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Mystery-Suspense
Tuesday, 16 October 2007 |
Written by
AVRev.com
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title:
The Invisible
studio:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG-13
starring:
Marcia
Gay Harden, Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Chris Marquette, Alex
O'Loughlin, Callum Keith Rennie, Michelle Harrison, Ryan Kennedy,
Andrew Francis, Alex Ferris, Tania Saulnier.
DVD release date:
October 16, 2007
The supernatural action-thriller The Invisible haunts its way onto DVD
and Blu-ray Disc® on October 16th from Hollywood Pictures Home
Entertainment.
From the producers of the box office smash hit “The Sixth Sense,”
director David S. Goyer’s gripping thriller The Invisible stars Justin
Chatwin (“War of the Worlds”) as Nick Powell, a bright and sensitive
high school student with precious few hours to solve his very own
murder. In order to escape a haunting world between life and death,
Nick solicits the help of the only other person who can see him,
classmate Annie Newton (Margarita Levieva from TV’s “Vanished”).
Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
Written by
Allan Peach
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title:
The Informer
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studio:
Warner Home Video
MPAA rating:
Not Rated
starring:
Victor
McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford,
Una O’Connor, J.M. Kerrigan, Joseph Sauers (Joe Sawyer), Neil
Fitzgerald, Donald Meek, Francis Ford
director:
John Ford
film release year:
1935
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Five Stars
sound/picture rating:
Three and a half Stars
reviewed by:
Allan Peach
John Ford’s “The Informer” is one of the director’s greatest films and
therefore one of the greatest motion pictures ever made. It brought
Ford his first Academy Award (the film won four Oscars and was
nominated for six). For years it made every critic’s top ten list, and
director Samuel Fuller considered it the greatest film ever made. “The
Informer” was also a major influence on Orson Welles, and when Welles
was asked to name the three greatest film directors of all time, he
replied, “John Ford, John Ford and John Ford.”
Tuesday, 14 March 2006 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title:
A History of Violence
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studio:
New Line Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt, Ed Harris
DVD Release Year:
2006
film Release Year:
2005
film rating:
Five Stars
sound/picture rating:
Five Stars
reviewed by:
Mel Odom
“A
History of Violence” began life as a graphic novel written and drawn by
John Wagner and Vince Locke. When it was picked up and turned into a
movie directed by David Cronenberg in 2005, “A History of Violence”
arguably became one of the best movies of that year. The DVD case even
advertises that the feature hit over 150 Top Ten lists.
Tuesday, 24 January 2006 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title:
Flightplan
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studio:
Touchstone Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG-13
starring:
Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Erika Christensen, Sean Bean
film release year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Mel Odom
“Flightplan” rips into the viewer’s psyche gently, then – like a
bloodsucking leech – refuses to let go. The movie is a return to the
film noir styling that made 1940s Hollywood so good. The story has
twists and turns, and seasons the main character with just enough
psychological doubt that we can’t fully trust her either. The film has
been compared to a Hitchcock endeavor, praise it truly deserves.
Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster) is an engineer who has worked on the jet
propulsion system of the world’s largest aircraft, the Aalto 474.
Unfortunately, she has also just lost her husband in a tragic accident.
In fact, the investigation has led officials to believe that David
Pratt committed suicide. Struggling to hang onto her sanity, Kyle
fights ...
Tuesday, 10 January 2006 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title:
The Constant Gardener
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studio:
Universal Studios Home Video
MPAA rating:
R
Starring:
Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite
Theatrical release year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Mel Odom
For
years, John Le Carre stood head and shoulders above most thriller
writers when it came to penning spy stories. Several of his novels
became movies. After the Berlin Wall fell, then Communist Russia, Le
Carre, like a lot of other suspense writers, had to find new subject
matter for his novels. Always known for deep and rich characters, Le
Carre maintained that sharp focus in his post-Cold War novels. “The
Constant Gardener” is one of his best.
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