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 | | 30. Being There (Blu-ray) | | | Starring: Peter Sellers Director: Hal Ashby | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 2/3/2009 |  | Being There - Blu-Ray DVD Review By: El Bicho - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 2/19/2009 5:57 PM | | Directed by Hal Ashby and adapted by Jerzy Kosinki from his novel, Being There tells the story of the appropriately named Chance, a simple-minded man who finds himself gaining power and prestige in America because he is able to fill a need within people that they project upon him. Chance, played by Peter Sellers in one of his finest performances, is immediately revealed to be obsessed with television. No matter what room of the townhouse he goes to, there’s a television set and Chance turns it on. read the full review | |
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 | | 33. Casablanca | | | Starring: Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Director: Michael Curtiz | | Format: DVD Release Date: 6/7/2005 | | Casablanca - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/21/2008 4:31 PM | |
"Play it again, Sam." Well, those lines aren't in Casablanca, but the words "Bogie and Bergman" rank just below "Bogie and Bacall" when it comes to famous celebrity film pairings. Sometimes a kiss isn't just a kiss -- in this case, it's forever. And it was certainly the beginning of a beautiful friendship...
A new double-disc DVD of Casablanca enhances the film for novelists and cineastes alike. read the full review | |
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 | | 35. Curious Case Of Benjamin Button | | | Starring: Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett Director: David Fincher | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/5/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - DVD Review By: Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 4/24/2009 5:36 PM | | Every great filmmaker is allowed one bad film. For David Fincher, his first was his worst. An intelligent director, Fincher cut his teeth on television commercials and music videos before making his feature debut in 1992 with a forgettable and regrettable installment in the Alien franchise. It was all uphill from there. Fincher's next five films arguably are modern classics, each impressively different from its immediate predecessor. Gen X fanboys idolize him for the basement-dwelling aggressions of Fight Club. The director brought flash -- and a needed backbone -- to pulp thrillers like The Game and Panic Room. And cineastes found plenty to appreciate in the meticulous musings of Fincher's cold-case police procedural, Zodiac. read the full review | |
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 | | 39. Wrestler | | | Starring: Marisa Tomei Mickey Rourke Director: Darren Aronofsky | | Format: DVD Release Date: 4/21/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 2 | | The Wrestler - DVD Review By: Chris Cabin - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 4/10/2009 5:36 PM | |
For those who have been following Darren Aronofsky's career since he broke out in 2000 with Requiem for a Dream, his latest work, The Wrestler, might very well come as a bit of a shock. Unlike Requiem and 2006's The Fountain, the film does not garner its power from hyperactive editing (the former) nor grandiose flourishes of the patently ludicrous (the latter). Shot in grainy 16mm by the estimable Maryse Alberti, a cinematographer who has spent the last few years shooting documentaries, The Wrestler realigns Aronofsky as a director concerned with the slow burn of American neo-realism more than hyperactive pseudo-transcendentalism. read the full review | |
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 | | 43. 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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