Dvd Reviews

Tintin is all about pell-mell adventure but the rather bland hero could use some fleshing out, in every sense of the word.

It's not as if this sober, subtle spy film was ignored -- it was one of the most acclaimed films of the year and received three Oscar nominations. But I think the stock of this remarkable achievement is going to rise steadily.

DVD releases keep coming fast and furious, with this week's batch including some of the best movies put out in 2011... and some of the worst. Ain't that always the way?

The ideas and concepts first found in Frank Miller's Batman: Year One have been so pilfered through over the last 25 years that it feels strange to see this work adapted for film without any narrative alterations.

That this film was given a token theatrical release just last month is only because it happens to be helmed by one of the more respected horror filmmakers of the 1970s and 1980s. But the era of John Carpenter is long over.

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2D version) 2010 97 minutes rated PG Available December 17th on DVD, Blu Ray, 3D Blu Ray, iTunes, and D...

The extended cut really gives fans their money's worth, with nearly a half-hour of extra character development and a bit more action during the major set-pieces.

The best part of this little mini-movie is the return of George Newbern as Superman.

In 1995's absurd Hackers, the internet is depicted as a psychedelic trip. Not even a young Angelina Jolie can prevent the film from coming off like an amateurish mess.

Cartoonist Nina Paley spent six years making Sita Sings the Blues, a tragic love story about a prince named Rama who suspects his wife Sita has been unfaithful.

I criticized the Korean monster flick The Host as a movie that understood its genre but didn't add much of its own. The same can be said of Howard Mc...

When Jake and Elwood Blues took their act onscreen, they left behind a thriving, coke-fueled franchise. SNL's fourth season was its most popular to da...