DVD: juno

DVD: juno

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Juno

Jason Bateman, Emily Perkins

20th Century Fox, 2008

I applaud Ellen Page's performance and just want to keep applauding.
I've been meaning to see this 2007 award-winning film for a long time. I'm glad I finally did. This is a comedy but it is more than that. It is a heartwarming story of an off-beat and lovable 16-year old girl who becomes pregnant. She is exceptionally wise and ...

Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess

Sony Pictures, 2008

Welcome to the retro world we live in.
The range and change in Beatles music is mirrored in the lives of this highly charged adult fantasy that could have been real for someone. The singing is not always equal to the source, but fits the plot. Like many recent musical defined stories, this one can strain ...

27 Dresses (Widescreen Edition)

Katherine Heigl, James Marsden

20th Century Fox, 2008

Love, love, LOVE THIS MOVIE!
I saw this movie in theatres and absolutely fell in love with it. I couldn't wait for it to come out on DVD so I could watch it again. A girl who doesn't know how to say 'no'; A sister who is so completely self-involved that she doesn't care to notice that her sister ...

Once

Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová

20th Century Fox, 2007

Excellent Movie
My husband and I happened to stumble on to this movie. We first heard about it from some award show (maybe the Emmy's) last year. This movie won best song and when they accepted their award we noticed first because of their heavy irish accent, but also becasue they ...

No Country for Old Men

Javier Bardem, Rodger Boyce

Miramax, 2008

Another Great From the Coens!!!
I always find the Coen Brothers films remarkably appealing. With "No Country for Old Men" they have again created another enjoyable and well made film which works on many levels. Both scary and funny, it is well acted and explores questions of human morality and ...

27 Dresses (Full Screen Edition)

Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp

Dreamworks Video, 2008

"I Will Have Vengeance, I Will Have Salvation..." "Nothing's Gonna Harm You, Not While I'm Around..." Bloody Well Done.
Tim Burton's rendition of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street" is bloody well done...and I mean it literally. While I'm not very familiar with this musical, I thought, "Just the cast makes me wanna see it." Long story short I finally saw it on DVD and ...

P.S. I Love You

Kathy Bates, Michael Countryman

Warner Home Video, 2008

One of the best romantic comedys I have ever seen:
It is very rare that after viewing a movie I want to watch it again, this movie was so good, I re-watched it immediately. Yes it is that good. I will state that I'm a guy, and yes by the end of the film the flood gates were open. You will definitely want to keep ...

Superbad (Unrated Widescreen Edition)

Jonah Hill, Michael Cera

Sony Pictures, 2007

The Best Troglodyte Film I've Ever Seen
A troglodyte film can be defined as an adolescent parody in which the principals are obsessed with raunchiness, gross-out humor, sexual stereotypes, and libidinous frustration. Given the limitations and triteness of this film genre, made infamous by Porkies and other ...

Little Miss Sunshine

Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear

20th Century Fox, 2006

Little Miss Sunshine
This movie turned out to be a sleeper! It started out slow and I wandered if I hadn't made a mistake. As the movie continued I started laughing and didn't stop till the end. The ending also touched my heart for the underdogs of this world. You didn't know whether to ...

There Will Be Blood

Daniel Day-Lewis, Barry Del Sherman

Paramount, 2008

Study of Greed and Paranoia
More than an epic tale of an early 20th Century oilman, this is a fascinating study of the greed for power and what it does to a man. We meet Daniel Plainview down the bottom of a mine, exerting himself in mind-numbingly monotonous and backbreaking work, looking for ...

Lars and the Real Girl

Patricia Clarkson, Liisa Repo-Martell

MGM (Video & DVD), 2008

Lars!
There are so many movies I won't see. We need a lot more like this. It's not mean-spirited, a huge plus. I'm not necessarily big on "feel-good" movies (and don't care about happy endings), but I want movies that, vis-a-vis their own reality, treat their characters ...

Dan in Real Life

Juliette Binoche, Steve Carell

Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone, 2008

Great Family Entertainment
In this day of off-color humor, this charming film is a breath of fresh air. I'll admit, I waited until it was out on DVD; after all, Steve Carrell and Dan Cook aren't exactly known for starring in roles considered "family-friendly". I was pleasantly surprised at the ...

Bella

Eduardo Verástegui, Tammy Blanchard

Lions Gate, 2008

A poignant, masterful film
Bella is one of the better films I've seen this year. It has that ellusive mix of visual beauty, a unique voice, and masterful acting and character development that makes a movie both intellectually and emotionally engaging. The subject is also close to my heart and ...

Atonement (Widescreen Edition)

Keira Knightley, James Mcavoy

Universal Studios, 2008

A moment of envy lives on with tragic consequences...
What is so very interesting about this film is the sense by which you cannot uniformly condemn the central character, Briony, for her vengeful actions as a child. It would be too easy to dismiss her as hateful and motivated by envy, but is this a fair assessment of a ...