Movies And TV

Movies and TV


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Wednesday August 13, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Capsule reviews of recently reviewed films | more...

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Wednesday August 13, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
George Lucas franchise gets animated | more...

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Wednesday August 13, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
War spoof works but slows toward end | more...

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Wednesday August 6, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Nanette Burstein’s documentary can’t face the reality | more...

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Wednesday August 6, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Frenchman balances between the twin towers in the award-winning documentary | more...

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Wednesday August 6, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Is Judd Apatow losing steam? | more...

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Wednesday August 6, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Capsule reviews of recently reviewed movies | more...

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Tuesday August 5, 2008 09:32 PM EDT



“Anthony Bourdain - No Reservations” Collection 3image-1

“Beastmaster” the Complete Collection

The Counterfeiters

“Doctor Who” Episode 17, “The Time Meddler,” and Episode 121, “Black Orchard”

“Family Ties” the Fourth Season

The First Olympics - Athens 1896 — The DVD version of this TV movie couldn’t have come out at a better time, with this year’s summer...

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 08:58 PM EDT

This week I review “Mad Men,” the latest “Show You Should Watch” according to The Vulture blog. American Movie Classics’ multi-Emmy nominee looks back, with 20/20 hindsight, at the lives of hedonistic ad men and their put-upon women in early 1960s Manhattanhttp://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/.

In my review I wasn’t able to dwell on one of my favorite aspects of “Mad Men:” its treatment of...

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 05:00 PM EDT

image-1Check out this week’s View from the Couch DVD-review column by Matt Brunson of Charlotte’s Creative Loafing. This week Matt takes a look at The Counterfeiters, Doomsday, The Inglorious Bastards and Vampyr (which I unfairly chastised Matt last week for not having reviewed).

We’re grateful that Matt got around to Vampyr; he likey!

There are images here that are staggering in...

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Documentary offers a poignant story of liberation | more...

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Evelyn Waugh’s 1945 novel gets a big-screen adaptation | more...

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Capsule reviews of recently reviewed movies | more...

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
AMC drama wheels and deals its way to 16 Emmy nominations | more...

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Third time is not a charm | more...

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Sun., Aug. 10 | more...

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Co-producer, photographer, editor of ‘This Is Atlanta’ | more...

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Tuesday July 29, 2008 09:00 AM EDT

Here are some selected titles that come out on DVD today. For more, keep an eye out for Matt Brunson’s “View from the Couch” column tomorrow.

The Band’s Visit — The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra is stranded in a remoteimage-1 town in Israel and must find a place to stay the night and get acquainted with their neighbors.

“Beverly Hills 90210” Season 5...

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Wednesday July 23, 2008 08:02 PM EDT
Here’s this week’s View from the Couch DVD-review column by Creative Loafing/Charlotte’s own Matt Brunson, who reviews releases of 21, In Bruges (which Curt Holman reviewed for us) and more. Unfortunately, Matt didn’t touch on the Criterion Collection’s spiffed-up release of Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1932 classic, Vampyr. (Don’t worry; I’m squirreling away ghoulish-movie DVD reviews for Halloween.... | more...

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Wednesday July 23, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Documentary reveals China’s growing pains | more...

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Wednesday July 23, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
A New York teen tries deals with life | more...

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Wednesday July 23, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young exercises the First Amendment | more...

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Wednesday July 23, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Capsule reviews of recently viewed films | more...

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Wednesday July 23, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Maybe you had to be there | more...

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Wednesday July 23, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Why the TV show shouldn’t have been resurrected | more...