Six Feet Under: The Complete Series
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5 stars I think this show is even better than The Sopranos. Not for the squeamish or prudish, this show explores love and death of all types. Excellent writing, characters, and acting.
- Jessica @ Bordeaux

The Larry Sanders Show - Season One
5 of 5 Stars
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I never appreciated Garry Shandling until I caught up with this show on DVD. Shandling stars as Larry Sanders a popular late night talk show host whose love life and work life are in a constant state of maintanence due to his addiction to objective gratification through laughter. Much to detriment of those around him, the only thing that matters to Larry is the his show. Ancipipating many shows to come, ultra realism equates stinging satire as the in-and-outs of the late night talk show circuit are exposed. The DVDs are worth it just to see the celebrity guest stars knowingly(?) making fun of themselves. Rip Torn steals most scenes as Arty, the show's old school Hollywood producer. Largely based on real life Tonight Show producer Fred de Cordova, Arty is one of my all time favorite TV characters. "Larry Sanders" is obviously based on the real life Shandling and his obsessiveness over this show paid off in hardcore laughs and a wallop of pathos. For fans of the British The Office and Curb Your Enthusiam.
- Bryan @ Main

“If there was ever hell on earth, it’s Dallas County.”—Randall Adams Hands down, my favorite documentary. It tells the story of Randall Adams, who has been convicted and put on death row for killing a police officer in Dallas County, Texas. This documentary unfolds like a great detective novel. Philip Glass’s haunting score adds to the atmosphere. It is totally engrossing.
- Bill @ Main

Bart Hughes played by Peter Weller is a man who has everything going for him. He has a job that has put him of the fast track for success, a beautiful trophy wife, and an upscale townhouse. He is a master of the rat race, then a real rat moves in and a war ensues. This clever cat and mouse (or man and rat) story is an off beat thriller that really works. It also has the scariest scene in the history of motion pictures.
- Bill @ Main

“ACE IN THE HOLE” is Billy Wilder’s deeply cynical movie about the vicious world of journalism. The movie was released in 1951 and it’s still relevant today. Kirk Douglas portrays Chuck Tatum, a ruthless reporter who manipulates the events surrounding a man trapped in a mine after a cave in. This movie has some of the best dialogue ever written. It’s also one of the most uncompromising films ever made.
- Bill @ Main

Once
By John Carney
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This Irish film which was a hit at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival plays out like an extended music video, but that's OK. Writer/director Jim Carney conceptualized Once as a "video album." The two stars, Glen Hansard of the Irish Band The Frames, and Czech singer/songwriter Markéta Irglová, are true musicians. Their songs transcend the film.
- Crystal @ Main

5 of 5 Stars No other film better epitomizes "poetry in motion" than Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven. Changing of the seasons, machine labor, and human violence weave a tapestry as breathtaking as the Canadian wheatfields where the film was shot. Industrial laborers Bill and Abby (Richard Gere and Brooke Adams) flee the dirt of the city into the backbreaking life of seasonal grain harvesting. The owner of the wheat farm (Sam Shepard) where they end up landing falls in the love with Abby and the rest is Biblical. With sparse dialogue, the landscape and turn of the century farm machines are full fledged characters as much as any of the people portrayed by the actors. A profound mediation on human nature, love, and fate, this is one of my all time favorite films.
- Bryan @ Main

5 Stars I never thought I would enjoy a show about polygamists, but Big Love has captured my attention. The acting is great, the characters are complex and the storyline could not be more complicated. This show has made me really appreciate Chloe Sevigny as an actress, but it's Grace Zabriskie, who plays the crazy grandmother, that steals every scene she's in.
- Kyle @ Main

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In the 1960s and '70s, a cryptic killer clad in an executioner's hood stalked the streets of San Francisco and left clues about his crimes in the newspaper.

4 Stars
- Beth @ Southeast

4.5 out of 5 Stars This lovely film tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two parks workers. Murph (Ned Beatty) is near retirement and Paul (Liev Schreiber) is a young ex-con searching for his place in the world. Quiet and subtle, Spring Forward is a compassionate film with beautiful scenery and a great score.
- Liz @ Main

5 of 5 Stars Kaneto Shindo’s horrifying masterpiece roils with sexual tension, desperation and emotional violence. Wife and mother-in-law of a warring samurai stay alive by whatever means necessary. It’s like Survivor but with real blood and no Jeff Probst. Is it the evil that they do to themselves and those around them that lures a demonic samurai to their hide away in a sea of wavering grass. Essential viewing regardless, it is worth watching to see where Ang Lee stole the tree fight scene in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
- Liz @ Main

3 stars All your favorite horror film characters in one movie, complete with the 1980's style film treatment. This one is a lot of fun, especially if you're a fan of the genre.
- Crystal @ Main

In the spirit of StoryCorps Project at Nashville Public Library, hear veterans' stories from this recent conflict.
- Liz @ Main

SCTV is a television series that aired in the early 1980’s. Its cast was formed with comedians out of the original Second City comedy troupe of Chicago, as well as Toronto Second City troupe members. Many comedy greats of the 70’s and 80’s came through the Second City organization, some going to the SCTV series and others graduating on to Saturday Night Live. SCTV cast members included Dave Thomas, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy, and Andrea Martin, John Belushi and Dan Akroyd. The many sketches in this collection hold up rather well despite their early 80’s time frame. Many politicians, TV stars, TV shows, and various celebrities were spoofed, which is what sketch comedy is all about. Some skits were truly inspired, such as a takeoff on Chariots of Fire which they renamed “Chariots of Eggs” and starred the pop duo Hall and Oates.
- Ric @ Main

3 1/2 stars This romantic comedy is a bit more serious than most, perhaps due to the influence of Zoe Cassavette's father John Cassavettes' films. Parker Posey stars as a neurotic thirty-something New Yorker who uses poor judgment when dealing with matters of the heart. Enter a carefree (and cute!) Frenchman to teach her to love herself, and the rest will fall into place. With a supporting cast that includes Zoe's mom Gena Rowlands, Broken English is a wonderfully quirky story about modern love.
- Crystal @ Main

4 stars Imagine an episode of The Office where they meet up with Leatherface during a weekend teambuilding retreat. If you can picture that, you've got the idea behind Severance- Horror at its most brilliant!
- Crystal @ Main

5 stars
- Kyle @ Main