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 | | 5. Across the Universe new! | | | Starring: Evan Rachel Wood Jim Sturgess Director: Julie Taymor | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/23/2008 | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 4 |  | Across the Universe - DVD Review By: Jesse Hassenger - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/25/2008 8:25 PM | |
Julie Taymor's Across the Universe is a musical that tells its story through a couple dozen Beatles songs and in service of this ambition, it is necessary to forgive a certain degree of yearning nostalgia. The wealth of references and in-jokes -- spare lyrics turning up in dialogue, a rooftop concert, unexpected appearances of Joe Cocker -- may seem cornball or literal, and they sometimes are, but the movie's brand of Beatlemania is unabashedly fannish, too, and understandable in its way. There are plenty of musical acts whose music and lyrics brought to life would not enchant me; don't wake me for the inevitable Light My Fire or Brass in Pocket. read the full review | |
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 | | 7. Bourne Identity (HD) | | | Starring: Franka Potente Matt Damon Director: Doug Liman | | Format: High Definition DVD Release Date: 7/24/2007 | User Rating: 5 |  | The Bourne Identity - DVD Review By: David Levine - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/13/2007 8:07 PM | |
Last year, Christopher Nolan took memory loss to a new level with his masterful thriller Memento, in which the hero tattoos notes on his body to help him cope with his condition. This year, the amnesiac champion of The Bourne Identity uses brains and brawn as a means of sorting out his memory loss. Doug Liman directs Identity with the same degree of creativity as he demonstrated with Swingers and Go, despite some reportedly epic studio and script squabbles. This time, however, he works on a much grander scale. read the full review | |
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