Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD from 2011 and earlier.
A Nous La Liberte
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
American History X: The brutal charm of fascism
Joseph Proimakis @ Popaganda.gr [Greek]
- Excerpt: It’s yet unclear wether art immitates life, but some thinngs we’ve seen damn too clear on the big screen to not recognize on the small one
Antoine and Antoinette
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: It is all so wildly over-acted, over-written, over-done that those behind the camera must have in some way congratulated themselves on how clever they were all being.
British Transport Films Vol. 11: Experiment Under London
- Excerpt: On BFI DVD now
Captured, You’re Human Like the Rest of Them
- Excerpt: John Krish and B. S. Johnson BFI Flipsides out now
The Complete Humphrey Jennings Vol. 3: A Diary For Timothy
- Excerpt: On UK DVD now
The Confrontation
- Excerpt: Out on DVD now
Cruising
De Halaasheid der Dingen
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Diamonds of the Night, Intimate Lighting, The Creator, Southern Comfort
- Excerpt: All out on DVD now
The Eagle Has Landed
M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
The Fly (1958)
M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
From Here to Eternity
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: From Here to Eternity on the whole does hold up remarkably well despite the passage of time.
Great Expectations (1998)
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: Cuarón and company end up throwing all the style they’ve got at the film… to compensate for a perpetually stalled drama.
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Halloween: 35th Anniversary Edition
M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
Here, Then
- Excerpt: On UK DVD now
Hotel Normandy
The Housekeeper’s Daughter
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Ikarie XB-1
- Excerpt: On UK DVD now
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
- Excerpt: On DVD now
Night Train, Cría Cuervos, Theorem
- Excerpt: All out on DVD now
Noah’s Ark
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
O Crime de Aldeia Velha (1964)
Nuno Reis @ SciFiWorld Portugal [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Olhando para ele com umas boas décadas de distanciamento, os efeitos especiais parecem foleiros (não há palavra melhor) e nem todos os actores são profissionais, mas tirando isso é um filme bem escrito, bem realizado, bem montado. Em suma, bem conseguido.
The Promised Land, Illumination, Escape from the Liberty Cinema
- Excerpt: Out on DVD now
Running in Madness, Dying in Love
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee Coffee and more Coffee
Straight Shooting
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: Straight Shooting was the first feature to emerge from the Cheyenne Harry short-film series John Ford shot for Universal. Ford knew how to get what he wanted and delivered an action-packed Western centered on a range war, with homesteader Sweetwater Malone (George Berrell) standing fast against the threats of cattle rancher Thunder Flint (Duke Lee), who illegally stakes a claim on the creek they both share and threatens death to anyone who trespasses. Of course, Cheyenne Harry, who’d rather keep himself to himself, gets pulled into the fray.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy
Michael Pattison @ Front Row Reviews
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: The Thief of Bagdad might be a little long, but it also has beautiful imagery and special effects that in 1924 must have been spectacular, and that in almost 90 years still hold up remarkably well.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: To Kill a Mockingbird is highlighted by stunning performances that are breathtakingly genuine. Young actress Mary Badham epitomizes tomboy “Scout” with the skill of a seasoned pro.
Today We Live
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
The Traveler
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Underground
- Excerpt: Out on DVD now
Y tu mamá también
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: A monumental, transformational motion picture, challenging the viewer and changing the way you think of movies being put together.
