Stories | Seen on DVD
Dune, Planet Terror, Deep Blue Sea
Published April 30, 2008
Lady Botox Film critic, soberingconclusion.com The 2006 re-release of David Lynch’s Dune contains both the extended version that you could previously only see on TV and the original theatrical release. This is an amazing movie staring ...
Big Daddy, Cinderella Man, Why Did I Get Married?
Published April 2, 2008
Amber Ellis Senior, Mount Miguel High School film and lit class School Daze is an educational, funny movie about pledging a sorority or fraternity. During the time of the story, apartheid still exists, and an ...
Bitter Sugar, Waking Ned Devine, No One Writes the Colonel
Published March 26, 2008
Lisa Franek Filmmaker and lecturer, SDSU Arturo Ripstein’s No One Writes the Colonel is just beautiful. The camerawork is amazing; it’s filled with rich colors. It’s a beautiful storyline that’s dark and dreary but still ...
Angel-A, Parenthood, The World's Fastest Indian Published March 19, 2008
Thomas Pierce Library technician, Encinitas Pink Floyd The Wall has a dark, evocative story by Roger Waters and brilliant animation by Gerald Scarfe. It’s essentially ... More Post a comment
Paper Moon, King of Kong, Weeds Published March 12, 2008
James Vasquez Filmmaker-actor, Daisy 3 Pictures, readyokmovie.com Paper Moon, shot in B&W, features an Oscar-winning performance by 11-year-old Tatum O’Neal. Director Peter Bogdanovich takes his ... More Post a comment
Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Fear and Loathing Published March 5, 2008
Mauricio Chernovetsky Director, Cassandra To someone who’s a fan of long, contemplative takes and abstract narrative techniques, Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Syndromes and a Century ... More Post a comment
Once, Orlando, Little Miss Sunshine Published Feb. 27, 2008
Keturah Stickann Assistant director, San Diego Opera, 2008 season sdopera.org John Carney’s Once is one of the best depictions of the creative process I’ve ever ... More Post a comment
Pride, Lean on Me, Why Did I Get Married? Published Feb. 20, 2008
Karen Huff-Willis Director, San Diego Black Film Festival, sandiegoblackfilmfestival.com For Black History Month I would like people to see something by Oscar Micheaux, like Within ... More Post a comment
Elizabeth, Amadeus, the Office Published Feb. 13, 2008
Edoardo Mueller Principal guest conductor, San Diego Opera, sdopera.org Renata Tebaldi: Profonda ed infinita is a collection of the best videos Renata did in her ... More Post a comment
Crash, Cocoon, Funny Girl Published Feb. 6, 2008
Ilise Gersten Bush Curator, San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sdcjc.lfjcc.org Tonight’s opening film, Sixty-Six, is a quirky coming-of-age comedy that reminds me in spirit of ... More Post a comment
Serenity, Pennies from Heaven, In the Mood for Love Published Jan. 30, 2008
Zakiya Khabir San Diego market coordinator, Landmark Theatres Many have said it before, but HBO’s series The Wire should be required viewing. Not only is ... More Post a comment
Deathtrap, Deep Water, Flight of the Conchords Published Jan. 23, 2008
Tim Berroth Film reviewer, www.hollywoodjesus.com In Deathtrap, director Sidney Lumet ably crafts Ira Levin’s play into an engrossing thriller with wicked plot twists and a ... More Post a comment
School Daze, Zodiac, and Stardust Published Jan. 16, 2008
Cecil Pratt Assistant manager, UltraStar Mission Valley 7 School Daze: Set on a historically black college campus, this film shows the struggles against racism within ... More Post a comment
Pirates of the Caribbean, Moonstruck, Slapshot Published Jan. 9, 2008
Tom Plonka Hockey player from Rhode Island I’m on the water a lot with my boat going to Catalina and Mexico, so I guess I ... More Post a comment
Lost Horizon, Wizard of Oz, Monkey Business Published Jan. 2, 2008
Francis Weidinger Independent filmmaker Lost Horizon: Garden of Eden in black-and-white. Frank Capra can be awesome, funny, and satirical. But in Lost Horizon, he got ... More Post a comment
Casablanca, The Hunger, Almost Famous Published Dec. 27, 2007
Teresa Oyos Community activist diva I have to go to a classic first. Casablanca , with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, is simply the best ... More Post a comment
Whisper of the Heart, Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke Published Dec. 20, 2007
Josephina Torres Seventh grader, Palm Anime and Manga Club The three DVDs I want for Christmas include Whisper of the Heart because it's a story ... More Post a comment
Barton Fink, Rear Window, Columbo: Season Four Published Dec. 13, 2007
Kirsten Elms Screenwriter As a writer on strike and having just seen No Country for Old Men -- I'm drawn to another Coens' film -- ... More Post a comment
A Dry White Season, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Black Orpheus Published Dec. 6, 2007
Lynn Whitehouse Supervisor history/information/interlibrary loan-it, San Diego Public Library I'd like to suggest a DVD that ties with our One Book One San Diego campaign ... More Post a comment
When It Was a Game, The Natural, Bull Durham Published Nov. 29, 2007
Eric Hanauer Writer, underwater photographer, and retired professor www.ehanauer.com Now's the time my Chicago Cubs usually go into early hibernation. So, I depend on DVDs ... More Post a comment
The Fountain, Mysterious Skin, One from the Heart Published July 5, 2007
Jacquelyn Daniell English major, Biola University If you are looking for something artistic this summer, The Fountain will not disappoint. Darren Aronofsky's latest film is ... More Post a comment