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• DVD Pick of the Week: The Boondock Saints

  The film has a coolness to it, very Tarantino-esque, without being a Quentin clone.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on May 23, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: Scrubs - Season Three

  We’ve seen sitcoms try to introduce drama – what’s funny gets sucked out and we lose what we fell in love with. Not so with Scrubs.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on May 09, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: Delicatessen

  A masterpiece of world cinema edges out an underrated piece of computer animated family entertainment.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on May 02, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: Event Horizon

  This week also has an Oscar-nominee, a torture-fest, and an eagerly anticipated foreign title.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Apr 18, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: Wolf Creek

  These horrible true stories are perfectly suitable for the basis of a horror film.

  Review by Chris Beaumont — on Apr 11, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: Brokeback Mountain

  Slim pickings. There is very little I'm interested in this week. The lack of choices made the decision much easier.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Apr 04, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: The Quiet Family

  A look at a this dark comedy and a round-up this week's DVD releases.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 28, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: Capote

  From Oscar winners to Oscar losers, to those that will never even be near an Oscar.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 21, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: Good Night, and Good Luck

  Given the pickings, this week's choice was obvious.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 14, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: Howl's Moving Castle

  It may not be an Oscar winner, but it was a nominee.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 07, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: The Memory of a Killer

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 21, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: Zombie Honeymoon

  As I was going through the new release list for the week, I saw a few films that seemed likely candidates for this honor.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 14, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week for 2/7: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

  This week's pick also happens to be an Oscar nominee, for Best Animated Film.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 07, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week for 1/10: Eraserhead

  I remember being stunned by the high rate of bizarre being flung around onscreen.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 10, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week for 1/3: Broken Flowers

  Rather slim pickings for the first week of the new year

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 03, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week for 12/27: Grizzly Man

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 27, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week for 12/20: Serenity

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 20, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week for 12/13: Sin City: Recut, Extended, Unrated

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 13, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week for 12/6: 24 - Season Four

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 06, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week for 11/29: Murderball

  All I can say is, watch the movie, I have no doubt that you will love it too.

  News by Chris Beaumont — on Nov 29, 2005