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 | | 5. True Blood-Complete 1st Season | | | Starring: Stephen Moyer Anna Paquin | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/19/2009 |  | True Blood: Season One - DVD Review By: Don Willmott - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 5/8/2009 5:39 PM | |
Richly populated with a wide variety of unique characters, not to mention a serial killer and lots of sexy vampires, Bon Temps, Louisiana is a decidedly interesting place in which to spend some time. Alan Ball's True Blood may not quite measure up to the triumph of his Six Feet Under, but it's as good a series as any HBO has put on the air since The Sopranos ended, and it's well worth a renewal or two. Based on a series of novels by Charlaine Harris, True Blood drops us into the weird world of Sookie Stackhouse (the energetic Anna Paquin), a young waitress who has ability to hear people's thoughts, a talent that annoys the hell out of her. read the full review | |
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 | | 6. Confessions of a Shopaholic new! | | | Starring: Hugh Dancy Isla Fisher Director: P.J. Hogan | | Format: DVD Release Date: 6/23/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Confessions of a Shopaholic - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 6/11/2009 5:39 AM | |
Hollywood has found a new cash cow, though the use of the latter term might get more than a few supposedly chauvinistic critics in trouble. The modern woman, sick of the same old sloppy rom-com rationalizations, has decided to go gourmand. Like Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, she wants it all and she wants it now. Oh course, back in the '70s, said little girl was considered a brat. Today, she is the reigning glamour queen of conspicuous consumption. A perfect example of this ideal is Rebecca Bloomwood. The heroine of P.J. Hogan's adaptation of Sophia Kinsella's Confessions of a Shopaholic, this spunky career gal wants a cushy job, a suave boyfriend, an understanding best bud, and an unlimited credit line. read the full review | |
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 | | 24. Slumdog Millionaire | | | Starring: Anil Kapoor Dev Patel Director: Danny Boyle | | Format: DVD Release Date: 3/31/2009 | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 2 | | Slumdog Millionaire - DVD Review By: Robert M. Barga - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 4/5/2009 6:38 PM | | Last year, one movie captured America’s hearts and minds. The movie, which was on the path to nowhere (straight-to-DVD release), reached out and was seen by millions of people across the country. The same movie won eight Academy Awards, the most for a single movie since the Lord of the Rings series. That very same movie is now available on Blu-ray and standard DVD. Yes, America, Slumdog Millionaire has just been released for you to own. read the full review | |
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 | | 28. Miracle At St Anna | | | Starring: Derek Luke Michael Ealy Director: Spike Lee | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/10/2009 | | Miracle at St. Anna - DVD Review By: Ed Perkis - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 2/9/2009 6:56 PM | | Lee's attempt to tell a story about black soldiers in World War II is a meandering, overlong mess. Using a script from James McBride, who adapted his own novel, the director can't seem to figure out what the story should focus on to make an entertaining and powerful film. Instead he focuses on anything and everything, often in such a heavy handed way that any power the story might have contained is diluted. read the full review | |
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 | | 30. Boy in the Striped Pajamas | | | Starring: Rupert Friend Vera Farmiga Director: Mark Herman | | Format: DVD Release Date: 3/10/2009 | | User Rating: 5 | | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - DVD Review By: Brandon Cozart - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 3/10/2009 11:37 PM | | 2008 was a very big year for films adapted from books, with several reaching the high acclaim of Academy Award nominations. One adapted film that didn't get much recognition, however, is The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, based on the novel by John Boyne. The film opens with the following quote emblazoned on the screen: "Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows." As the quote suggests, this is a sort of coming of age film, and over the course of 94 minutes,those in the audience slowly watch the innocence of children unravel before their eyes as the reality of what is taking place becomes more and more illuminated. read the full review | |
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 | | 38. Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Single Disc) | | | Starring: Anna Popplewell Ben Barnes Director: Andrew Adamson | | Format: DVD Release Date: 12/2/2008 | | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/21/2008 4:31 PM | |
