DVD Reviews

When I popped this DVD into my player my TV was tuned to the modern MTV, but in the span of a moment the beautiful teenagers selling sex and industrially assembled pop music were transformed into sweaty fat men playing funky grooves with real emotion.

Thanks to the camcorder, blur has released starshaped, a video retrospective of their carefree glory days from 1991-1994. These are moments when cases of Newcastle were flowing freely, backstage buffoonery was welcomed, and overall drunkenness and reckless travel dominated the landscape of a band that had only the pressure of finding their sound.

Its an indie-film revival period with corporate sponsors, and this hybrid release by Standard Films and a few young, talented editors is a perfect example. Maybe I just expect every ski film to be a Warren Miller film, but Lost In Transition has hot, killer footage, with no substance.

After a brilliant portrayal as comic book artist Harvey Pekar in 2003

Impact does its job of capturing the sport of skiing and snowboarding at its pure essence

These days it can be easy to forget why someone would want to be a Deadhead. Nobody really wants to formally acknowledge it, but the band that currently tours as

Ray, directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Jamie Foxx brings to the big screen the life story of Ray Charles, who fought his disability to mingle his soul-drenched voice with southern gospel, and jazz inklings atop courageous showmanship. Although initially labeled a mere mimic of his idols – Nat King Cole and Charles Brown

This coming of age story is no typically sappy tale. Braff

Promoter Ken Walker decided to enlist the Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, Flying Burito Brothers, Sha Na Na and others for an east to west journey in the summer of 1970 along the Canadian frontier, noted as the Festival Express. Thankfully, a new documentary unleashes never before seen footage of the iconic musicians in this rare setting, basking in true flower power camaraderie.