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DVDs: Mer de Malle
Sol Louis Siegel  |  Sep 06, 2006  | 

Director Louis Malle made his feature debut in 1958 at age 24 with Elevator to the Gallows (The Criterion Collection; Movie •••½, Picture/Sound •••½, Extras •••½), a coolly controlled tale of a murder plot gone awry.

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DVD REVIEW: Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Marc Horowitz  |  Sep 06, 2006  | 
Universal
Movie ••• Picture/Sound ••• Extras •••
Dave Chappelle is a funny man, and his Block Party has some good la
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DVD REVIEW: The Boondocks
Brandon Grafius  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
Sony
Series •••½ Picture/Sound ••••½ Extras •••
Huey and Riley find out that the suburbs can be a rough
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DVD REVIEW: Lost
Josef Krebs  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 

It combines elements of The Prisoner, The Twilight Zone, and Forbidden Planet with the philosophy of It's a Wonderful Life - that we're all intrinsically intertwined, affecting each other in ways we'll never know. And it continues to chart new TV territory in an extremely addictive way, taking the mystery in unpredictable directions.

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DVD REVIEW: V For Vendetta
Ken Korman  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
Warner
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound •••• Extras •••½
After the release of From Hell (2001) and
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DVD REVIEW: Inside Man
Ken Korman  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
Universal
Movie •••• Picture/Sound •••• Extras ••••
If Inside Man is any indication, indie director Spike Lee should
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DVD REVIEW: Tsotsi
Ken Korman  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
Miramax
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound •••• Extras ••••
Tsotsi may hail from South Africa, but its straightforw
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DVD REVIEW: A Canterbury Tale
Mel Neuhaus  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
The Criterion Collection
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound •••½ Extras •••
This project began as a 1944 British
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DVD REVIEW: Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler
Mel Neuhaus  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
Kino
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound •••½ Extras ••
Director Fritz Lang's adaptation of Norbert Jacques
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DVD REVIEW: Carnivàle
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
HBO
Series •••• Picture/Sound •••• Extras ••••
The avatars of good and evil continue to clash in the Dust Bowl of the Great D
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DVD REVIEW: Prison Break
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
20th Century Fox
Series •••½ Picture/Sound •••• Extras •••½
Sure, the show's title gives it all awa
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DVD REVIEW: Final Destination 3
Rad Bennett  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
New Line
Movie ••½ Picture/Sound •••• Extras ••••
This innovative DVD of the slick but unoriginal kill-the-kids ho
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DVD REVIEW: Rome
Rad Bennett  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
HBO/BBC
Series •••• Picture/Sound •••• Extras ••••
In covering the period from Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul to his as
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DVD REVIEW: The Unit
Brandon Grafius  |  Nov 09, 2006  | 
20th Century Fox
Series ••• Picture/Sound •••½ Extras ••
David Mamet's first stab at a TV series distinguishes
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DVDs: Danger Man
Josef Krebs  |  Nov 09, 2006  | 

When he first landed in the U.S. in 1961, British agent John Drake went mostly unnoticed. But when this Danger Man reappeared 4 years later - with a new name, a new theme song, and a visa extended from 30 minutes to an hour - he made quite a stir.

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