|
85/100
|
87%
|
Le Corbeau (1943) |
"
Le Corbeau stands tall above and beyond the criticisms of the day as a biting comment on the degenerative effects of using vicious and paranoid practices to bind together in fear any society of people. "
—
Cinemania
Posted Aug 22, 2011
|
|
88/100
|
95%
|
Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) (1964) |
"
Band of Outsiders is the celebration of amateur cinema that Godard had been reaching for since Breathless but hadn't been able to reach yet because - to modify a line from Elvis Costello - he kept on getting in the way. "
—
Cinemania
Posted Aug 20, 2011
|
|
82/100
|
100%
|
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) |
"
Justice appears to be an afterthought in this case in which procedure and self-interest, rather than a pursuit of the truth, control the process."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Aug 1, 2010
|
|
89/100
|
90%
|
Amarcord (2009) |
"
A masterpiece of personal filmmaking"
—
Cinemania
Posted Dec 30, 2009
|
|
90/100
|
100%
|
The Maltese Falcon (1941) |
"
Ground zero for film noir. Iconic."
—
Cinemania
Posted Dec 23, 2009
|
|
88/100
|
100%
|
The African Queen (1951) |
"
Part buddy action flick, part screwball comedy, it's all good."
—
Cinemania
Posted Dec 23, 2009
|
|
76/100
|
91%
|
District 9 (2009) |
"
Intriguing premise; unfulfilled promise"
—
Cinemania
Posted Dec 21, 2009
|
|
93/100
|
95%
|
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) |
"
A great American-ization of the classic Scrooge tale, told from the POV of Bob Cratchet."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 21, 2009
|
|
89/100
|
95%
|
Hero (2004) |
"
Extras include a making-of featurette and a conversation with actor Jet Li and the movie's key North American promoter Quentin Tarantino."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 10, 2009
|
|
92/100
|
100%
|
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) |
"
Kubrick's overt connection of sexuality and violence underlines many of the film's best jokes while placing an exclamation point on many of his most critical assertions"
—
Cinemania
Posted Jul 30, 2009
|
|
94/100
|
96%
|
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) |
"
Kubrick's film not only changed the way I viewed film, but the way I experienced art and life"
—
Cinemania
Posted Jul 23, 2009
|
|
78/100
|
51%
|
Code 46 (2004) |
"
Complex and cold, intelligent and aloof, fascinating and off-putting"
—
Cinemania
Posted Jul 18, 2009
|
|
71/100
|
85%
|
Jerry Maguire (1996) |
"
competently made parallel plotted film whose buddy sports film elements outshine its rom-com aspects."
—
Cinemania
Posted Jul 2, 2009
|
|
94/100
|
90%
|
Hunger (2009) |
"
Worthy of comparison to Dreyer and Tarkovsky. Yes, McQueen's film is THAT good."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 3, 2009
|
|
85/100
|
95%
|
The Truman Show (1998) |
"
Extras on the disc include a substantial documentary, one sufficiently lengthy to have been split into two parts."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 12, 2008
|
|
90/100
|
78%
|
Audition (Ôdishon) (1999) |
"
Takashi Miike is the Tasmanian Devil of contemporary filmmakers."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 7, 2008
|
|
79/100
|
74%
|
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) |
"
Politically correct Cheech and Chong"
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 5, 2008
|
|
89/100
|
83%
|
Titanic (in 3D) (2012) |
"
The 10th anniversary edition DVD is deceptively well-endowed with extras."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Nov 21, 2007
|
|
74/100
|
94%
|
Face/Off (1997) |
"
The DVD extras start with two full-length audio commentaries, one by director John Woo, and a second by writers Mike Web and Michael Colleary."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 18, 2007
|
|
88/100
|
94%
|
Hamlet (1996) |
"
The two-disc special edition DVD release of Hamlet is spectacular."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 23, 2007
|
|
58/100
|
——
|
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955) |
"
A commentary by Aubrey Solomon that kicks in only during select scenes is one of"
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
|
|
52/100
|
——
|
Stopover Tokyo (1957) |
"
This film's beautiful Japanese scenery comes across very nicely on this widescreen DVD."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
|
|
56/100
|
25%
|
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) |
"
This movie at least looks great on DVD."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
|
|
47/100
|
——
|
Sea Wife (1957) |
"
The DVD version of Sea Wife benefits from the sharp look provided by Technicolor Cinemascope filming that was on the cutting edge in its day."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
|
|
61/100
|
——
|
Seven Thieves (1960) |
"
Released as part of a five-movie Joan Collins set, the disc offers a few minor special features."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 24, 2007
|
|
|
96%
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) |
"
"Pushes the whole British nobility paradigm into the realm of twit psychosis.""
