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 | | 21. Public Enemies (Special Edition) coming soon! | | | Starring: Christian Bale Johnny Depp Director: Michael Mann | | Format: DVD Release Date: 12/8/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 |  | Public Enemies - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/27/2009 6:42 PM | |
They say that desperate times call for desperate measures. During the middle years of the Great Depression, said situations actually called for desperados. America was awash in outlaw criminality, a combination of factors reconstructing a Wild West mentality. Nowhere was this more prevalent than in the city of big shoulders, Chicago. With Al Capone facing charges of tax evasion, and other notorious criminals such as Bonnie and Clyde and Ma Barker making headlines, America had more than its fair share of public enemies. But none angered fledgling director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover more than John Dillinger -- and it's this debonair, disturbing rogue that sits at the center of Michael Mann's latest cool, contemplative crime thriller. read the full review | |
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 | | 26. Cinderella Man (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Renée Zellweger Russell Crowe Director: Ron Howard | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/22/2008 | User Rating: 4 | | Cinderella Man - DVD Review By: Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 6/2/2009 5:39 AM | |
Tickets to Ron Howard’s period boxing drama Cinderella Man should come with bootstraps. That way we literally could join the film’s heavyweight hero, dutifully played by Russell Crowe, as he sifts through the wreckage left by bill collectors and broken bones to climb his way out of Dickens-level poverty and see the light at the end of his personal tunnel of despair. American audiences adore underdog stories, particularly those tied to sports. From Rocky to Seabiscuit, we devour worthy longshots given a chance to reclaim such precious commodities as pride, significance, or the undying love of family. That, and anything with Darth Vader in it. read the full review | |
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 | | 34. King Kong (2-Disc Special Edition) | | | Starring: Jack Black Kyle Chandler Director: Peter Jackson | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/12/2009 | | King Kong (2005) - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/9/2009 4:44 PM | |
After Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy earned a zillion dollars, a slew of Oscars, and a place at the tip top of the Hollywood pyramid, Jackson was able to write his own ticket. As his follow-up project, Jackson chose to remake King Kong, which had industry observers scratching their heads. Historically, sequels and remakes of the original Kong range from bad to unwatchable, and while Jackson certainly knows effects and storytelling, Kong remakes seem to be cursed endeavors. Voodoo or no, they're probably ill-advised. 1933's Kong is one of those movie archetypes that really shouldn't be messed with. read the full review | |
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