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Posted by DVD Verdict on 05/22/06 08:24
Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE
CHIPMUNK ADVENTURE, BATTLE IN HEAVEN, DUMA, THE 400 BLOWS: CRITERION
COLLECTION, FULL METAL JACKET (HD DVD), LATE SPRING: CRITERION
COLLECTION, MATCH POINT, MONA LISA, THE PLANET OF THE APES LEGACY
COLLECTION BOX SET, and SWORDFISH (HD DVD):
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE CHIPMUNK ADVENTURE (reviewed by David
Johnson, overall score 83/100):
"It's like Saturday morning with The Bourne Identity."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/chipmunkadventure.php
BATTLE IN HEAVEN (reviewed by Brendan Babish, overall score 83/100):
"Make no mistake: this film, which is both foreign and aspires to be
art, will be difficult viewing for conventional viewers. Ditto for
narcoleptics."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/battleinheaven.php
DUMA (reviewed by Brett Cullum, overall score 95/100):
"Here is a wonderful little movie the whole family can enjoy. Duma is
easily one of the best all-ages movie I've seen in a long time, and
there's nothing but some scary animal action to garner it a PG
rating. Duma is a great movie that appeals to our love of both
children and animals."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/duma.php
THE 400 BLOWS: CRITERION COLLECTION (reviewed by Steve Evans, overall
score 96/100):
"More than 47 years on, The 400 Blows remains a brilliant slice of life
that will linger in the mind's eye and spark conversation long after the
fade on that indelible freeze frame."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/400blows.php
FULL METAL JACKET (HD DVD) (reviewed by Ryan Keefer, overall
score 87/100):
"The thing that sours me about this film is the thing that's supposed to
boost it. The video quality is sad and the audio quality is improved,
but not too substantially. If I spent money on a new HD-DVD player, I
wouldn't buy this disc."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/fullmetaljackethddvd.php
LATE SPRING: CRITERION COLLECTION (reviewed by Steve Evans, overall
score 91/100):
"Ozu conveys his ideas with such conviction, in such a calm and
understated way, as to make the work of many directors seem
exasperatingly pretentious."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/latespring.php
MATCH POINT (reviewed by James A. Stewart, overall score 85/100):
"While most suspense thrillers seem to revolve around luck, Woody
Allen's Match Point may be the first such movie that revolves around
it very consciously -- if you don't count the short-lived TV show
Strange Luck."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/matchpoint.php
MONA LISA (reviewed by Joel Pearce, overall score 93/100):
"A lot of the film's freshness comes from the performances, all of which
are excellent."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/monalisa.php
THE PLANET OF THE APES LEGACY COLLECTION BOX SET (reviewed by Bill
Gibron, overall score 84/100):
"What makes the first film such a classic (and why the others pale in
comparison) is that we are really on one man's stranger-in-a-strange-
land voyage. Taylor has no idea where he is, what is happening, and why
his captors are so aggressive toward his species. He alone must uncover
clues to the new social order, as well as work on a way of escaping."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/potalegacy.php
SWORDFISH (HD DVD) (reviewed by Dennis Prince, overall score 94/100):
"So, on the second Tuesday after launch, Warner Brothers delivered the
2001 quirky cyber-crime excursion, Swordfish, on HD-DVD. The question
that persists, trite though it may be, is can you polish a turd?"
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/swordfishhddvd.php
Mike Jackson
Editor & Webmaster, DVD Verdict
www.dvdverdict.com
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