"State of Play": The big screen version of the popular 2003 BBC mini-series "State of Play" loses much of the nuances of the original, but still manages a solid, sophisticated entertainment service. Russell Crowe stars as slobby, cynical journalist investigation is a story of murder, and a secret military firebrand Congressman played by Ben Affleck. The mix of '70s-style theater and contemporary newspaper references to blogs and Iraq is sometimes awkward, but the performances are equally strong (especially Jason Bateman's funny supporting turn as a PR rep) for a military contractor. The DVD includes a featurette lasting 20 minutes and deleted scenes, which adds Blu-ray picture-in-picture guide to places of the film. (Universal)
"Disney Nature: Earth": The 11-hour BBC / Discovery Channel series "Planet Earth" nature took the form of documents to a new level, showing how high-definition cameras can send images of animals and habitats never seen on the screen captures. Disney's 90-minute 'Earth' takes a part of the series' content and form as the story of the changing seasons, as seen through the lives of the bears, elephants and whales. The drawing device is corny, but for those who want a sort of "Greatest Hits" of the mini-series as "Earth" and very well. The DVD and Blu-ray and a making-of featurette and annotations on the screen. (Walt Disney)
"Sin Nombre": Writer and director Cary Fukunaga makes an impressive feature film debut in "Sin Nombre", a beautiful shot, tasteful indie about Mexican gangs, rob people and use that to U. S. Stow-bound trains. One of the robbers and an illegal immigrant form an unlikely alliance, and their goals in life are found to change as they head into a new future. "Sin Nombre" relies too much on stereotypes and fleshy violence, but the outdoors alive with the public places we rarely see in movies. The DVD comes with an assortment of deleted scenes and an informative commentary track by producer Amy Kaufman and Fukunaga. (Universal)
"Sugar": The writer-director team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck follow up their excellent "Half Nelson" with another winner "Sugar", a well-calibrated fish-out-of-water drama about a Dominican baseball Player (Algenis Perez Soto) is always open to American baseball pitcher as a starting point for a Class A team in Iowa. Avoiding the usual cliches of culture clash and the Outsiders, and soil patches instead of the small, details of a real talented athlete to adjust to instant celebrity, a thick language barrier and all the little setbacks focus - injuries, homesickness, Heartbreak - just turn him a poor child, do not. The DVD and Blu-ray offers a good package of extras including Deleted Scenes and three featurettes on the film and the Latin American baseball.
"Disney Nature: Earth": The 11-hour BBC / Discovery Channel series "Planet Earth" nature took the form of documents to a new level, showing how high-definition cameras can send images of animals and habitats never seen on the screen captures. Disney's 90-minute 'Earth' takes a part of the series' content and form as the story of the changing seasons, as seen through the lives of the bears, elephants and whales. The drawing device is corny, but for those who want a sort of "Greatest Hits" of the mini-series as "Earth" and very well. The DVD and Blu-ray and a making-of featurette and annotations on the screen. (Walt Disney)
"Sin Nombre": Writer and director Cary Fukunaga makes an impressive feature film debut in "Sin Nombre", a beautiful shot, tasteful indie about Mexican gangs, rob people and use that to U. S. Stow-bound trains. One of the robbers and an illegal immigrant form an unlikely alliance, and their goals in life are found to change as they head into a new future. "Sin Nombre" relies too much on stereotypes and fleshy violence, but the outdoors alive with the public places we rarely see in movies. The DVD comes with an assortment of deleted scenes and an informative commentary track by producer Amy Kaufman and Fukunaga. (Universal)
"Sugar": The writer-director team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck follow up their excellent "Half Nelson" with another winner "Sugar", a well-calibrated fish-out-of-water drama about a Dominican baseball Player (Algenis Perez Soto) is always open to American baseball pitcher as a starting point for a Class A team in Iowa. Avoiding the usual cliches of culture clash and the Outsiders, and soil patches instead of the small, details of a real talented athlete to adjust to instant celebrity, a thick language barrier and all the little setbacks focus - injuries, homesickness, Heartbreak - just turn him a poor child, do not. The DVD and Blu-ray offers a good package of extras including Deleted Scenes and three featurettes on the film and the Latin American baseball.
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