Now Available from Acorn MediaSteven Soderbergh's Oscar Winning RemakeSince it's only been nine years since Steven Soderbergh's quadruple Oscar winning remake of the six episode miniseries Traffik was released in 2000, it'd be easy for most viewers to assume that the twenty year old original Channel 4 production would feel extremely dated by comparison to the gloss of the Soderbergh stunner.And admittedly from a technical standpoint, this prediction would prove to be accurate as overall time ... Read Full Story

Now Available to OwnPhoto SlideshowIf there’s one thing the BBC loves more than a miniseries or a new crime and punishment television show, it’s adapting literature—the more obscure the better—for a new miniseries, crime and punishment television show, or a standalone work where period costuming is a plus.In America, this type of programming would usually be found on PBS. Likewise, it would most likely be broadcast directly from the UK since it seems that lately our basic networks only inves... Read Full Story

Now Available on DVD & Blu-rayPhoto SlideshowCelebrate Ice AgeAKA Ice Age 3; Ice Age 3: Dawn of the DinosaursIn 2008 and 2009 respectively, the most recent titles from Pixar Animation have taken viewers beyond the clouds in both Up and way past Buzz Lightyear’s “Infinity and Beyond,” with Pixar’s beloved Oscar winning odyssey about a lovesick garbage collecting robot named Wall-E. Despite this fact and aside from DreamWorks Animation Studios whose logo also celebrates Mark Twain-esque fis... Read Full Story

Now Available to OwnRead Jen's Review of Peanuts 1960's CollectionWith Schroeder's confession that, “like everybody else, I've sold out,” Sally's decision that she doesn't want to return to school because she can't open her locker, and Charlie Brown's acknowledgment that his “anxieties have anxieties," we quickly discover that Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts have come-of-age in the 1970s.Of course, Schulz's comic strip-- which he repeatedly described was drawn more for adults than children--... Read Full Story

Now Available on DVD & Blu-raySee the OriginalPhoto SlideshowLike Mifune was to Kurosawa, Rowlands was to Cassavetes, and De Niro and Di Caprio are to Scorsese, two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington is to the brothers Scott. Although it’s Russell Crowe whom we usually associate with Ridley Scott and the smiling “need for speed” testosterone fueled early Tom Cruise fare of Top Gun and Days of Thunder that seem synonymous with Tony Scott, Denzel Washington has been cast in a number of cha... Read Full Story

Official Synopsis"In 1974, a misguided 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawed-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. With an intelligent, provocative and stylized approach, Bronson (based on a true story) follows the ... Read Full Story

Official Synopsis"Benjamin (Michael Angarano), home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge), is a loveable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement) and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town’s most prolific homespun filmmaker."Director: Jared HessScreenwriter: Jared Hess, Jerusha HessCast: Halley Feiffer, Michael Angarano... Read Full Story

Now Available on DVDPhoto SlideshowTitles Included: Thrill of a Romance; Fiesta; This Time for Keeps; Pagan Love Song; Million Dollar Mermaid; Easy to Love“I think the joy that showed through in my swimming movies comes from my lifelong love of the water. No matter what I was doing, the best I've felt all day was when I was swimming.” – Esther Williams (As Quoted by Harold Johnson)Although she may have missed the opportunity to compete in the Olympics when World War II canceled the 1940 games... Read Full Story

Now Available on DVDBarring a fictitious title such as “Who Wants to Be a Nobel Prize Winner,” if you were asked to choose a game show for which a quartet of mathematicians would be ideally suited, no doubt Jeopardy would be near the top of the list. For although they may each have been gifted with A Beautiful Mind, let's just say that nobody looks at the obsessive geniuses on display in Darren Aronofsky's Pi and the Chuck Lorre/Bill Prady sitcom The Big Bang Theory and thinks, “Hey, get thes... Read Full Story

Now Available On DVD(The Remake & The Original)Let's face facts, Pilgrim: if you're saddled with an originally-made-for-television remake of a classic John Wayne western starring the dude from La Bamba and Beverly Hills 90210's Luke Perry, it's best to go in with low expectations. Yet, this becomes a much easier task if you haven't seen the John Wayne film in question since as talented as Lou Diamond Phillips may be, there's only one Duke and he hung up his hat a long time ago.However and... Read Full Story