DVD Reviews - H-J

A review of the movie Jane Eyre (2011) on DVD.

DVD Review: It's Complicated

Journey to Italy is a seminal Film by Roberto Rossellini. Read a review of Journey to Italy on DVD.

The Informant DVD review, including a review of The Informant the movie, DVD details and bonus materials. Read Ivana Redwine's review of the The Informant DVD

Essentially a character-driven drama, The Hurt Locker (2008) nevertheless has plenty of shootouts and explosions. But the emphasis is not so much on action as on suspense and tension. The story takes place during the Iraq War, but the film doesn't address the issue of whether or not the war can be justified. Instead, the focus is on the day-to-day lives of three American soldiers sent to Iraq to …

Inglourious Basterds DVD review, including a review of Inglourious Basterds the movie, DVD details and bonus materials. Read Ivana Redwine's review of the Inglourious Basterds DVD.

Written and directed by Nora Ephron, Julie & Julia (2009) is a feel-good movie that features a great performance by Meryl Streep as Julia Child (1912-2004), who co-authored Mastering the Art of French Cooking and did the TV show The French Chef. Because of Julia, millions of Americans lost their fear of dishes like boeuf bourguignon and sole meunière.

Not at all a romance as its title might suggest, this film is a character study of a tough-minded, upper-middle-class woman struggling to figure out how she should deal with society after serving a lengthy term in prison.

In Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), director Guillermo del Toro has created an enjoyable fantasy film that has spectacular visuals, contains energetic action sequences and is at times laugh-out-loud funny. Although Hellboy II is the sequel to Hellboy (2004), it is easy to follow even if you haven't seen the earlier movie. Read a review of 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' on DVD

A review of Hitchcock's great psychological thriller on DVD.

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High Noon (1952) is a compelling, suspenseful drama from beginning to end, but much of its enduring appeal comes from being a morality tale that is tricky to interpret.

Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere and Christian Bale are among six actors who capture different aspects of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in I'm Not There, an unconventional film directed and co-written by Todd Haynes.

Juno DVD review that includes a review of the movie and bonus materials. Juno is a feel-good movie, laugh-out-loud funny at times, but a serious comedy nonetheless. Find out more in the Juno DVD review.

High and Low (1963) is a dark crime drama set in 1962 Yokohama. The plot was based on Ed McBain's novel King's Ransom, a police procedural.

There have been a number of film versions of Hamlet, but the best so far is the four-hour one released in 1996 that was directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars him as the title character.

The Host is an unconventional creature feature about an ugly monster that emerges from the river in Seoul and begins gobbling up people. This is a horror film, but it is enriched by everyday details of contemporary Korean life, much of which is treated humorously.

I enjoyed The Illusionist because it is a well-acted, well-crafted movie. But the film never pulled me in emotionally. On the basis of the combination of the bonus materials and the entertainment value of the feature film, I recommend this DVD. Find out more in this full-length DVD review of The Illusionist.

Before going to a multiplex theater to see An Inconvenient Truth (2006), I had not given much thought to global warming, and I certainly had no expectation that any politician could bring the topic alive for me. But I was stunned by Davis Guggenheim's film, a compelling version of Al Gore's presentation on the topic.

Inside Man is an intricately plotted heist movie. Read a review of Inside Man on DVD.

Jarhead is a meditative military drama based on a Gulf War memoir written by former Marine Anthony Swofford. Read a review of this movie on DVD.

The 2005 film Capote is about writer Truman Capote during the years when he was working on his influential, fact-based In Cold Blood. A fine screen adaptation of that book was released in 1967, and it got nominated for four Academy Awards.

Hero is a beautiful, dramatically compelling film with a grand theme. At the 2003 Academy Awards, the movie was one of the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. Read a DVD review of Hero.

François Truffaut's Jules and Jim has long been one of my favorite movies, and now I'm thrilled to own The Criterion Collection two-disc DVD set containing this great French-language film. Read a DVD review of the Criterion Collection version of Jules and Jim.

Of all the films I've ever seen, François Truffaut's French-language Jules and Jim (1962) is one of my favorites. It is superb, both in terms of artistic content and entertainment qualities.

Although I was aware of Quentin Tarantino’s quirky genius from seeing his other movies, but his Kill Bill Vol. 1 managed to amaze me.

Kill Bill Vol. 2 provides a satisfying ending to the story begun in Kill Bill Vol. 1. It seems to me that over the span of the two films, Tarantino shows us a woman's spiritual journey. Read a review of the movie Kill Bill Vol. 2 on DVD.

Liam Neeson and Laura Linney star in the biopic Kinsey about American sex researcher Alfred Kinsey. I found the acting in this movie to be at a very high level throughout, particularly by the two leads.

A review of this movie on DVD.

A review of this movie on DVD.

In the Bedroom is essentially a hard-hitting drama about an American family dealing with tragedy. Read a review of this movie on DVD.

A review of the movie 'The Incredible Human' Journey on DVD.

Ivana Redwine reviews 'Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth' on DVD. Read a review of 'Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth' on DVD.

I Am Love DVD review, including a review of I Am Love the movie, DVD details and bonus materials. Read Ivana Redwine's review of the I Am Love DVD.

Christopher Nolan wrote and directed 'Inception,' a big-budget film featuring dazzling visual effects and action sequences. The star is Leonardo DiCaprio, and the fine supporting cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard and Michael Caine. At first viewing, the plot is difficult to follow,...

Over three years in the making and in the tradition of excellence seen in Planet Earth and Life , Human Planet is a documentary that originally aired as eight one-hour programs on the BBC beginning in January 2011. An abridged and somewhat differently edited version was shortly thereafter shown in the US on the Discovery Channel....