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 | | 2. Love Actually (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Hugh Grant Liam Neeson Director: Richard Curtis | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/15/2008 |  | Love Actually - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 10/23/2009 5:09 PM | |
I can only presume that the British calendar is so uniquely screwy that it allows for a Christmas movie to open a week after Halloween. Or maybe Love Actually is just in a universe of its own… one in which the prime minister is inaugurated in November and where an adverb can be used to modify a noun. But a little oddness is forgivable: Directing a movie is a strange place for Richard Curtis, who's written umpteen Brit-friendly movies and TV shows over the years but hasn't directed one, until now. Little surprise then that Love Actually plays like a Richard Curtis Greatest Hits compilation. The film comprises nine major and barely-connected stories (as near as I can count) revolving around love and the weeks before Christmas. read the full review | |
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 | | 5. Blades of Glory (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Amy Poehler Will Ferrell Director: Josh Gordon Will Speck | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/27/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Blades of Glory - DVD Review By: Franck Tabouring - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 8/31/2007 8:23 PM | | I have to admit, when I first heard about the premise of the movie, all I expected was yet another embarrassing slapstick comedy stuffed with tasteless humor and homophobic jokes. Surprisingly, such is not the case, and the concept of two men pairing up to skate has quite a different intention than, let's say, Kevin James and Adam Sandler's fake marriage in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. read the full review | |
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 | | 7. Role Models (Unrated) | | | Starring: Christopher Mintz-Plasse Director: David Wain | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/11/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Role Models (Unrated) - DVD Review By: Jarad I. Wilk - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 3/17/2009 7:14 PM | | Role Models, to me, is kind of like the life of Britney Spears in the public eye. It starts off as something very special, filled with high expectations and tons of potential. As time goes on, she explores new opportunities as new doors open up to her, some are more successful than others. Then comes Kevin Federline, and the shit hits the fan. read the full review | |
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 | | 8. Proposal | | | Starring: Ryan Reynolds Sandra Bullock Director: Anne Fletcher | | Format: DVD Release Date: 10/13/2009 | | The Proposal - DVD Review By: Jon Erbar - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 10/14/2009 4:23 AM | | Facing deportation, a scathing, hard-nosed publicist (Sandra Bullock) and her passive-aggressive assistant (Ryan Reynolds) soon find themselves thrust toward the sacred bonds of matrimony. One needs a groom to stay in the country, the other needs a bride to keep his job. Their plan is simple enough: a quick marriage followed by a quicker divorce. While visiting the to-be in-laws in Alaska, however, these faux-betrotheds soon find themselves questioning their true feelings and the sincerity of this proposal. read the full review | |
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 | | 11. Planes Trains and Automobiles | | | Starring: John Candy Steve Martin Director: John Hughes | | Format: DVD Release Date: 3/22/2005 | User Rating: 5 | | Planes, Trains and Automobiles - DVD Review By: Pete Croatto - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 10/9/2009 11:09 PM | |
In 1987 John Hughes took a huge risk. The man who had spent three years profiling the lives of teenagers did the unthinkable: He wrote and directed two movies featuring adults: She’s Having a Baby and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. She’s Having a Baby is a pleasant comedy, but PTA is an absolute gem and one of the 1980s' most overlooked movies, a mixture of human drama and dizzying goofiness that qualifies it for timeless status. I should know. A co-worker and I continually quote lines from this 17-year-old movie. At this point we could audition for a remake. read the full review | |
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 | | 17. Blazing Saddles-30th Anniversary (Special Edition) new! | | | Starring: Cleavon Little Gene Wilder Director: Mel Brooks | | Format: DVD Release Date: 11/10/2009 | | Blazing Saddles - DVD By: Matt Paprocki - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 1/22/2007 3:17 AM | | The greatest film comedy ever made gets a gorgeous video makeover. Mel Brooks is a comic genius. This undisputable fact is proven by Blazing Saddles, the sixth all-time greatest comedy according to the AFI and ninth when Bravo handed out their awards. Granted it wasn't Mel Brooks alone, but his ability to get past the hand of the censors was the key to this film's success then and it still is today. read the full review | |
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 | | 22. Knocked Up (Unrated & Unprotected Widescreen) | | | Starring: Katherine Heigl Seth Rogen Director: Judd Apatow | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/1/2009 | | Knocked Up - DVD Review By: Chris Cabin - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 9/21/2007 5:55 PM | |
Apatow's works spend time with their characters, main and supporting, enough so that we can sincerely laugh with them and understand their decisions. It goes for his oeuvre overall as well: from the troubles of teenagers (Freaks and Geeks) to the pre-paranoia of college life (Undeclared) to the struggle of leaving your youth behind (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Apatow builds, thematically, with each project. And that's how we finally come to Knocked Up. Ben (Seth Rogen) holds onto drugs and buffoonery the way Andy in Virgin held onto childhood/teenage obsession. read the full review | |
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 | | 31. Get Smart (Widescreen) new! | | | Starring: Alan Arkin Anne Hathaway Director: Peter Segal | | Format: DVD Release Date: 11/10/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Get Smart - DVD Review By: Marc Eastman - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 11/17/2008 10:43 PM | | It's still a bumbling slapstick driving most of the comedy, but this Max isn't quite so far toward complete idiot. He's just unfortunately uncoordinated, and Carell manages to infuse a bit of depth and a lot more heart into the character than was ever the point of the original. Get Smart makes a great decision in trying to shift the focus away from Max's gags as much as possible. read the full review | |
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 | | 37. Bucket List new! | | | Starring: Jack Nicholson Morgan Freeman Director: Rob Reiner | | Format: DVD Release Date: 11/10/2009 | | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | The Bucket List - DVD Review By: Chris Barsanti - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 5/30/2008 4:31 PM | |
There will likely be people out there who will like The Bucket List. They will like its easy-to-follow premise, the hollow and overplayed jokes that occasionally come rumbling along, and the AARP-approved folksiness. And they'll really like Jack Nicholson, mugging for the camera as though terrified people will forget that he's still that same devilish old scamp he's been for longer than most moviegoers have been alive. This is not to say that the reason The Bucket List is a terrible film is because there are so many people out there predisposed to liking it. read the full review | |
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