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Hitchcock: BD Review

Hopkins and Mirren as Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock is an alluring casting coup, but this biopic ends up being for the birds....

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Waiting for Lightning: BD Review

Skater dude Danny Way wants to jump over the Great Wall of China. Do you think he'll make it....?

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Zero Dark Thirty: BD Review

Jessica Chastain and Kathryn Bigelow team up for one of the most suspeneful war movies in recent memory....

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The Devil's in the Details: BD Review

The pitfalls of Ray Liotta posing as a believable psychiatrist is the least of this crime drama's problems....

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Doctor Who - The Aztecs and The Ark in Space: DVD Review

Another pair of extraordinary Doctor Who titles - what a perfect way to geek into spring....

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Father Dowling Mysteries - The Third and Final Season: DVD Review

The Tom Bosley/Tracy Nelson murder mystery series gets its final standard-def release....

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A Man Escaped: BD Review

Robert Bresson's late-career masterpiece finally gets a new lease on life on this Criterion Blu-ray edition....

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Rise of the Guardians: BD Review

You'd think that with all of Santa Claus' influence and pull he'd be able to somehow make Rise of the Guardians a better movie....

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This Must Be the Place: BD Review

Sean Penn channels his inner Robert Smith in this zany, left-field melodrama that surprisingly turns into a revenge thriller half-way through....

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Storage 24: BD Review

A group of Londoners get trapped in a warehouse with ooey-gooey monster aliens. Been there, done that, right....?

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Borgen - Season 1: DVD Review

This Danish TV import comes out of nowhere and slams you into submission....

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No Job for a Lady - The Complete Collection: DVD Review

Call this British sitcom a prototype of the 'Girl Power' that would sweep the nation in the mid-1990s....

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A Royal Affair: BD Review

Just look at this Oscar nominated film's Blu-ray cover - a princess holding the hands of two men. What could possibly go wrong...?

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A Mind to Kill - The Complete Collection: DVD Review

This Welsh murder mystery series starring Philip Madoc showcases a couple excellent performances, but not too much else....

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Killing Them Softly: DVD Review

This Brad Pitt hitman drama got slammed by American audiences - does it deserve its bad rap...?

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Parental Guidance: BD Review

It shouldn't surprise anyone that this new Billy Crystal comedy isn't great, but just exactly how bad is it....?

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Men at Work - The Complete First Season: DVD Review

Just what we need: another sitcom about a group of single guys trying to get laid....

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Star Trek: Enterprise - Season One: BD Review

If you love Diane Warren rock ballads, then this is the Star Trek set for you....

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All Together: DVD Review

Jane Fonda and Geraldine Chaplin get frisky in their golden years in this French-language dramedy import....

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Day of the Falcon: BD Review

It sure looks beautifully expensive, but this Antonio Banderas epic has sand where its heart should be....

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Adventures in Zambezia: BD Review

This animated adventure sports some serious voice talent - Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum - but never really takes off....

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Digimon - The Official Second Season: DVD Review

I'm sure it brands us as anime fanboy dweebs (too late), but who knew Digimon was this much fun...?

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Dirk Gently: DVD Review

"If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands...."

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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries - Series 1: DVD Review

Is there anything on this Australian murder mystery set that we haven't already seen before....?

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Vietnam - The Ten Thousand Day War: DVD Review

One of the most impressive long-form television documentaries ever made gets a DVD re-release, but is it worth a double-dip....?

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Hyde Park on Hudson: BD Review

It's clear very early on why this FDR biopic was unable to garner any critical or box office traction....

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Howdy, Kids! - A Saturday Afternoon Western Roundup: DVD Review

If the idea of watching an episode of The Adventures of Rick O'Shay make your eyes light up, boy  do we have a DVD set for you....

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Continuum - Season One: BD Review

If you think about it too much, Continuum probably turns to sand, but this Season 1 set is still pretty fun...

Veep - The Complete First Season: BD Review

The new Julia Louis-Dreyfus political comedy is snarky, unpredictable, and often really, really funny....

Midsomer Mysteries - Tom Barnaby's Last Cases: DVD Review

These fifteen episodes are grade-A television, but you might as well just start from the beginning....

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The Bible - The Epic Miniseries: BD Review

Just in time for Easter, this massive undertaking based on a book you may have heard of hits high-def....

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Repo Man: BD Review

Alex Cox's cult favorite finally gets the Criterion high-def treatment it has deserved for so many years....

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John Dies at the End: BD Review

This bonkers indie sci-fi head trip has 'cult classic' stamped all over it....

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Gate of Hell: BD Review

This Oscar-winning tragic romance doesn't boast any bonuses, but it looks like a million bucks on its Criterion Blu-ray debut...

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Grave Encounters 2: BD Review

This idiotic horror sequel sets a new low....

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Eclipse Series 38 - Masaki Kobayashi Against the System: DVD Review

Criterion's latest Eclipse showcases just how volatile and unpredictable a talent Masaki Kobayashi was during his prime in the 1950s....

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The Four: BD Review

This Hong Kong export is heavy on acrobatic fight scenes but light on storytelling skills...

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Blue Planet - Seas of Life: BD Review

This nature doc is one of the best on the market, but its new high-def edition is as low-rent as they come....

A Haunted House: BD Review

Nick Swardson and Marlon Wayans do what they can, but A Haunted House plays like a grade-Z Scary Movie rip-off....

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The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries - Complete Collection: DVD Review

Dorothy L. Sayers' famed detective gets repackaged on DVD yet again - should you re-invest? Lord Peter Wimsey is on the case....

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The Sorcerer and the White Snake: BD Review

Jet Li takes to the sky in this ambitious but bloated martial arts actioner....

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The Scarlet Pimpernel: DVD Review

Ian McKellen struts his stuff as a nasty villain in this throwback adaptation of the French Revolution saga....

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Shakespeare - The King's Man: DVD Review

This behind-the-curtain look at William Shakespeare's late-career output is shockingly exciting documentary entertainment....

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The Syndicate - Series 1: DVD Review

This marvelous TV-on-DVD set houses some of the most powerfully unpredictable melodrama we've yet seen in 2013....

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Dragon: BD Review

There's some excellent martial arts action in this Donnie Yen picture, but Dragon is no History of Violence (it'll make sense when you see it)....

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In Another Country: DVD Review

This Cannes favorite starring Isabelle Huppert is strange and beautiful....

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Wings of Life: BD Review

The newest DisneyNature doc is a knockout visually, but its drippy dramatics constantly threaten  to drag the movie to the ground....

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Sugartown: DVD Review

This three-episode British melodrama has some spark, but its brothers-at-war narrative is pretty  limp...

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Richard III: BD Review

Criterion unleashes their first Olivier Shakespeare Blu-ray, and it's a VistaVision knockout....

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Pierre Etaix : BD Review

These long-unavailable French comedies are a welcome addition to the Criterion pantheon...

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