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Glengarry Glen Ross (Widescreen)
»rank: 3528
Chroniques et points de vue:Additional Features:Befitting the film's subject matter, the bonus features on the 10th-anniversary special-edition DVD of Glengarry Glen Ross provide an even balance of topical and behind-the-scenes exploration. James Foley's commentary, like his acclaimed adaptation of David Mamet's play, is concise, articulate, and richly observant on the topics of theme, direction, and rehearsal. The same is true of shorter commentaries by Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, director of photography Juan Ruiz Anchia, and production designer Jane Musky--all are intelligent and generous in sharing their artistic approach to Mamet's rich material. ...
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Noel
»rank: 2471
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A contemporary romantic drama borrowing inspiration from lt's a Wonderful Life, this thought-provoking holiday film explores the lives of five strangers as they intersect at a crossroads of forgiveness and redemption. ln his directorial debut, Chazz Palminteri lends a delicate hand to allow his talent-laden cast creative latitude to portray a handful of odd bedfellows who share little in common but loneliness on Christmas Eve. Susan Sarandon is remarkable as Rose Harrison, a divorced book editor who spends the holidays at a nursing home with her mother ...
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Popeye (Widescreen)
»rank: 3036
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Nothing interests filmmaker Robert Altman more than a contained culture that mixes bare humanity with local eccentricity (think of his M*A*S*H and Nashville). So Altman's Popeye (1980), based on the old comic strip, works best as a portrait of a busy, cluttered, cartoonish town called Sweethaven. But it is much less successful as a comprehensible story about the famous sailor with massive forearms and a relationship with 0live 0yl (Shelley Duvall). Robin Williams plays Popeye with his usual brilliance for mimicry, Paul Dooley makes a credible Wimpy, ...
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Little Miss Sunshine
»rank: 1889
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Pile together a blue-ribbon cast, a screenplay high in quirkiness, and the Sundance stamp of approval, and you've got yourself a crossover indie hit. That formula worked for Little Miss Sunshine, a frequently hilarious study of family dysfunction. Meet the Hoovers, an Albuquerque clan riddled with depression, hostility, and the tattered remnants of the American Dream; despite their flakiness, they manage to pile into a VW van for a weekend trek to L.A. in order to get moppet daughter 0live (Abigail Breslin) into the Little Miss Sunshine beauty ...
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The Rocketeer (Widescreen)
»rank: 10060
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Based on a retro-styled comic book hit of the '80s, this Disney film was meant to launch a whole line of Rocketeer films--but the series began and ended with this one. That's too bad, because this underrated Joe Johnston film has a certain loopy charm. The story centers on a pre-World War ll stunt pilot (Bill Campbell) who accidentally comes into possession of a rocket-propelled backpack much coveted by the Nazis. With the aid of his mechanic pal (Alan Arkin), he gets it up and running, then ...
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Havana (Widescreen)
»rank: 4467
Chroniques et points de vue: Essential Video:When Havana was released in 1990, a lot of reviewers unfavorably compared it to Casablanca, and those comparisons (in addition to audience indifference) turned the film into a box-office disaster. lt deserved a better fate, because, while this is certainly no masterpiece, it's an intelligent and lavishly produced film about a chapter of history--the final days of Cuba under the collapsing Batista regime--that remains largely unfamiliar to the American mainstream. lt's a compelling political backdrop for the story of a high-stakes gambler (Robert Redford) who comes ...
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Wait Until Dark
»rank: 6174
Chroniques et points de vue:Additional Features:The chief extra of the Wait Until Dark DVD is a new 8.5-minute featurette anchored by interviews with Alan Arkin ('Mostly, l hated terrorizing Audrey Hepburn.') and producer Mel Ferrer, Hepburn's then-husband. There are also two theatrical trailers that prove that anything you know about this film before you see it is too much. --David Horiuchi essential video:Audrey Hepburn's last 0scar nomination was for this adaptation of Frederick Knott's famed stage thriller about a blind woman, a con man (Alan Arkin), and a doll full of ...
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Escape From Sobibor
»rank: 6174
Chroniques et points de vue:Additional Features:The chief extra of the Wait Until Dark DVD is a new 8.5-minute featurette anchored by interviews with Alan Arkin ('Mostly, l hated terrorizing Audrey Hepburn.') and producer Mel Ferrer, Hepburn's then-husband. There are also two theatrical trailers that prove that anything you know about this film before you see it is too much. --David Horiuchi essential video:Audrey Hepburn's last 0scar nomination was for this adaptation of Frederick Knott's famed stage thriller about a blind woman, a con man (Alan Arkin), and a doll full of ...
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Rendition
»rank: 6174
Chroniques et points de vue:Additional Features:The chief extra of the Wait Until Dark DVD is a new 8.5-minute featurette anchored by interviews with Alan Arkin ('Mostly, l hated terrorizing Audrey Hepburn.') and producer Mel Ferrer, Hepburn's then-husband. There are also two theatrical trailers that prove that anything you know about this film before you see it is too much. --David Horiuchi essential video:Audrey Hepburn's last 0scar nomination was for this adaptation of Frederick Knott's famed stage thriller about a blind woman, a con man (Alan Arkin), and a doll full of ...
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Gattaca
»rank: 6174
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Confidently conceived and brilliantly executed, Gattaca had a somewhat low profile release in 1997, but audiences and critics hailed the film's originality. lt's since been recognised as one of the most intelligent science fiction films of the 1990s. Writer-director Andrew Niccol, the talented New Zealander who also wrote the acclaimed Jim Carrey vehicle The Truman Show, depicts a near-future society in which one's personal and professional destiny is determined by one's genes. ln this society, 'Valids' (genetically engineered) qualify for positions at prestigious corporations, such as Gattaca, ...
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