Spoiled Rotten 104: Revisiting Superman
Ben and Daniel revisit Richard Donner's Superman!
Ned Beatty
Contest: See an Advance Screening of BAGGAGE CLAIM in Toronto!
Enter for a chance to win one of ten pairs of passes to an advance screening of the new comedy Baggage Claim on Wednesday, September 25th at 7:00pm, courtesy of Dork Shelf and Fox Searchlight.
The New Old: Shades of Grey and Gray
In this week's archival DVD column we look at some great re-releases including the 40th anniversary of Deliverance, a pair of Criterions featuring Spalding Gray from director Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, and some of the best no holds barred matches from the WWE.
This Week in DVD: 5/15/12
This week's a busy one at the video store, as we take a look at Chronicle, Hard Core Logo 2, a BBC remounting of Great Expectations, Rampart, Albert Nobbs, the first season of Hell on Wheels, Wrestlemania XXVIII, and a very brief, curt message about The Devil Inside.
Rampart Review
Despite being the mind behind the brilliant L.A. Confidential, writer James Ellroy's work rarely transitions well to the big screen. Much like graphic novelist Frank Miller, Ellroy needs a director who can temper his sometimes unnecessarily over the top and formulaic material into a watchable package. With Ellroy’s latest outing Rampart, director Oren Moverman show’s that he’s simply not up to the challenge leading to film that feels wholly indistinguishable from the author’s past big screen outings about dirty Los Angeles cops.