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 19, 2007
|
|
56/100
|
——
|
Expo: Magic of the White City (2005) |
"
The DVD version of the movie comes without any extras."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 16, 2007
|
|
60/100
|
67%
|
Everything's Gone Green (2007) |
"
Everything's Gone Green is available on DVD in both its original 'rated' form, or as an 'unrated' version."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 8, 2007
|
|
76/100
|
——
|
Shenandoah (1965) |
"
Released as part of a five-movie 'Screen Legend' set featuring the performances of James Stewart, this is a DVD with just a single extra feature: the movie trailer."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jun 28, 2007
|
|
67/100
|
88%
|
The Glenn Miller Story (1953) |
"
Released as part of a five-disc James Stewart 'Screen Legends' collection, this DVD comes with no extra features."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jun 27, 2007
|
|
65/100
|
——
|
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) |
"
Available on DVD in a five-movie set of James Stewart films."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jun 27, 2007
|
|
63/100
|
——
|
Thunder Bay (1953) |
"
There's just a single extra feature: the movie trailer."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jun 27, 2007
|
|
75/100
|
——
|
James Stewart: Screen Legend Collection (2007) |
"
The movie is available on DVD as part of a four-film James Stewart set."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jun 25, 2007
|
|
84/100
|
81%
|
Looking for Richard (1996) |
"
Has but one special feature - a half-hour epilogue."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jun 25, 2007
|
|
62/100
|
——
|
Pacino - An Actor's Vision (2006) |
"
Al Pacino offers an audio commentary, one that varies wildly between informative and off-the-wall."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jun 23, 2007
|
|
73/100
|
73%
|
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
"
The two-disc HD-DVD release of Flags of Our Fathers includes a set of sharp looking featurettes created in high definition."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jun 18, 2007
|
|
48/100
|
20%
|
Dead Silence (2007) |
"
Enter at your own risk."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jun 15, 2007
|
|
83/100
|
95%
|
Le Cercle Rouge (1970) |
"
Among the many pieces of supplementary material in this two-disc set are excerpts from a 1970 documentary on director Jean-Pierre Melville's career."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted May 9, 2007
|
|
86/100
|
87%
|
A History of Violence (2005) |
"
Clearly, David Cronenberg takes DVD content seriously, and viewers are the beneficiaries of this."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Apr 21, 2007
|
|
88/100
|
96%
|
Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945) |
"
Funny and smart is sublime in my books."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Apr 6, 2007
|
|
70/100
|
91%
|
The Deer Hunter (1978) |
"
A film I have grown increasingly ambivalent about over the years."
—
Cinemania
Posted Feb 25, 2007
|
|
88/100
|
95%
|
Hiroshima Mon Amour (Hiroshima, My Love) (1959) |
"
The opening scene is like the Taj Mahal; it rises above the hype and delivers."
—
Cinemania
Posted Jan 30, 2007
|
|
905/100
|
91%
|
La Jetée (The Pier) (1962) |
"
Eisenstein stripped back to the studs. A very VERY great film."
—
Cinemania
Posted Sep 4, 2006
|
|
51/100
|
90%
|
Trilogy of Terror (1975) |
"
Black is a blast, but only the third tale, Amelia, is worth our time."
—
Cinemania
Posted Aug 29, 2006
|
|
89/100
|
96%
|
Do the Right Thing (1989) |
"
Maybe Mookie does the wrong thing. But he does it for the right reason."
—
Cinemania
Posted Aug 22, 2006
|
|
|
84%
|
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) |
"
Violent, caustic, funny and rather deliberately derivative of the Tarantino school of wink-wink nudge-nudge filmmaking."
—
Cinemania
Posted Jul 14, 2006
|
|
|
95%
|
The Straight Story (1999) |
"
A great big can of corn. Kernel corn, not that mushy crap."
—
Cinemania
Posted Jul 14, 2006
|
|
91/100
|
98%
|
Manhattan (1979) |
"
A serious but funny film, both gorgeous and painful."
—
Cinemania
Posted Jul 9, 2006
|
|
93/100
|
98%
|
Annie Hall (1977) |
"
More jokes per frame than any other film I've seen."
—
Cinemania
Posted Jul 7, 2006
|
|
75/100
|
81%
|
Fight Club (1999) |
"
Vibrant and funny, but more than a bit muddle-headed."
—
Cinemania
Posted Jun 27, 2006
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