What DVD have you just watched?

sounds and silence:  The Travels of Manfred Eicher

How did you find it Jeff? I enjoyed it, too short although it was a shame there was not more of the jazz catalogue in the film - it focussed very heavily on the ECM New Series. Still, good to see.

I enjoyed it very much.  Particularly the expressions (read: passion, involvement) of Arvo Paart and the cello player interacting with the "squeeze box" player//composer. And, obviously, the passion and involvement of Eicher.

regards

Jeff A

Michael Caine in one of his finest roles. Gritty and intense. Lots of swearing and graphic violence. Not one for the kiddies.

I agree. Great film and star performance from MC

Touching film about the last three months of a young woman dying of cancer.

Still not getting into the comedies, eh?

Last night, just to remember

Winky,

I get my daily overdose of comedies and farces just by listening to our brilliant politicians who are aspiring to get (or remain) into the white house.

You make a good point.

Aubrey Manning does for geology what David Attenborough has done for biology.

Made in 1999, but only recently released on DVD (no Blu-ray), this is one of my favourite documentaries. I would recommend it very highly, and at £5.19 for eight fifty minute episodes it won't break the bank to give a try.

Now just starting the first season of the 'West Wing'.

Great scripts, excellent cast, and appalling music from 'Snuffy' Walden, who did the music for 'Thirtysomething'. Hopefully there will be more dialogue, and less music it progresses.

http://movies.nytimes.com/2011...ng-vera-farmiga.html

Really enjoyable, somewhat whimsical Woody Allen movie.

It will not change the world, and does not outstay its welcome at around 90 minutes, but left us happy to have watched it.

(Actually watched on demand, not DVD).

Fully agree; light, fluffy and enjoyable. I was thankful that Woody Allen had chosen to let someone else do the acting.

Yep, loved it.

Quirky and very dark claymation from Aussie director Adam Elliot, who won an Academy Award for "Harvie Krumpet" in 2003. Wallace and Grommit it ain't.

If you liked "Coraline", perhaps try this.

Based on director Konrad Wolf's diary entries, this film set in the waning days of World War II tells the story of a young German-born man (Jaecki Schwarz) transplanted to Russia who returns to his homeland as a soldier in the Soviet army. As he struggles to come to grips with his identity and heritage, he also discovers a burgeoning optimism for the fate of postwar Germany in this landmark drama.

Raunchy but I have been warned in advance.

The BBC series called "Colditz."

Bought a couple of weeks ago at a knock down price in HMV, and the first DVD or CD actually  bought by me for more than two years.

10 discs, and something to make one very reflective about compromise [on both sides], and the need to always search for peace, heroic or not ...

Ezra Miller is brilliant as the disturbing Kevin.

Every spare leisure moment this last week has been dedicated to watching this. Not on DVD but rather on my iPad on the move. Superb, classy. This is how TV should be. Absorbing and I somehow guessed the murderer from very early on. More twists than....

Attack The Block

I enjoyed this far more than I expected. Simple plot line well executed.

The only thing that gave me pause was watching someone with a crack pipe - something I don't want to see 'normalised' on any level.

The street slang is toned down, and so didn't get in the way of the story.

Simple, effective effects.

M

No Strings Attached

Natalie Portman in a Ivan Reitman film, and the best he has made in a long while.

When Harry Met Sally - Can a man and a woman be friends without the sex thing getting in the way?

NSA - Can a man and a woman be fcuk buddies without the love thing getting in the way?

Now I enjoyed this film, which has some very funny moments, and we had some friends over to watch it a few days later, and Helen's reaction took me by surprise, she just saw the two principles as morally depraved, and so had no empathy for them at all.

Personally I would say that if you like RomCom then this is worth a view.

M