 | | 1. Milk | | | Starring: Josh Brolin Emile Hirsch Director: Gus Van Sant | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/11/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 |  | Milk - DVD Review By: Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/27/2009 5:25 PM | |
Thirty years before Sen. Barack Obama broke through a significant political color barrier, Harvey Milk tore down a similar wall that was obstructing America's gay community from holding political office. Milk finds experimental auteur Gus Van Sant taking cautious steps back toward the mainstream to celebrate Harvey's accomplishments. Van Sant's tender human-interest story, which showcases Sean Penn's considerable talents, is a closer relative to earlier efforts such as Finding Forrester or Good Will Hunting than to recent, abstruse features like Elephant, the spare Gerry, or the haunting Last Days. read the full review | |
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 | | 8. Batman and Robin (2-Disc Special Edition-Dts) | | | Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger Chris O'Donnell Director: Joel Schumacher | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/10/2009 | | Batman and Robin - DVD Review By: Jeremiah Kipp - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/27/2009 5:25 PM | |
This fourth episode in the Batman series isnt a movie so much as a theme park. It wasnt scripted so much as run through the Hollywood script mill, where every line of dialogue is reduced to a catchphrase. Allow me to break the ice, says Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger), My name is Freeze. Learn it well. For its the chilling sound of your doom. That groaner is representative of pretty much every line of Batmans arch-nemesis. He later posits such zingers as, Tonight, hell freezes over! and Youre not sending me to the cooler! This is not character development so much as paint-by-numbers screenwriting, where you can imagine the gang sitting around wondering what incorrigible pun theyll come up with next. read the full review | |
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 | | 25. Tokyo new! | | | Starring: Ayako Fujitani Jean-François Balmer Director: Leos Carax Joon-Ho Bong | | Format: DVD Release Date: 6/30/2009 | | Tokyo! - DVD Review By: Jay Antani - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 6/22/2009 10:44 PM | |
Tokyo! is a curious conundrum. The movie is a triptych of short films about the titular metropolis made by Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Joon-ho Bong, three non-Japanese filmmakers. Each tries to offer up personalized impressions of the Japanese capital, and that alone would suggest a worthwhile cinematic experience. But the films themselves lack the intimacy with Tokyo's cultural nuances that we crave from a piece like this, trafficking instead in stereotypes and platitudes. For its easy charm and humor, Michel Gondry's "Interior Design" comes off best. read the full review | |
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 | | 33. Batman (2-Disc Special Edition-Dts) | | | Starring: Jack Nicholson Michael Keaton Director: Tim Burton | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/10/2009 | | Batman (1989) - DVD Review By: James Brundage - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/27/2009 5:25 PM | |
Batman has changed over the years. Hes gone from Holy Rusted Metal to hallucinogens, from campy to comedy and then back to campy. Hes been through more first ladies than half of its leading men, and has seen more directors than an ingnue. First up to bat in the Batman movies was Tim Burton, fresh off of Beetlejuice and right before Edward Scisscorhands. Burtons Gotham is a noirish nightmare that grabs you from the opening scene. Batman is still a spook story to criminals, but hes a rumor spreading like wildfire. Bumbling on the trail is jackass journalist Alexander Knox (Robert Wuhl), and the girl drawn to the mystery of the bat is Vicky Vale (Kim Basinger). read the full review | |
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 | | 39. Powder Blue | | | Starring: Jessica Biel Forest Whitaker Director: Timothy Linh Bui | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/26/2009 | | Powder Blue - DVD Review By: Jason McKiernan - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 5/15/2009 5:40 PM | |
Powder Blue is one of the most depressingly bad movies ever made. Every decision -- from the screenplay to the acting to the visual palette -- is a cynical calculation based on an uncomfortable amalgam of several other much better movies. The characters are manipulated ciphers, their stories are emotional copycats, and the film is an ugly, wretched bit of sanctimony. Of course the film purports to be about finding hope in the unlikeliest places, but I found absolutely none, except when the credits started rolling. The film is a sloppy pastiche of four portraits of depressed souls in dire circumstances. read the full review | |
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