Drama DVD Reviews

There's been a lot of talk, of late, between the supposed disconnect between film critics and the general, movie-going public.

Aug 16, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

There's not really a comfortable moment in Roman Polanksi's appropriately-titled second feature film, Repulsion.

Jul 25, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

Three short films pay homage to the fascinating Japanese city.

Jun 27, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

Far less hokey than Paris Je T'Aime's ode to its titular city, Tokyo! is a fascinating account of the Japanese metropolis from the eyes of three talented foreigners.

Jun 27, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

So few films manage to, as Orson Welles once put it, show audiences what they never thought was possible. But with Waltz With Bashir, Ari Folman does just that.

Jun 21, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

The Enchanted Cottage is a story about two people who look at each other with their hearts instead of their eyes.

Feb 6, 2010 - Francine Brokaw

This 1960 film pits two former friends against each other for the future of Alaska.

Feb 2, 2010 - Francine Brokaw

Learning to face grief and move on is the focus of this romance story.

Jan 29, 2010 - Francine Brokaw

New York, I Love You is an assortment of brief moments in the lives of several New Yorkers.

Jan 26, 2010 - Francine Brokaw

This comedy-drama starring Robin Williams is a career-altering move for 1990s stand-up comic Bobcat Goldthwait.

Jan 24, 2010 - Jason Schneider

The three Bourne action films now each come on a Flipper Disc to play on both DVD and Blu-ray players.

Jan 24, 2010 - Francine Brokaw

In his Colorado high school Henry Steele was a basketball star, but he discovers playing in college is a completely different game.

Jan 22, 2010 - Francine Brokaw

After a woman is attacked in her apartment, her nightmares begin and invade her life.

Jan 21, 2010 - Francine Brokaw

Hoboken, New Jersey is the setting for this story of an unlikely romance.

Jan 20, 2010 - Francine Brokaw

Academy Award winner Hilary Swank portrays Amelia Earhart in this story about the aviator's life.

Jan 20, 2010 - Francine Brokaw

Tennessee is a dramatic and heart-wrenching story about wife and child abuse, as well as sacrifice.

Jan 15, 2010 - Francine Brokaw

There is a fine line in the journalism industry, every reporter must determine how they far they are willing to go to cover a story. Sometimes it's life or death.

Dec 18, 2009 - Thomas Cranston

From the book by Dan Brown, Angels and Demons is a spell-binding film with the conflict between religion and science at its core.

Dec 6, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

Julie and Julia is a cute movie about two chefs whose lives become entwined through the years.

Dec 5, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

The film 3:10 to Yuma, a remake of the 1957 film, possesses a sense of morality and justice amidst a lawless frontier - an attribute favorable to the Classic Western Film

Nov 19, 2009 - Michael Ashworth

Just in time as adult children are preparing to fly back to their ancestral nests, comes this quiet, poignant film to remind them why, besides Mom's cooking, they do so.

Nov 17, 2009 - Denise Castillón

Inglourious Basterds stars Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Melanie Laurent, Eli Roth, and Diane Kruger

Nov 4, 2009 - Lauren Flanagan

The ultimate Hitchcock film is his first to be seen in high definition on Blu-ray, making it even more impressive than ever.

Oct 26, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

Diane Keaton stars in The Little Drummer Girl, the story of an American woman who finds herself directly in the middle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Oct 25, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

Redbelt (released 2008), directed by David Mamet, is a film about the idealism of honour and societies misplaced view about the merits of living truly within that code.

Oct 21, 2009 - Stefan Jeffrey

Within its opening seconds, Fighting valiently attempts to set up its out of work-ing class hero, Sean (Channing Tatum), as a housing challenged Rocky.

Oct 12, 2009 - Sean Costa

Disillusioned army captain Charles Ryder recalls his earlier involvement with a dysfunctional aristocratic family whilst stationed at Brideshead during World War II.

Sep 29, 2009 - Carolyn M Cash

The Ryan Reynolds and Emily Mortimer vehicle focuses on the idea that life is too chaotic and there is no controlling it, but one moment could shape a life.

Sep 18, 2009 - Eliza Freer

Black comedy, drama, suspense and heartbreak thrive in the midst of a fledgling family cleaning business for messy murders and other tragic situations.

Aug 29, 2009 - Sharon Ketelaar

The Towering Inferno had people worried about working in skyscrapers, much the same way people were worried about going into the ocean after Jaws.

Aug 8, 2009 - Francine Brokaw