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DVD Playhouse--June 2009

3 June 2009 12:41 PM, PDT | From The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news

DVD Playhouse—June 2009

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Allen Gardner

The International (Sony) An Interpol agent (Clive Owen) joins forces with a Manhattan D.A. (Naomi Watts) to bring down an arms dealing ring and a corrupt global banking cartel that’s funding them. Superlative thriller was oddly ignored by critics and audiences alike, but expertly blends intelligence (courtesy screenwriter Eric Warren Singer’s masterfully-crafted script) and full-throttle action (director Tom Tykwer stages one of the great film shoot-outs in New York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum), making this dynamite thriller reminiscent of the best work from masters such as John Frankenheimer and Robert Aldrich. Armin Mueller-Stahl is wonderful as a world-weary covert op. Bonuses: Extended scene; Featurettes; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby 5.1 surround.

The Jack Lemmon Film Collection(Sony) Five films from the two-time Oscar winning actor, focusing on his early career: Phfft! is a zippy comedy from 1954, one of Lemmon’s earliest films, in which

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Blu-ray Review: Licence to Kill

31 May 2009 12:46 PM, PDT | From BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news

The James Bond Blu-Ray collection grows larger with the recently released “Licence to Kill,” starring Timothy Dalton, from MGM Home Entertainment. When a close friend of Bond is murdered on his wedding night, James jumps into an action to take down the drug lord responsible for his friend’s death. Unlike most Bond stories, James Bond doesn’t have the support of the British government. They’ve revoked his licence to kill, causing Bond to go rogue to satisfy his personal vendetta. “Licence to Kill” is filled with everything you’d expect from a Bond movie, including ninjas, massive explosions and of course Bond girls. Talisa Soto and Carey Lowell play Bond’s love interests in this film. Robert Davi plays the lead Bond villain, Franz Sanchez. As far as Bond movies go, “Licence to Kill” is hardly one of the best. Dalton’s performance feels inadequate when measured up

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The Weekly Wrap-Up: March 29-April 4, 2009

4 April 2009 2:03 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

From the amount of genre news that's filtered through the site these past seven days, it's tempting to ask, "What recession?" But except for a very few high profile films, the majority of the projects currently in various stages of production are quite modest, whether they are indies or studio funded. And lucky for us, some sound quite promising. Which are the five that stood out during the week of March 29-April 4, 2009?

First up is Section 8. Paramount, Gaumont, and MySpace are teaming up for this new web series, which will debut exclusively on MySpace in the fall. Do we need another supernatural thriller with a Ten Little Indians premise? Isn't that what "Harper's Island" is? But Section 8 is additionally part social experiment as "it will have elements designed to allow viewers to use various functions of the [MySpace] networking service while watching the segments. Viewers will also be able to vote

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Billy Zane is the Magic Man

2 April 2009 12:48 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Ever notice whenever there's a non-comedy made about magicians they're almost always either using their powers of magic and illusions to fight evil or commit it? The pattern continues with the serial killer thriller Magic Man. The real magic might well be its cast: Billy Zane, Robert Davi, Armand Assante, Bai Ling, Andrew Divoff, and Richard Tyson.

Billy Zane stars as popular Las Vegas magician Krell Darius. Tourist Tatiana (Estelle Raskin, not familiar with her) just happens to be the daughter of a magician's assistant killed on stage during an illusion gone wrong. Of course she falls under Krell's spell, and, of course, it turns out her mother's death may not have been an accident after all, and, of course, Krell may have been in some way responsible. Could Krell be a master magician whose greatest trick is getting away with murder? And could Tatiana be next?

As Tatiana's beautiful

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