Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Fight Club (1999) | "
A terrific Blu-ray release that will keep Fight Club misread as a nihilistic paean to violence%u2014or as a celebration of hyper-masculinity%u2014for years to come." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 80%
| Fight Club (1999) | "
A complex, confused look at life in late-'90s America, David Fincher's blood-black comedy Fight Club remains one of the most divisive pictures of the past 20 years." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) | "
Kevin Smith's clever in-joke movie gets an anemic Blu-ray release." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Chasing Amy (1997) | "
Smith's best film, in a disappointing audio-visual package with some great extras." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 91%
| Chasing Amy (1997) | "
Chasing Amy suggests that Smith could do so much better if only he would push himself." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| Clerks (1994) | "
The extras are sweet, but Clerks's low-budget ugliness is a questionable fit for Blu-ray." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Monsters, Inc. (2001) | "
A stunning release of one of Pixar's most sadly underappreciated works." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Orphan (2009) | "
The only thing mysterious about Orphan is why Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard signed on to such an idiotic mess." — Slant Magazine Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 52%
| Natural Born Killers (1994) | "
A solid DVD release of a terrible, terrible movie." — Slant Magazine Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Rotten .5/4
| Rotten 52%
| Natural Born Killers (1994) | "
Natural Born Killers finds Stone throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks." — Slant Magazine Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 76%
| Audition (2001) | "
Miike makes so many movies that his only truly essential one should get a deserving HD release. No such luck, sadly." — Slant Magazine Posted Oct 5, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| The Girlfriend Experience (2009) | "
A striking Blu-ray transfer that does justice to the formalist experience that is The Girlfriend Experience." — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| Crank High Voltage (2009) | "
It won't convince Crank: High Voltage's naysayers, but for those on the film's insane wavelength, it's a worthy DVD package." — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Requiem for a Dream (2000) | "
Doesn't demand an upgrade for those who already own the standard-definition release, but the Blu-ray release is nevertheless an improvement in the presentation of Aronofsky's horrific vision." — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 80%
| Requiem for a Dream (2000) | "
A gut-wrenching, formally adventurous masterpiece or an ugly, flashy piece of empty-headed propaganda?" — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Fresh 65%
| Adam (2009) | "
Its maudlin, self-sabotaging audience-coddling is right out of the Zemeckis playbook." — Slant Magazine Posted Jul 28, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 14%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
The Ugly Truth is proof that when dealing with such movies, oftentimes the only thing separating the complete trash from the sort-of-trash is the actors." — Slant Magazine Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Rotten .5/4
| Rotten 50%
| Death In Love (2009) | "
Say what you will about Boaz Yakin's epically awful Death in Love, but it wastes no time letting you know what you're in for." — Slant Magazine Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Rotten .5/4
| Rotten 15%
| I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) | "
There's something almost pathetic about a movie this useless; you could feel sorry for it if it weren't such an unholy torture to sit through." — Slant Magazine Posted Jul 8, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Fast Company (1979) | "
Fast Company may not be much more than a footnote in Cronenberg's career, but this disc is a must-own for followers of his work." — Slant Magazine Posted May 25, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 67%
| Fast Company (1979) | "
Fans of well-crafted B movies, on the other hand, will be right at home." — Slant Magazine Posted May 25, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Dexter - The Complete Second Season (2008) | "
It's stupid, sure, but as far as dumb but entertaining serial dramas go, you could do a lot worse than Dexter--like, say, the current season of 24." — Slant Magazine Posted May 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| JFK (1991) | "
An audio-visual tour de force, and perhaps the purest example of Oliver Stone's greatest strengths as a director." — Slant Magazine Posted Feb 2, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 82%
| JFK (1991) | "
There's something almost quaint about JFK now." — Slant Magazine Posted Feb 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| El Norte (1984) | "
Not much of a movie, but Criterion makes it gleam." — Slant Magazine Posted Jan 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 89%
| El Norte (1984) | "
In El Norte's defense, it does not, unlike those contemporary films, filter its view of an ethnic subculture through the eyes of a white protagonist." — Slant Magazine Posted Jan 23, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) | "
Even when you have no idea what's going on in The Man Who Fell to Earth, you won't want to look away." — Slant Magazine Posted Dec 27, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 86%
| The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) | "