In Clerks II, uber-slacker Randal described the Lord of the Rings trilogy as a series of endless walks. Nothing but nonstop, pointless treks. One has to wonder what his reaction would be to the overwhelming ambulation in the two Chronicles of Narnia films. While The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe had origins and mythos to highlight, Disney's latest entry in the franchise, Prince Caspian, requires a more minimal setup. All returning director Andrew Adamson has to offer as a result is more shoe to footpath action, with the occasional CGI-sparked battle to break up the constant strolling. read the full review | |
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 | | 39. Inkheart (Blu-ray) new! | | | Starring: Brendan Fraser Paul Bettany Director: Iain Softley | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 6/23/2009 | | Inkheart - Blu-Ray DVD Review By: Robert M. Barga - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 7/8/2009 3:26 PM | | A popular theme in literature and movies is the idea that the "real" characters from the book/movie are able to interact with "fictional" characters from an internal realm. In Jumanji, animals come from a realm of games and invade the characters' world. In Night at the Museum, Ben Stiller encounters hundreds of historical entities that come to life. Inkheart continues with this theme. >In Inkheart, Mo Folchart (Brendan Fraser) is a silvertongue; that is, he is able to "talk" characters out of books. read the full review | |
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 | | 40. Frank Miller's Sin City (Dts) | | | Starring: Mickey Rourke Bruce Willis Director: Frank Miller Robert Rodriguez | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/1/2006 | | Sin City - DVD Review By: Eric Meyerson - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 4/10/2009 5:36 PM | |
You typically have to maintain low expectations for a comic book movie. For every Spider-Man, you get a bunch of Elektras and Daredevils. So really, what can you expect from one with a huge, B-list cast and three directors? Surprise! Sin City is a mega-violent, highly potent vial of noir crack. And judging from the riotous burst of applause at the end of our screening, one that's destined to be a Matrix-style mass-cult classic. Okay, so Sin City isn't really a comic book movie – it's a graphic novel movie. And in spite of the title, the locale isn't the tourist-friendly and brightly-lit Vegas strip but "Basin City," a noir Nowheresville, a mid-century L.A. with snow flurries and dark sewers, enveloped in permanent midnight. read the full review | |
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 | | 41. Painted Veil | | | Starring: Edward Norton Naomi Watts Director: John Curran | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/6/2008 | User Rating: 4 | | The Painted Veil - DVD By: Franck Tabouring - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 5/12/2007 4:43 PM | | Director John Curran and screenwriter Ron Nyswaner guide their viewers through this relationship with care and precision, while emphasizing on solid character development and powerful dialogue. The Painted Veil does a wonderful job at capturing the emotions from Maugham's novel, a story about two individuals whose uselessness in a place far away from home is the only thing they have in common. read the full review | |
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 | | 42. A Scanner Darkly | | | Starring: Robert Downey Keanu Reeves Director: Richard Linklater | | Format: DVD Release Date: 11/11/2008 | | A Scanner Darkly By: Rafe Telsch - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 12/23/2006 7:45 PM | | Drama is exactly what A Scanner Darkly is. Despite a vaguely futuristic setting (seven years in the future really isn't that far, is it') and advertising that sometimes makes the film appear to be an animated Matrix tale, the film bears little resemblance to traditional science fiction (although you have to love the irony that Substance "D" is a red pill, continuing the science fiction idea that you should always question the consequences of swallowing any red pill). read the full review | |
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 | | 46. Bridge To Terabithia (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Josh Hutcherson Robert Patrick Director: Gabor Csupo | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/15/2008 | | User Rating: 4 | | Bridge to Terabithia - DVD Review By: Ed Perkis - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 6/26/2007 10:52 PM | | The scenes in Terabithia, where Jesse and Leslie briefly battle creatures which echo their struggles at school and home, is the movie's only fantasy element. The rest is firmly rooted in the reality of school yard and home-life troubles, familiar to anyone who didn't quite fit in during these formative years. Jesse's relationship with Leslie, not a romance but a true friendship, gives him confidence to do what he enjoys while facing down some of the roadblocks in his life. read the full review | |
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