This Week on DVD & Blu-ray (05-07-13)
“The Verdict” is one of Lumet’s great legal dramas as well as one of Paul Newman’s finest work, earning him an Oscar nomination (as well as four other Oscar noms). It’s a legal thriller from focusing on Newman as Frank Galvin, a boozy, morally dubious lawyer who scores a shot at redemption when he takes on a controversial medical malpractice suit. Director Sidney Lumet delivers an absorbing legal thriller and is aided by David Mamet’s script, which is colorful and illusive and complex in ways that most pop legal dramas aren’t. And then there’s Newman, who gives the best performance of his life as Galvin. Newman has internalized this part so deeply that he single-handedly turns “The Verdict” into a character study. Galvin’s decades-long battle with alcoholism becomes as exciting as his courtroom machinations. If you’re a fan of Newman and Lumet and you haven’t checked out “The Verdict”, now is the time to do it.
That’s it for this week! All previous reviews are highlighted below. Enjoy the Rundown….
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Another Country (DVD)
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The Assassin’s Blade (DVD)
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Babe: Pig in the City (Blu-ray)
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Band of Outsiders (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
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Barrymore (DVD)
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Best of the Best: Without Warning (Blu-ray)
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Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball (Blu-ray)
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Brubaker (Blu-ray)
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Citizen Hearst (DVD)
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The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 2 (Blu-ray)
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Dragon Lord (Blu-ray)
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The Exorcist in the 21st Century (DVD)
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Felicity: Season Four (DVD)
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Felicity: Season Three (DVD)
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Flashpoint: The Fifth Season (DVD)
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Fortress (Blu-ray)
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Fresh (Blu-ray)
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Fringe: The Complete Fifth Season (DVD)
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Fringe: The Complete Series (DVD)
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Full Frontal (Blu-ray)
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Gamer 3D (Blu-ray)
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The Great Escape (Blu-ray)
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The Grifters (Blu-ray)
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Gunsmoke: The Eighth Season 1 (DVD)
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Gunsmoke: The Eighth Season 2 (DVD)
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Have Gun – Will Travel: The Sixth & Final Season 1 (DVD)
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Have Gun – Will Travel: The Sixth & Final Season 2 (DVD)
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Heaven (Blu-ray)
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Hellraiser VII: Deader (Blu-ray)
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The Hoax (Blu-ray)
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In the Name of the Father (Blu-ray)
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If I Were You (DVD)
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In the Hive (DVD)
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Jack Reacher (DVD)
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James A. Michener’s Texas (DVD)
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Jersey Girl (Blu-ray)
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Blu-ray)
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K9: The Complete Series (DVD)
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Left to Die: The Sandra and Tammi Chase Story (DVD)
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Mama (DVD)
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Marley Africa Road Trip (DVD)
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Mighty Fine (DVD)
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Norman (DVD)
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One Hour Photo (Blu-ray)
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The Oranges (DVD)
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Pillow Talk (Blu-ray)
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Private Practice: The Complete Sixth Season (DVD)
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Revenge for Jolly! (DVD)
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Rookie Blue: The Complete Third Season (DVD)
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Royal Pains: Season Four (DVD)
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Safe Haven (DVD)
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Sesame Street: Elmo the Musical (DVD)
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Side Effects (DVD)
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Shadow of a Doubt (Blu-ray)
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Shanghai Noon & Shanghai Knights 2: Movie Collection (Blu-ray)
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Sparkle (1976) (Blu-ray)
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Starlet (DVD)
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Steel Magnolias (2012) (DVD)
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Superman: Unbound (DVD)
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle (Blu-ray)
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Upstream Color (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Verdict (Blu-ray)
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Witness (DVD)
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WWII from Space (DVD)