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SOMETHING WILD: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

By | May 2011

Plenty of strait-laced businessmen engage in funky extracurricular activities — I’m sure you can find lots of Ralphs in Accounting who become Leo the Horned One in an S&M dungeon at night…

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SOMETHING WILD: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

I had never seen "Something Wild" before receiving this DVD and plopping it in my player. However, I like director Jonathan Demme and actors Jeff Daniels...

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FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

Criterion Collection films are generally easy to review, because the company focuses on classics or the best-of-the-best to begin with, so the majority of...

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SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

It all begins with the title. The irony aside, its lightness and alliteration suggest the last breaths of one of the film's victims. “Dance of the...

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BROADCAST NEWS: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

Sure, "Broadcast News" is a relic of the post-feminist 80s, a time when women were moving past burning bras and fighting for the ERA and figuring out how...

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MODERN TIMES: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

"Modern Times" is notable as not only The Little Tramp's final film but also as the product of a Hollywood that will never exist again. While it might be...

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HOUSE: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

To say Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 1977 film “House” ("Hausu") is weird would be an understatement, but without getting too flowery with prose, there’s...

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PATHS OF GLORY: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

It's remarked a few times in the supplements for this Criterion edition of "Paths of Glory" that it's the ultimate anti-war film. While I tend to shy away...

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THE MAGICIAN: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

Personally, I've never understood the need to get revenge on critics, whether it was Atlanta Braves closer John Rocker hurling baseballs at the netting...

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THE DARJEELING LIMITED: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

All of Wes Anderson's previous films have received the Criterion treatment, so it was inevitable that "The Darjeeling Limited" would follow suit, as I...

CRUMB: THE CRITERION COLLECTION EDITION (DVD)

Robert Crumb is an interesting character on his own, but the examination of his family is what sets "Crumb" apart from a run-of-the-mill "Here's this guy...

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