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Thanks, Bob, for responding. I appreciate it! :)

Can anyone confirm that this is the new, improved Blu-ray of Out of Africa? Thanks. :)

I think there's an app called 3DBGone, which will separate out the the 3D aspects of the 3D Blu-ray disc, leaving you with only the 2D version on the disc. Google it.

Much wisdom in a single post. :)

There's nothing erroneous about the cover. Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney are the stars of the movie. Just because Tierney is retouched near to bland oblivion does not turn her into Deanna Durbin or Linda Darnell. And it's certainly no reason for Amazon to pull it. Gotta be some other reason.

At Amazon's Laura blu-ray page today: Anyone know why?

Or her other choice, Bruce Springsteen. Srsly.

In case the message isn't clear, The Grifters is a fantastic movie, especially if you like noir, neo-noir, superb acting, razor-sharp storytelling, ruthless survivors, sympathetic rubes, and Anjelica Huston as the warmest, most loving mother a boy could hope for.

Cinema legend Sean Connery begs to differ.

Notorious : Indiscreet = Pretty Woman : Runaway Bride

I love(d) the film, but it is unfortunately spectacularly creepy to see child Soon-Yi with Mom in the same frame as her future husband. And I'm not quite sure what difference it makes that she's adopted. She is Farrow's daughter, period. Or does being adopted make her fair game? :)

And a bonus: This Woody Allen film features his future wife as a child! Second bonus: That child is Mia Farrow's real-life daughter! Third bonus: Woody and Mia were partnered when they made this film! Final bonus: I'm waiting for Woody to star as Noah Cross in the remake of Chinatown!

It might. But it's not required to see the movie, is it? Unsophisticated response, of course, because anyone ought to know that adapted films must stand on their own. No exceptions, no arguments. Sorry. (And I actually have read the book, but I know I'll be forgiven if I've forgotten parts...

Thanks for the clarifying responses to my narrative gripes. The responses essentially boil down to, "Wait for the next installments." Fair enough. But I didn't feel that way about FOTR, which was (and still is) quite clear and satisfying on its own. As for the argument about scope and tone...

This. And it's a weird case of multiple narrative problems. First, I don't think we'd mind 20 minutes of Meet the Dwarves if we actually...met some dwarves, individually. Instead, we get a cheesy and excruciatingly one-note ("Dwarves are lovably coarse!") introduction to all of...

It's a huge aesthetic misstep to apply 48fps technology to a story whose setting is defined by its murky, misty pastness, its ancientness. Watching The Hobbit is a weird experience. It's like dating the sibling of the ex you loved: You catch a whiff here and there of the real thing, but by...

Among a number of other serious faults, this movie's cinematography is doused in teal, swimming in it, drenched in it. At one point, I thought Jeremy Renner was taking Dune's spice, because even his sclera were turquoise. I don't know when this trend will end, but it can't come soon enough...

I'm unclear. How can they be "working on" Easter Parade when I just bought it? What else needs to be done to it? 3D?

Another fun fact is that mid-shoot Melanie Griffith had breast augmentation surgery. Continuity nightmare.

The problem was the lack of breadth in the on-screen representations of gay people. I remember going to a sold-out first-run screening of Silence of the Lambs in 1991 at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland CA. When Buffalo Bill did his dance in front of the mirror and tucks his junk away...

Doris Day is a fraking great singer, and putting her in a movie and not letting her sing is like putting Fred Astaire in a movie and not letting him dance. (And, for those who don't know, Ms. Day is very much alive, having recently given an interview to Fresh Air. )

For those confused about how a "straight" movie can be "gay," I refer you to the very compelling documentary, The Celluloid Closet. It also answers the question as to what's unique about gay cultural history that might require coded characters and narratives in a way that other marginalized...

I was not referring to anyone whose posts were not homophobic.

Who would want to talk about gay-friendly movies with posters who clearly are not?

Fair enough. :) Now: Explain the believability of blowing a hole below a subway tunnel to divert a train into crashing--at the precise moment--to stop ONE MAN from pursuing Bardem. I know, I know. EVERY movie has plot holes, especially big action movies, which rely on cascading...

I was disappointed. From the Metacritic index, and other general buzz, I was expecting Casino-Royale-level. The opening was spectacular. I could practically hear Mendes saying "Let's top The Last Crusade, shall we?" as they choreographed all the transitions and reversals. I thought the...

Funny Face and Sabrina are available region-free from from Amazon.fr.

" Who do you mean, "you people"?

I think Cassevetes is fine in this role, but Redford would have been inspired. Such a cleancut WASP good-guy...Rosemary (and the audience) would never have seen his betrayal coming. Cassavetes already looks corrupted and troubled from the beginning.

I love this movie. It's the greatest vanity production of all time, and contains my favorite credit of all time: Ms. Streisand's wardrobe...............................her closet