DVD Verdict: War

Major Dundee (Blu-ray)

2013-05-15

Reviewed by Patrick Bromley
Quote: "Major Dundee works best in how it fits into Peckinpah's filmography."

Hitler's Children

2013-05-11

Reviewed by P.S. Colbert
Quote: "A fascinating and empathetic look into a handful of lives, forever affected by the unforgivable actions of the Third Reich."

Combat! The Complete First Season

2013-05-09

Reviewed by P.S. Colbert
Quote: "Even after half a century, Combat! still holds up as great, gritty entertainment, bolstered by strong ensemble work, both in front of and behind the camera."

South Pacific / Gypsy

2013-05-02

Reviewed by Brett Cullum
Quote: "Musical fans are going to find there is less tinkering with what works with Gypsy, and may cry foul when they realize South Pacific is more of an adaptation than it probably should have been."

Gate of Hell (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection

2013-05-01

Reviewed by Clark Douglas
Quote: "It's a turbulent melodrama with surprising depths, a movie that thoughtfully observes a man's romantic yearnings curdling into something much nastier."

Richard III (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection

2013-04-23

Reviewed by Gordon Sullivan
Quote: "While Richard III is gorgeously produced and obviously a product of love, contemporary audiences will have to work to get anything out of it."

The Dawn Patrol (1930)

2013-04-19

Reviewed by Bill Gibron
Quote: "The premise is Dawn Patrol's biggest problem. We don't understand how winning a war requires the sacrifice of so many "green" troops."

Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Romance

2013-04-17

Reviewed by Clark Douglas
Quote: "The most surprising thing about the Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Romance is how broad its definition of the word 'romance' really is."

A Message to Garcia (1936)

2013-04-03

Reviewed by Daryl Loomis
Quote: "It's just a clunky, dumpy production all around that probably never should have existed."

Lincoln (Blu-ray)

2013-04-02

Reviewed by Clark Douglas
Quote: "It could be argued that the film is actually mistitled: it tells us more about the political machine than it does about the President himself."