Posted on · (Sony Pictures Classics. 2 hours. 1 disc. Color. Widescreen. Rated PG-13 for martial arts violence and some sexuality. Directed by Ang Lee.) Chow Yun Fat (Master Li Mu Bai), Michelle Yeoh (Yu Shu Lien), Zhang Ziyi (Jen Yu), Chen Chang (Lo/Dark Cloud). Music by Tan Dun with Yo-Yo Ma.
Posted on · (Sony Pictures. 1 hour, 40 minutes. Rated R for strong bloody violence and language. Directed by Scott Stewart.) Paul Bettany (Michael), Lucas Black (Jeep Hanson), Tyrese Gibson (Kyle Williams), Adrianne Palicki (Charlie), Kevin Durand (Gabriel), Dennis Quaid (Bob Hanson). Music by John Frizzell.
Posted on · Regina wanders through Jeff Bridges' back-catalogue and finds some of the hidden gems that won't be featured in this month's retrospective at the MFAH.
Posted on · (ABC Entertainment. 1 hour, 27 minutes. Unrated.)
Posted on · (Sony. 2 hours, 3 minutes. Rated PG-13 for violent images, some sensuality, language and smoking. Directed by Terry Gilliam.) With Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Verne Troyer, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield. Music by Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna.
Posted on · (Shout! Factory. 1978-79. 6 discs. 1,080 minutes. 22 episodes. Various directors.) John Houseman, James Stephens, Tom Fitzsimmons, Robert Ginty, James Keane, Francine Tacker. Theme song ("The First Years") by Gimbel and Fox.
Posted on · (Shout! Factory. 1963-64. 6 discs. 900 minutes. B&W. Not rated. Various directors.) Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron, Paul O'Keefe, Eddie Applegate.
Posted on · (Sony. 2009. 3 discs. 451 minutes. 11 Episodes. Not rated. Various directors.) Denis Leary (Tommy Gavin), Mike Lombardi (Mike Silletti), Steven Pasquale (Sean Garrity), Andrea Roth (Janet Gavin), Callie Thorne (Sheila Keefe), Tatum O'Neal (Maggie), Adam Ferrara (Chief Nelson), Larenz Tate (Bart), Michael J. Fox (Dwight).
Posted on · (Sony. 1976. Theatrical Color version, 122 minutes, rated PG. B&W Director's Cut version, 125 minutes, not rated. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.) Ryan O'Neal (Leo Harrigan), Burt Reynolds (Buck Greenway), Tatum O'Neal (Alice Forsyte), Jane Hitchcock (Kathleen Cooke), Brian Keith (H.H. Cobb), Stella Stevens (Marty Reeves), John Ritter (Franklin Frank). Music by Richard Hazard.
Posted on · (Sony. 1 hour, 29 minutes. Rated PG-13 for strong language, nudity and brief fantasy violence. Directed by Peter Hewitt.) Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy, Marcia Gay Harden. Music by Rupert Gregson-Williams.
Posted on · (Disney. 4 discs. 1 hour, 29 minutes. Rated PG for some peril and action. Directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson.) Voices of Ed Asner (Carl Fredericksen), Jordan Nagai (Russell), Christopher Plummer (Charles Muntz), John Ratzerberger (Tom), Delroy Lindo (Beta), Bob Peterson (Dug/Alpha). Music by Michael Giacchino.
Posted on · (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2008/2009. 1 hour, 40 minutes. 1 disc. Rated R for language. Directed by Atom Egoyan.) Scott Speedman (Tom), Rachel Blanchard (Rachel), Devon Bostick (Simon), Noam Jenkins (Sami), Arsinée Khanjian (Sabine). Music by Mychael Danna.
Posted on · In this edition of Short Takes, Regina catches some DVDs that slipped through the cracks, such as Boy A, The Class, The Possession of Joel Delaney, Whatever Works and the second season of Mannix.
Posted on · (Sony. 1992/2009. Rated PG for momentary nudity and some language in a family drama. 2 hours, 3 minutes. Directed and narrated by Robert Redford.) Craig Sheffer (Norman Maclean), Brad Pitt (Paul Maclean), Tom Skerritt (Rev. Maclean), Brenda Blethyn (Mrs. Maclean), Emily Lloyd (Jessie Burns), Edie McClurg (Mrs. Burns), Stephen Shellen (Neal Burns), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Young Norman), Vann Gravage (Young Paul), Susan Traylor (Rawhide). Music by Mark Isham.
Posted on · (Sony. 1 hour, 36 minutes. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief partial nudity, and smoking throughout. Directed by Stephan Elliott.) Jessica Biel (Larita Whittaker), Colin Firth (Mr. Whittaker), Kristin Scott Thomas (Mrs. Whittaker), Ben Barnes (John Whittaker), Kimberley Nixon (Hilda Whittaker), Katherine Parkinson (Marion Whittaker), Kris Marshall (Furber). Music by Marius de Vries.