 |  | Law Abiding Citizen - DVD Review
F. Gary Gray's no-frills thriller Law Abiding Citizen serves up a standard premise (crime victim seeks vigilante justice), one crackerjack performance (Gerard Butler as the aggrieved avenger), and some blood-soaked action. It's hardly going to rewri... more |
 |  | Hunger - DVD Review
Awake with blunt noise and images of stunning clarity, Steve McQueen's Hunger only indulges in one real section of dialogue. Most of the film, set in Northern Ireland's infamous Long Kesh (Maze) prison, frames this conversation, one between a priest... more |
 |  | Cabin Fever - DVD Review
There once was a time in movie history when party-hardy kids would head into the woods and get their heads bashed in by some masked psycho. Ah, the good old days. Writer/director Eli Roth remembers that time fondly with his no-apologies, balls-to-th... more |
 |  | Coco Before Chanel - DVD Review
Even if you're not into fashion, the brand name Chanel is immediately recognizable. It's been around for a long time, and there's a certain amount of exaltation just uttering the two syllables. But the beginning of this impressive empire was not swi... more |
 |  | Ran - DVD Review
The average movie enthusiast has probably heard the name Akira Kurosawa mentioned with reverence in pretentious film-snob circles or in almost any film school, but chances are the average movie enthusiast probably hasn't bothered to ever really watc... more |
 |  | GoodFellas - DVD Review
GoodFellas – strange title for a movie, don’t you think? There’s a capital G and a capital F in there, intercapped as one word. One imagines that Martin Scorsese decided to make not just a film but a global conglomerate too, like FedEx or Pricewater... more |
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