Screen Reviews

Our writers scour the globe, rewind endless tapes, and press pause as many times as it takes to bring you the ultimate collection of film, broadcast, and streaming visual content to feed your endless appetite for movies.

Polar Express

Screen Reviews

A beautifully animated trip to the North Pole restores a boys faith in Santa, and Carl Gauze’s in computer animation.

Team America

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(Non)Sense & (Non)Sensibility! Rob Levy dissects this fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek ride through the War on Terror – with Puppets!

Friday Night Lights

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A cinema adaptation of H.G Bissnger’s award winning book about Odessa, Texas’ Permian Panthers tumultuous 1988 season. Rob Levy struggles to be heard above the cheer of the crowd.

Music Of Mass Destruction

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Anthrax is a band that metal fans already know well, and their fans will almost certainly already have picked up this DVD/CD package. But Ben Varkentine’s got something to say to the rest of you.

Shaun of the Dead

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Everybody loves a good walking dead yarn – Shaun of the Dead is the latest offering in this revitalized genre. Kiran Adithan asks: Is the zombie movie back from the grave?

Vanity Fair

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A new interpretation of Willaim Makepiece Thackery’s novel of a social climber with mad skills.

The Harmonizer

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This DVD documentary on the making of Apoptgyma Berzerk’s Harmonizer album includes the World Harmony Tour recorded live in Hamburg Germany, along with all Harmonizer music videos and bonus material. Jorge C. Galban spins and observes.

The Saw Doctors

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Carl F Gauze – and most likely the rest of the home audience – is not one for the singalong. Sometimes, you just gotta let the band do its thing.

John Lee Hooker

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No one will contest the importance of John Lee Hooker in the development of rock music. Bob Cliffordson explains why another DVD of material is still essential.

Godzilla

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A re-release of the original 1954 Godzilla film without all the extra fat! Rob Levy squints at the subtitles and declares it improved.

Godzilla

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Little Black Book

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Rob Levy uncovers this little black comedy about about committment, friendship, trust, change, relationships, Carly Simon and deception.

The Saw Doctors

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Little Black Book

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John Lee Hooker

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Coffee & Cigarettes

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Nicotine and caffeine are the narcotics of choice in Jim Jarmusch’s latest, a set of vignettes that pulls together some of Hollywood’s quirkiest talents. Rob Levy shakes off the jitters and cravings long enough to tell us all about it.

Fahrenheit 9/11

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For weeks, the media has been awash in the tide for and against Michael Moore’s latest bombshell – Fahrenheit 9/11, which among other things investigates connection between the Bush and bin Laden families. James Mann explains why it is about more than your politics.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

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Catwoman

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Dark Water

Dark Water

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J-Horror classic Dark Water (2002) makes the skin crawl with an unease that lasts long after the film is over. Phil Bailey reviews the new Arrow Video release.

The Shootist

The Shootist

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John Wayne’s final movie sees the cowboy actor go out on a high note, in The Shootist, one of his best performances.