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DVD Pick: Days of Glory
DVD Review of Days of Glory, including an evaluation of the movie and DVD special features. An unusual World War II movie, Days of Glory (2006) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Read a review of Days of Glory on DVD.
DVD Pick: Eastern Promises
Directed by David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises (2007) is a thriller that stars Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. The story, a yarn about Russian mobsters who make sex slaves out of girls from the former Soviet Union, takes place in London. The film opens with a man getting his throat cut in a barbershop, followed by a profusely bleeding, pregnant teenager passing out in a pharmacy. These events set in motion a plot that, after several twists and turns, arrives at a satisfying ending.
DVD Pick: Flags of Our Fathers
Home Video / DVD Guide Ivana Redwine reviews Flags of Our Fathers on DVD. Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima. Both center around the bloody and pivotal Battle of Iwo Jima that was fought over a period of 40 days in February and March of 1945. Each movie can stand alone as a complete story and is powerful in its own right, but taken together the pair constitutes one of the greatest achievements in cinema history. Read a review of Flags of Our Fathers on DVD.
DVD Pick: Factotum
One of the most unusual English-language movies of recent years, Factotum avoids Hollywood and Sundance clichés. This low-keyed, wry character study not only made me laugh out loud, it moved me.
DVD Pick: The Devil Wears Prada
Home Video/DVD Guide Ivana Redwine reviews the movie The Devil Wears Prada on DVD.
DVD Pick: Dracula (75th Anniversary Edition)
Home Video/DVD Guide Ivana Redwine reviews the 75th Anniversary Edition DVD of Dracula.
DVD Pick: Double Indemnity (Special Edition)
Directed by Billy Wilder and starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson, Double Indemnity (1944) is a great classic Hollywood movie and a seminal film noir. It's available on DVD as part of the Universal Legacy Series in a two-disc set that includes excellent bonus materials.
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