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Apr 10

Doctor Zhivago Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray Book) (1965)

Doctor Zhivago Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray Book)

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David Lean focused all his talent as an epic-maker on Boris Pasternak’s sweeping novel about a doctor-poet in revolutionary Russia. The results may sometimes veer toward soap opera, especially with the screen frequently filled with adoring close-ups of Omar Sharif and Julie Christie, but Lean’s gift for cramming the screen with spectacle is not to be denied. The streets of Moscow, the snowy steppes of Russia, the house in the country taken over by ice; these are re-created with Lean’s unerring sense of grandness. The movie is so lush and so long that it becomes an irresistible wallow, even when logic suffers–like Gone with the Wind before it and Titanic after. Sharif, who achieved stardom in Lean’s previous (more…)

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Apr 10

Out of Africa: 25th Anniversary (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (1985)

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Mar 10

Apollo 13 (15th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] (1995)

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Dec 09

Fight Club (10th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] (1999)

Fight Club (10th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]

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All films take a certain suspension of disbelief. Fight Club takes perhaps more than others, but if you’re willing to let yourself get caught up in the anarchy, this film, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, is a modern-day morality play warning of the decay of society. Edward Norton is the unnamed protagonist, a man going through life on cruise control, feeling nothing. To fill his hours, he begins attending support groups and 12-step meetings. True, he isn’t actually afflicted with the problems, but he finds solace in the groups. This is destroyed, however, when he meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), also faking her way through groups. Spiraling back into insomnia, Norton finds his life is c (more…)