One of the surprise debuts of last year had to be Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..., a talk show featuring Costello pulling off the rare triple threat: host, performer, and bandleader. Equal parts interview and…

We know how it is: You'd like to go to the movies this weekend, but there's all that sighing and sulking and brooding over your immortal undead lover to do, and that's just exhausting. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks…

It's that time again. Time to hang the holly, trim the tree, and fill the stockings. So what should all the good little geek boys and girls be looking for under the tree this year? How about these five awesome box sets?

Paul Newman: The Tribute Collection
One of the very best things to see release…

Some people don't like to cry in public but have no qualms about letting it all out in the privacy of their own living rooms. These are the people who will most enjoy My Sister's Keeper on DVD.

In a way, you have to respect a film that so unabashedly wears its intentions on its sleeve. The sadness…

Is it possible that the great American sports film is not about football, baseball, or boxing, but instead about downhill ski racing? Likely not, but Downhill Racer (1969) makes a strong case for the possibility, filled to the brim with heart-pounding slides down snow-covered ravines, the quiet…