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Saturday, April 25, 2026

Ten DVD Reviews

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Fire on Celluloid

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Stylin’

Chris Rock explains the premise of Good Hair right at the beginning. While photographs of his two young daughters fill the screen, he says,...

Monster Hash

When I first saw the mysterious trailer for Cloverfield last summer, I thought "probably just another disaster movie," though I prayed "giant-monster movie." As...

Movie Blues

The overheated but enjoyable Cadillac Records tells the story of Leonard Chess, the Polish immigrant (whose last name was changed from the similarly pronounced...
Tom Hanks tries to keep his cool during a hijacking at sea in Captain Phillips.

Hostage at Sea

Most Americans, if they know Somalia at all, know it as one of the world’s really bad places to be. The recent terrorist attack...

Out of the House

Is it true? Did Talladega Nights really come out only two summers ago? It seems like ages, mainly because Will Ferrell has starred in...
Predestination opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Predestination (R) Ethan Hawke stars in this thriller as a time-traveling cop trying to catch the one criminal who has eluded him throughout time....
Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, and Kirsten Dunst tote a trash bag holding a ripped wedding dress around the streets of Manhattan in "Bachelorette."

Bachelorette: Maids of Dishonor

Remember that post-Bridesmaids wave of ill-behaved female humor that I mentioned last week? It reaches high tide this week with Bachelorette, a comedy that...

Boy Kills World: Don’t Speak

It’s not often that a fictional character sums up the premise of his movie better than I could, but that’s what happens in Boy...

Happy Birthday, Gene Kelly

If you attended the screening of Singin' in the Rain last Wednesday, you know that 2012 not only marks the 60th anniversary of that...
G.I. Joe: Retaliation opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG-13) The sequel to the 2010 action movie has the remnants of the commando force being hunted by their own government...