Film Misery

2012′s underrated, foreign, and provocative hits and Criterion treatments of well-aged classics top this week’s DVD/Blu-Ray releases!

This week’s DVD and Blu-Ray releases include offerings from Criterion, Warner Bros, Ghibli, some über-amusing horror flicks, and ALL THE TARANTINO.

This week’s DVD and Blu-Ray releases include a romantic Criterion release, a monstrous boxed-set, and the most quotable movie OF ALL TIME.

New titles this week include a mainstream blockbuster, a 1970s quirky comedy, a silent classic, and an HBO original movie.

Even the youth are susceptible to the controlling power of war.

The titles most worth getting excited for come from genres like animation, horror and action. Plus, a Film Misery favorite is now a Criterion film.

New Criterion releases, good word for ‘Haywire,’ Brad Pitt giggles for three straight minutes…

These are my top 5 DVD releases this week and a bit of uncalled for Oscar prognostication from yours truly…

The staff at Film Misery counts their cinematic blessings in honor of the Holidays.

David Fincher’s Oscar speech, Criterion on iTunes, ‘Young Adult’ review, derivative movie posters…

A graphic designer has put together some stunning art that I desperately wish was real.

Criterion’s May slate, ‘Coriolanus’ gets good reviews, no-fear Franco, ‘The Hobbit’ cast photo…

‘The Hobbit’ is a go, the Banksy Oscar conundrum, Brad Bird punks the Annie Awards…

‘Darjeeling Limited’ on Criterion and ‘How to Train your Dragon’ make for great mainstream releases, while ‘Leaves of Grass’ and ‘I am Love’ will satisfy the arthouse fans.

Guillermo leaves ‘The Hobbit’, Criterion reviews, ‘Hoosiers’ on TCM, Don’t F*ck My Mom, ‘I’m a Marvel, I’m a DC’ The Musical!

Disgusting movie meals, Bond comes to a halt, good words for ‘Oceans’, streaming Criterion, and ‘Get Low’ gets a trailer…

Read of the Weekend: Kristopher Tapley wrote up a fantastic tribute to the technical elements of the best movie of 2009, A Serious Man. [In Contention] News of the Weekend: The Criterion Collection has announced their April slate of releases including Jean-Luc Godard’s Vivre Sa Vie, Olivier Assayas’ Summer Hours, and Ang Lee’s Ride With [...]

First “Of the Day” of the New Year! Read of the Day: Tired of all the “Best of 2009″ pieces? Here’s a worst of 2009 piece in Haiku format! [Cinematical] News of the Day: There was some speculation around the web that Jason Reitman had originally planned for Up in the Air to end with [...]

Read of the Day: Nick Davis is unenthusiastic about almost all of the top 20 most buzzed films of the year. He sounds like a seasonal Scrooge, but I’m glad to see somebody shares my lack of enthusiasm for films like An Education and District 9. [Nick's Flick Picks] News of the Day: The Criterion [...]

Read of the Day: The Cahiers du cinema have announced their prestigious top 10. [Living in Cinema] News of the Day: The Criterion Collection have announced their releases for March. Malick’s Days of Heaven and Kurosawa’s Yojimbo are among them. [Reel Artsy] Review of the Day: Critic David Denby shares his thoughts on Avatar and [...]