Among the most bizarre films in Nicolas Roeg's oeuvre." — Slant Magazine Posted Dec 27, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| Bottle Rocket (1996) | "
While nowhere near the same level as Anderson's subsequent films, Bottle Rocket nonetheless provides a sweet, funny look at a young director finding his voice." — Slant Magazine Posted Dec 16, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 79%
| Bottle Rocket (1996) | "
If Bottle Rocket is to be remembered for anything in Anderson's body of work, it should be as the film that gave the director the power and name recognition to continue making the films he wanted to make." — Slant Magazine Posted Dec 16, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| The Third Man (1949) | "
An already near-essential DVD release of an essential noir, updated for the high-def age." — Slant Magazine Posted Dec 16, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 100%
| The Third Man (1949) | "
Directors like Reed and Wilder created an environment of spatial and moral confusion in which their pulpy narratives could take on the ethical weight of a Biblical proverb." — Slant Magazine Posted Dec 16, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 67%
| Where God Left His Shoes (2008) | "
If you could cut all the music from Where God Left His Shoes, you might actually have a solid family drama." — Slant Magazine Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Chungking Express (1994) | "
Although the best release yet of Wong's breakthrough film, Chungking Express provides the Criterion Collection with one of its most anemic recent releases." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 25, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 96%
| Chungking Express (1994) | "
Despite the liveliness of Chungking Express's first half, it's this second story that catapults it into the company of Wong's best films." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 25, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | "
An already impressive DVD release gets even better--the definitive release of Tim Burton's best movie since Ed Wood." — Slant Magazine Posted Oct 29, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 99%
| L.A. Confidential (1997) | "
Curtis Hanson's best movie may not be the American masterpiece many think, but it remains one of the best neo-noirs of the '90s and a fine example of classical Hollywood storytelling." — Slant Magazine Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 99%
| L.A. Confidential (1997) | "
L.A. Confidential understands that men don't always respond to evil with good and that the question of whom society regards as heroes isn't always a clear cut as it seems." — Slant Magazine Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | "
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull may not be Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it's hardly Spielberg and Lucas raping your childhood hero." — Slant Magazine Posted Oct 16, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 100%
| Taking Father Home (2008) | "
There's little insight to be found in Ying's presentation of even seemingly helpful citizens as fundamentally cruel and animalistic." — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 23, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 33%
| Forgiveness (2008) | "
Isn't it time to accept that narrative film may not be the best way to deal with complicated socio-political issues like the Israel-Palestine conflict?" — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 13, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) | "
The film that brings Tarantino's magnum opus full circle emotionally and thematically gets its definitive release--visually, at least." — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 12, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) | "
Visually, this is probably the definitive Kill Bill: Vol. 1. Those without top-notch entertainment systems, however, may be better off sticking with the version they already own." — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 12, 2008 |
Rotten .5/4
| Rotten 43%
| The Tree of Life (2008) | "
Yet another example of therapy masquerading as documentary." — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 11, 2008 |
Fresh
| N/A | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Seasons 3 (2006) | "
Fans of a cult show like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia deserve more robust extras than what is offered here, but the show itself--one of the funniest now on television--is worth that sacrifice." — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 10, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 100%
| Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree (2008) | "
Unlike Maria Bethania: Music Is Perfume, Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree is a documentary that actually has something on its mind beyond pandering to a singer's fan base." — Slant Magazine Posted Aug 28, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 100%
| Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume (2008) | "
A documentary of interest only to those already familiar with its subject." — Slant Magazine Posted Aug 28, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Nixon (1995) | "
An epic film deserves an epic DVD treatment, and Nixon gets one." — Slant Magazine Posted Aug 19, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 75%
| Nixon (1995) | "
A staggering work of empathy for Stone." — Slant Magazine Posted Aug 19, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 31%
| An American Crime (2007) | "
Among the most morally bankrupt films of the decade--a true crime of American cinema." — Slant Magazine Posted Aug 18, 2008 |
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