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The Criterion Shelf: Bad Vacations

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As an antidote to our pandemic wanderlust, The Criterion Channel has put together a list of films meant to remind us that going somewhere isn't always a good thing.

Home Entertainment Review: The Dogs of War

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The Dogs of War (John Irvin, 1980) – The start of the 1980’s was such a unique time for movie making and storytelling. You could combine some unique social and political messages inside the frame work of a pretty ballsy and violent action movie. On Blu-Ray for the first time from Twilight Time, The Dogs […]

This Week in DVD: 3/12/13

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This week brings out some heavy hitters at the video store including Life of Pi , The Master , Hitchcock , Smashed , Playing for Keeps , This Must be the Place , and A Late Quartet .

The New Old: Robbin’ and Stealin’

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This week's archival home entertainment column looks back at Michael Cimino's infamous box office flop Heaven's Gate , the strangely forgotten about Steven Spielberg hit Catch Me If You Can , and the classic noir The Postman Always Rings Twice .

A Late Quartet Review

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It might sound like a dry, melodramatic bore on a surface level, but Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Catherine Keener work together to make the Orchestral ensemble dramedy A Late Quartet a real winner.
Seven Psychopaths - F2

Seven Psychopaths Review

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While In Bruges was tightly wound and focused, Martin McDonagh’s sophomore effort, Seven Psychopaths is more of a spiralling series of darkly comic episodes that only gets thoughtful in the climax and even then it's never really meant to be taken seriously. It’s his crack at creating a violent cult comedy and thankfully he’s got the skills (and the cast) to pull off that trick.
Martin McDonagh - F2

Interview: Colin Farrell & Martin McDonagh

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We talked to Seven Psychopaths writer and director Martin McDonagh and its star Colin Farrell about their second collaboration following In Bruges , metafiction, the dark side of Los Angeles, and working with Christopher Walken and Tom Waits.
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The New Old: Bond from 1982 to 2012

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We finish up our in-depth look at the BOND 50 Blu-ray box set this Thanksgiving with a look at the British super spy from 1982's Octopussy through to 2008's Quantum of Solace . Our film and arts editor ranks his films from best to worst at the end, and so do you with a list of our That Shelf readers' favourites ranked in terms of votes as to which was the best.
Dark Horse - F2

Dark Horse Review

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The almost surreal man-child comedy/drama Dark Horse from divisive director Todd Solondz almost becomes his most accessible film since Welcome to the Dollhouse . Almost.