Reviews - DVD

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 27 May 2010 14:27

That’s one of the things I love about this series: it honors the characters’ sometimes obsessive self-reflection and doesn’t take refuge in wish fulfillment conclusions to their problems and concerns.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 24 May 2010 12:10

 They are young and old, male and female, butch and femme, conservative and radical, public figures and private citizens of different races and social classes.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 19 February 2010 19:45

Nobody gets rich doing original rock posters but for many it’s a way to express their love of the music.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 17 February 2010 00:00

I’m probably making Honey and Clover sound like a Tolstoy novel but it makes perfect sense as you watch the series.

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Written by Jim Ousley Tuesday, 16 February 2010 13:42

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 20 January 2010 00:00

Much of the film is narrated with voiceover reflecting the character's thoughts and feelings, which achieves a poetic quality absent in the spoken dialogue.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 20 January 2010 00:00

You could fill a hall of fame with the blues musicians who lived in the Maxwell Street area, including Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Little Walter to name just a few. Cheat You Fair is narrated by former Chicagoan Joe Mantegna and features interviews with a wide cast of citizens from Studs Terkel to Buddy Guy to Dan Ackroyd.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Sunday, 13 December 2009 00:00

Gozu is one of the most disturbing films I have ever seen, and also one of the most brilliant.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 07 December 2009 00:00

I enjoyed watching this: it has that crazy mix of genres and conventions which you often find in Japanese film and has the added benefit of not taking itself too seriously.

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Written by Jason Green Wednesday, 02 December 2009 00:00

By the end of this half-season set the cast has been completely run through the ringer, making it hard to imagine what they could do for an encore but leaving you eager to find out.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 27 October 2009 15:07

The title refers to the belief of the departed matriarch that, no matter how bad things get, you can always tango.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 13 October 2009 13:04

The film is built from a series of short scenes, a technique that allows the story to unfold gradually as the connections among the characters are revealed.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 01 October 2009 14:38

The end result is a pretty strong argument for the transfer of just about everything to blu-ray.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 21 September 2009 04:07

The animation is sharp and stylish and there's no lack of either pageantry or action sequences.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 16 September 2009 08:06

Although it shows the artist at work and interviews him about his life, to its everlasting credit the film doesn’t try to explain Nara's creative process.

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Written by Adrienne Jones Wednesday, 01 July 2009 06:07

Lovely by Surprise is an odd, odd movie with a lot of charm.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:02

Zenovich finds plenty of guilt to spread around to others involved in the case.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 02 June 2009 07:30

The most obvious answer as to why Sakia Gunn's story did not receive wider coverage is that both victim and assailant were African-American, and Black-on-Black crime in Newark simply isn't news to most of the nation.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 14 May 2009 03:08

The kids become reporters for Franklin's newspaper, which allows them to experience most of the major events of the Revolutionary period and meet everyone from Patrick Henry to Phyllis Wheatley.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:22

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 13 April 2009 03:19

If you're given to conspiracy theories about governments, corporations, modern medicine, or nanotechnology, you'll find your worst nightmares fulfilled in this story.

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Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Thursday, 02 April 2009 09:28

The writers are able to mix humor and drama seamlessly in the final episodes—a grand culmination to a talent that has spanned the entire series.