On DVD Today…

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on February 28, 2006

Here is what you should be picking up at your local retailer today:

Walk the Line (Widescreen Edition)
“Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.” Joaquin Phoenix is country music legend Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon is June Carter in James Mangold’s labor of love biography of the early career of the man in black and the troubled road of the impossible love story between Johnny and June, a love that inspired Cash to clean up his life and kick drugs and booze. Both Phoenix and Witherspoon earned Oscar nominations for their performances.

Our 2 Cents: This is a must own for any DVD lover. I will be reviewing the “Special Edition” later in the day.

Pride & Prejudice (Widescreen Edition)
Britain’s “It” girl Keira Knightley lands a role that she can sink her talent into: the headstrong and feisty Elizabeth Bennet, the second of five sisters with a good name but no fortune, in the adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel of love, class and social convention. Matthew Macfadyen is the starchy and severe Mr. Darcy, whose stiff adherence to class division is bent when he falls for the intelligent and strong-willed Elizabeth

Our 2 Cents: Review on its way…

The Ice Harvest (Widescreen Edition)
Comedy specialist Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day) brings understated humor to this low-key heist thriller starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton as the small-time schemers dangerously out of their depth. This incarnation, set on Christmas Eve in a series of sleazy Wichita strip clubs and upscale bars frequented by corrupt politicians, has the usual ingredients: a heist, a seductive femme fatale (Connie Nielsen), a brutal mob boss (Randy Quaid) and a getaway hampered by twists of fate and the machinations of backstabbing schemers

Our 2 Cents: This one is currently in Brian’s que for review…

Yours, Mine, & Ours (Widescreen Edition)
Coast Guard Admiral and widower Dennis Quaid and free-spirited widow Rene Russo impulsively elope and join their families in a war of slapstick war of opposites in this loose remake of the Henry Fonda/Lucille Ball family comedy. Ostensibly based on a true story, this take is not even believable movie fantasy, it’s merely an excuse to toss the military brats and hippie kids together in a ramshackle lighthouse manor. It’s dumb but harmless, played for easy laughs and contrived conflict.

Our 2 Cents: When IMDB.com says “Dumb but harmless,” that means stay away. We are probably going to heed that advice.

For the entire listing of today’s releases, check out IMDB.com here.

Tags: Walk the Line, Johnny Cash, Ice Harvest, Pride & Prejudice, Keira Knightley