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[Movies] MV_1211DragonTattooSM

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

Serpent Babe opens across America in 2012

I feel obligated to admit in this lede that I have not read the mystery novel-turned-international phenomenon this film is based on. I do not feel obligated, however, to hide the movie's horribly kept secret in this review, and so I'll insert the phrase "spoiler alert" here.

[DVD Reviews] DTT_1211HeartDrumMachineSM

THE HEART IS A DRUM MACHINE

CHRISTOPHER POMERENKE
LIGHTYEAR
3.9.10

 


[Now Showing] MV_1210AliceinWonderlandSM

Alice in Wonderland

'Twas not so brillig


By now you know that Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland is not the dark, psychedelic masterpiece we all expected. At this point, the critical masses have spoken, faulting our generation's spookiest director for dropping the ball on fully utilizing 3-D effects, continuing to wrench Johnny Depp for every drop of oddball mannerism he can muster and continuing to rely on Helena Bonham Carter to look wild-eyed and emaciated. But here's a few items Dig HQ cannot let go unnoticed.


[DVD Reviews] DTT_1209KikiSM

KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE

SPECIAL EDITION
HAYAO MIYAZAKI
DISNEY PRESENTS STUDIO GHIBLI
3.2.10


[Movies] MV_1209OscarsSM

OSCAR PREVIEW

What to watch for ... through your cupped fingers

Oscar opened up his Best Picture 2010 category to 10 nominees not to extend the broadcast into April, nor to accommodate animated films, but because 2010 was an atrocious year for commercial movies.

[Movies] MV_1208VisualAcousticsSM

VISUAL ACOUSTICS

If a tree falls in the forest, will someone make a documentary about it?

As the era of documentaries atrophies, the reflexive nature of medium is starting to fray.

[DVD Reviews] DTT_1208UnivSoldierReSM

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: REGENERATION

DOLPH LUNDGREN
SONY PICTURES
2.2.10


[Movies] MV_1207ShutterIsland2SM

SHUTTER ISLAND

Craggy, creepy, criminal and crazy

Martin Scorsese has returned with a dark bag of new tricks and his muse, Leonardo DiCaprio (aka Saint Leo, patron saint of hardened cops with Boston accents and broken hearts).

[DVD Reviews] DTT_1207GamerSM

GAMER

GERARD BUTLER, MICHAEL C. HALL
LIONSGATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT
1.19.10


[DVD Reviews] DTT_1207PeopleSpeakSM

THE PEOPLE SPEAK

HOWARD ZINN
A&E HOME VIDEO
2.9.10



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