Touted as Joaquin Phoenix's final film performance (whether or not it actually is, of course, remains to be seen), Two Lovers finally makes its way onto DVD after a limited theater run. Directed by James Gray (who worked with Phoenix twice before in The Yards and We Own The Night), this is a dark,…

There is nothing more intimidating on a DVD pile than the thick box set of a 27-year-old British television series chronicling a moment in time for seven different foreign heads of state. 351 minutes of staged teleplay about prime ministers ranging from the Napoleonic Era to the Roaring '20s (which…

Apollo 11: A Night to Remember is a DVD I hope to soon forget. As a lifelong nerd and astronomy lover, I have long dreamed about the stars and the mysteries they hold. The key to unlocking those mysteries lies in exploration -- by man as well as machine. Ever since I was little I have found myself…

In January, a movie starring two Oscar nominees adapted from a novel by Elmore Leonard, who wrote the books that became Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, and Out of Sight, opened in Arizona. In five theaters. And played for two weeks, bringing in a domestic total gross of $18,643.

Just four months later Ki…

Considered by many to be Clint Eastwood's acting and directorial masterpiece (so far), as well as both the extension and final evolution of his Dirty Harry and Wild West gunslinger personas, Gran Torino is a brilliant, bad-ass Eastwood ride. It's the true-grit tale of a politically incorrect old…