DVD Verdict: Clark Douglas

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (Blu-ray)

2013-05-23

Quote: "Mr. Sheen is such a powerful figure that he overpowers Mr. Swan."

Brubaker (Blu-ray)

2013-05-20

Quote: "A good movie, but it suffers from ever-increasing levels of preachiness as it marches towards the finish line."

The Great Escape (1963) (Blu-ray)

2013-05-20

Quote: "More concerned with entertaining its audience than delivering an exercise in phony grit."

Jubal (1956) (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection

2013-05-20

Quote: "Jubal is hardly a long-forgotten masterpiece, but an engaging ambitious film."

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season Three (Blu-ray)

2013-05-15

Quote: "This is where the show finally hit its stride, stepped out of the shadow of its predecessor and firmly established itself as a genuinely superb science fiction series."

Swimming to Cambodia

2013-05-14

Quote: "It's classic Gray through and through: the unusual conversations with talkative strangers, the quiet philosophical moments, the thunderous bursts of drama, the self-deprecating wit -- all of it immensely compelling."

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2013-05-11

Quote: "A genuinely riveting film brought to life by the hard work of one director and the poetic vision of another."

Any Day Now (Blu-ray)

2013-05-08

Quote: "There's definitely a movie-of-the-week sentimentality running through the film at times, but the depth of the performances and the quality of the craftsmanship go a long way towards offsetting that."

At the Gate of the Ghost (Blu-ray)

2013-05-03

Quote: "A Thai remake of Rashomon that remains so faithful to the original that it becomes impossible to forget about Akira Kurosawa's towering achievement."

Django Unchained (Blu-ray)

2013-05-01

Quote: "The only thing that truly feels like a Tarantino flick is another Tarantino flick."