063. After Last Season Rated PG-13 For brief strong language. Baja Beach Bums Rated R For language, some sexual content and drug use. Body Armour Rated R For language and some violence. Dakota Skye Rated R For language, some sexuality and drug use. Green Zone (labeled The Green Zone Thriller by the MPAA) Rated R For violence and language. Release Date: Tba 2009 Infected Rated R For sci-fi violence/gore and language. Lost Shoes Rated PG For thematic material involving sexuality, and some language. Moon Rated R For language. Release Date: June 12, 2009 Preacher's Kid Rated PG-13 For for thematic material involving some sexual content, violence and brief drug use. Running On Empty Dreams Rated R For sexual content and language. The Secret Of Loch Ness Rated PG For language throughout and some violence/peril. Shorts Rated PG For mild action and some rude humor.
- 4/1/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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