Netflix and Sony Pictures TV are in the family way. The streaming media provider has exclusive rights to a new original drama from the creators of FX's acclaimed "Damages." It's billed as "a suspenseful family drama" kicking off with 13 episodes. The deal, which is exclusive in Netflix's coverage areas, is the first the streaming media … [Read more...]
Miyazakis’ ‘Poppy Hill’ in bloom
"It's like some cheap melodrama," the teen says to the girl he loves, who may or may not be his long-lost sister. It's teen melodrama all right, but hardly cheap. "From Up On Poppy Hill" is another handsome and touching film from Japan's Studio Ghibli, factory of animated masterpieces. Hayao Miyazaki, the director of "Princess Mononoke," … [Read more...]
‘Hobbit’ Blu-ray gets 13 extra minutes of film
The extended Blu-ray edition of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is making its journey to market with 13 additional minutes in the film and a super-sized nine hours of extras. The upgraded home videos arrive Nov. 5. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Extended Edition" will be available as a five-disc Blu-ray set ($55 SRP) that features the … [Read more...]
Red-hot ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Addiction can land you in prison. Addiction to a TV series can keep you there. Netflix's new "Orange Is the New Black" looks like a hit, and for good reason. It's perhaps the best new TV show of the year, coming here in the swelter of mid-July. Created by the woman who made "Weeds," this prison dramedy stars Taylor Schilling as a trendy … [Read more...]
Criterion takes ‘3:10 to Yuma’
A plain-speaking western hero makes a lonely stand against a gang of outlaws. The clock ticks down. The townsfolk cower. A train steam-bellows down the tracks, its arrival presaging a shootout and near-certain death for the hero. That's "High Noon" all right, one of the most famous American westerns. But it's also "3:10 to Yuma," a lesser-known … [Read more...]
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