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YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER
(2010)
* *1/2 (B-)
Directed by Woody Allen
Starring Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Lucy Punch, Naomi Watts, Pauline Collins
Narrated by and Zak Orth
Sony//Rated R//Drama//99 minutes
Available on: DVD and Blu-ray
Writer-director Woody Allen's film recent Allen film to be set in London. This time, two couples investigate futures without their spouses. Brolin leads the ensemble, portraying Roy, a writer unable to produce a second successful novel. Instead of writing, Roy pursues his young, pretty neighbor (Pinto). Roy's wife Sally (Watts), tires of his immaturity and considers having an affair with her attractive boss (Banderas). Gemma Jones plays Sally's mother Helena, recently divorced from Alfie (Hopkins), Sally's father. Alfie is stuck in an ill-fated second marriage to a gold-digging prostitute (Punch). Helena becomes infatuated with a local bookstore owner and with new age spiritualism. The characters appear to be looking for love, but all are actually searching for meaning. DVD or Blu-ray features: English or French language tracks, widescreen.
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
(2010)
* * *1/2 (A-)
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Paramount//Rated PG//Documentary//102 minutes
Available on: DVD and Blu-ray
Documentarian Davis Guggenheim investigates the decline of American public education and our ongoing difficulty in finding solutions. He considers the plight of minorities stuck in inner city schools, and concludes that, at least in New York City, much of the fault lies with an entrenched teacher's union. Whether low teacher salaries and the ever-growing influx of illegal aliens, are partially to blame -- receives little consideration, but the film raises public awareness and brings teachers' unions into focus. DVD or Blu-ray features: Commentary by director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott, Changing the Odds: successful programs to change public education in the U.S., Updates: what's changed since the movie was filmed, A Conversation with Davis Guggenheim, The Future is in Our Classrooms, The Making of "Shine," Deleted Scenes with Four additional stories of real-life students and teachers: Keith and Tiffany, Locke High and Steve Barr, Bill Strickland. The Green Family, English, French or Spanish language tracks, Portuguese subtitles, widescreen.
UNSTOPPABLE
(2010)
* *1/2 (B-)
Directed by Woody Allen
Starring Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Lucy Punch, Naomi Watts, Pauline Collins
Narrated by and Zak Orth
Sony//Rated R//Drama//99 minutes
Available on: DVD and Blu-ray
Writer-director Woody Allen's film recent Allen film to be set in London. This time, two couples investigate futures without their spouses. Brolin leads the ensemble, portraying Roy, a writer unable to produce a second successful novel. Instead of writing, Roy pursues his young, pretty neighbor (Pinto). Roy's wife Sally (Watts), tires of his immaturity and considers having an affair with her attractive boss (Banderas). Gemma Jones plays Sally's mother Helena, recently divorced from Alfie (Hopkins), Sally's father. Alfie is stuck in an ill-fated second marriage to a gold-digging prostitute (Punch). Helena becomes infatuated with a local bookstore owner and with new age spiritualism. The characters appear to be looking for love, but all are actually searching for meaning. DVD or Blu-ray features: English or French language tracks, widescreen.
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
(2010)
* * *1/2 (A-)
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Paramount//Rated PG//Documentary//102 minutes
Available on: DVD and Blu-ray
Documentarian Davis Guggenheim investigates the decline of American public education and our ongoing difficulty in finding solutions. He considers the plight of minorities stuck in inner city schools, and concludes that, at least in New York City, much of the fault lies with an entrenched teacher's union. Whether low teacher salaries and the ever-growing influx of illegal aliens, are partially to blame -- receives little consideration, but the film raises public awareness and brings teachers' unions into focus. DVD or Blu-ray features: Commentary by director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott, Changing the Odds: successful programs to change public education in the U.S., Updates: what's changed since the movie was filmed, A Conversation with Davis Guggenheim, The Future is in Our Classrooms, The Making of "Shine," Deleted Scenes with Four additional stories of real-life students and teachers: Keith and Tiffany, Locke High and Steve Barr, Bill Strickland. The Green Family, English, French or Spanish language tracks, Portuguese subtitles, widescreen.
UNSTOPPABLE
