DVD releases
Published 4:14 pm Wednesday, March 13, 2013
“Hitchcock”
The director’s softer side is revealed during his filming of “Psycho.”Anthony Hopkins stars.
Like walking into a dark movie theater from a sunny day, it’ll take your eyes a little while to adjust to director Sacha Gervasi’s “Hitchcock.” Both the story and Hopkins’ performance as the groundbreaking director Alfred Hitchcock can’t be judged at first glance. The casting and story show that any thoughts that this is a typical Hollywood biopic is for the birds.
Grade: B
“Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away”
A young woman is pulled into a magical world of acrobats and artists.
The film uses a rather standard boy-meets-girl plot to take the audience on a fanciful journey to a land of acrobats and artists who look at gravity as more of a suggestion than a law.
“Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away” should be appreciated like an abstract painting. It’s beautiful to look at, but it isn’t fully appreciated until you add in your own ideas about what all of the images are trying to say.
Grade: B
Also new
- “Life of Pi”: A man and a tiger must find a way to survive a shipwreck.
- “Jay and Silent Bob Get Irish: The Swearing O’ The Green”: Kevin Smith stars.
- “Law &Order: Criminal Intent — Season 10”: Vincent D’Onofrio stars in the final season of the NBC TV series.
- “Doctor Who: The Ark in Space”: The Tardis lands on a space station orbiting the Earth.
- “Ripper Street”: Matthew Macfayden stars in this BBC detective series.
- “Super Bowl XLVII Champions: 2012 Baltimore Ravens”: Recap of this year’s game.
- “Spongebob Squarepants: The Complete Eighth Season”: Tom Kenny is the voice talent for this sea tale.
Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee (Fresno, Calif.)
