MWFF’08 Event Wrap-Up

From August 21st to September 1st, the Montreal World Film Festival celebrated its 32nd anniversary with a selection of 234 feature films, and almost as many short to medium films. Like previous years, the pot was a mix of critical successes and abysmal failures. As is the case with such festivals, any one film enthusiast … Continue reading

DVD Releases for the Week of Sept. 30, 2008

September ends with a bang – a good mixture of critically-acclaimed foreign films, documentaries and American mainstream film. Vying for your attention this week an Oscar-nominated war on terror documentary, a Judd Apatow-produced comedy, a fully restored Murnau masterpiece and Marvel’s Iron Man. This is a nice end to a month that started with some … Continue reading

DVD Releases for the Week of Sept. 23, 2008

Unless you’re in the mood for some small documentaries or restored versions of classic films, this week has very little to offer filmgoers looking for anything mind-blowing or challenging. Nevertheless, a few blockbuster comedies should keep the masses happy until next week’s decidedly better release schedule.

DVD Releases for the Week of Sept. 16, 2008

Wading through the mud seems to be trick in the third week of DVD releases for September. Among the numerous mainstream and lowstream productions there are only a handful of films really worth checking out. Most notable among new releases are two indie productions, one starring a blue bulb-headed mascot, and the other starring Kate … Continue reading

DVD Releases for the Week of Sept. 9, 2008

The second week of September is a bit of a drag, release-wise. Unless you’re in the mood for some re-released films already available on DVD and more new editions of Halloween classics and not-so-classics, then this week may be a good one to catch up on some other DVDs you may have missed over the … Continue reading

DVD Releases for the Week of Sept. 2, 2008

September is often an exciting month in home movie releases as it begins the countdown to the holiday season for distributors. Between the first week of September and mid December, DVD’s release en masse in order to take advantage of that November economic upswing (thanks to American Thanksgiving and the fiasco that is Christmas shopping). … Continue reading