 | | 1. Coraline (Blu-ray) (2d and 3d Versions with 3d Glasses/2discs) | | | Starring: Dakota Fanning Teri Hatcher Director: Henry Selick | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 1/3/2010 |  | Coraline - Blu-Ray DVD Review By: Dusty Somers - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 7/22/2009 12:58 PM | | The imagination is allowed to run rampant in Coraline, a spooky and satisfying gorgeous piece of stop-motion animation from Henry Selick, who also directed The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. The amount of work that goes into a project like this is absolutely staggering – the shoot apparently lasted for more than 18 months, with two years of pre-production before that – and the end result is a film that engages the mind’s eye thoroughly. The film provokes near-constant senses of both delight and unease; it’s not hard to imagine most younger children being terrified at this movie, but that dichotomy fits the themes of the film very well. read the full review | |
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 | | 3. Charlotte's Web (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Dakota Fanning Director: Gary Winick | | Format: DVD Release Date: 4/14/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Charlotte's Web - DVD By: Franck Tabouring - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 4/5/2007 11:03 PM | | Charlotte's Web is some movie, and it's plain terrific. It is an exhilarating and thoroughly earnest adaptation of E.B. White's popular classic, and a magical adventure that will dazzle both those familiar with the story and those who might never even have heard of it. The movie beautifully combines subtle storytelling with stunning visuals, and never reaches past White's incredible imagination. Therefore, Charlotte's Web is a humble experience. read the full review | |
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 | | 4. Secret Life of Bees new! | | | Starring: Jennifer Hudson Queen Latifah Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | | Format: DVD Release Date: 10/20/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 2 | | The Secret Life of Bees - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/23/2009 7:46 PM | |
Caucasians, apparently, have no soul. Or heart. Or common sense. According to the movies, whenever the majority lacks a moment of personal clarity, they seek solace, advice, and sage-like wisdom from the groups they marginalized for centuries. As a result, some manner of karmic comeuppance is achieved. The latest example of this Bagger Vance-ing of inferred race relations is The Secret Life of Bees. Set in the percolating days of the Civil Rights Movement, this weepy feel-good sampling of you-go-girl saccharine has some real value. But it can't avoid the sugared-sap cliches that have helped to craft this particular motion picture subgenre. read the full review | |
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 | | 5. Coraline | | | Starring: Dakota Fanning Teri Hatcher Director: Henry Selick | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/3/2010 | | Coraline - DVD Review By: Chris Cabin - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/10/2009 4:48 PM | |
Remember The Nightmare Before Christmas? The holiday classic is invariably credited to its producer and story writer Tim Burton, but the film was actually directed by New Jersey native Henry Selick, an animator on Pete's Dragon and The Fox and the Hound who met Burton when they both worked at Disney in the '80s. Selick finally returns to the world of stop-motion animation once again, which he used solely in both Nightmare and the 1996 Roald Dahl adaptation James and the Giant Peach, with Coraline, another adaptation of a cryptic children's fable, this one written by literary goth overlord Neil Gaiman. read the full review | |
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 | | 10. Push | | | Starring: Camilla Belle Chris Evans Director: Paul McGuigan | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/10/2010 | | Push - DVD Review By: David Thomas - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 6/26/2009 7:44 PM | |
In the first minute of Push, a character utters a line that's all but verbatim: "Save the cheerleader; save the world." With the film's unapologetic intent to lift freely from Heroes and its progenitor X-Men firmly established, we're then treated to virtually nothing new in the ordinary-folks-with-extraordinary-abilities subgenre. Opening credit narration explains that there exist people born with special powers they don't necessarily want, and since the '40s an entity called Division has been trying to round them up and turn them into super-soldiers. There are a handful of abilities, and if you have one, you get a catchy name. Watchers can see the future. Pushers can put thoughts in your head. read the full review | |
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 | | 11. Charlottes Web (Fullscreen) | | | Starring: Dakota Fanning Director: Gary Winick | | Format: DVD Release Date: 4/14/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Charlotte's Web - DVD By: Franck Tabouring - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 4/5/2007 11:03 PM | | Charlotte's Web is some movie, and it's plain terrific. It is an exhilarating and thoroughly earnest adaptation of E.B. White's popular classic, and a magical adventure that will dazzle both those familiar with the story and those who might never even have heard of it. The movie beautifully combines subtle storytelling with stunning visuals, and never reaches past White's incredible imagination. Therefore, Charlotte's Web is a humble experience. read the full review | |
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