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2007 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

• The Best DVDs of 2007

  published December 27, 2007

  Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Warner Bros.) — It's the collector's-set briefcase that seals the deal, a gunmetal gray case that all... More >>

• The Year In Film

  published December 27, 2007

  Absolutely, unequivocally, this has been The Year of The Apatow: Judd got Knocked Up to the tune of $150 million (at the box office... More >>

• Once, The Simpsons Movie, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Halloween: Unrated Director's Cut

  published December 20, 2007

  Once (Fox) Easily the year's most perfect pop album — damned good movie too, the finest "musical" of the past 20 years.... More >>

• Charlie Wilson's War

  published December 20, 2007

  Hell of a thing, getting Mike Nichols to adapt the yer-­kiddin'-me story of Charlie Wilson, the congressman from Lufkin, Texas, who... More >>

• Juno

  published December 20, 2007

  Juno marks the second film for director Jason Reitman and the first for screenwriter Diablo Cody, author of the Pussy Ranch blog,... More >>

• The Bourne Ultimatum, December Boys, Interview, Undead or Alive

  published December 13, 2007

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• The Girl Next Door, Ford at Fox, Saturday Night Live: The Complete Second Season, The Wire: The Complete Fourth Season

  published December 6, 2007

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• Enchanted

  published November 29, 2007

  Hard to believe that it's been 20 years since the release of The Princess Bride, if only because it hasn't aged a day — the mark of... More >>

• Hot Rod, Waitress, Futurama: Bender's Big Score, The Namesake

  published November 29, 2007

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• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Nosferatu: The Ultimate DVD Edition, Live Free or Die Hard and Manufactured Landscapes

  published November 22, 2007

  Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Paramount) At last available on DVD, Eleanor Cop­pola's 1991 documentary... More >>

• The Princess Bride, Killer of Sheep, Innocence, La Vie en Rose

  published November 15, 2007

  The Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition (MGM) As far as anniversary-edition DVDs go, The Princess Bride... More >>

• Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2, Chinatown: Special Collector's Edition, Sicko: Special Edition and Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who

  published November 8, 2007

  Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2 (Genius) On the heels of the Electric Company boxed sets, which were... More >>

• No End in Sight, Twin Peaks, The Other Side of the Mirror and Talk to Me

  published November 1, 2007

  No End in Sight (Magnolia) Charles Ferguson's debut doc, easily the most important in a year full of notable... More >>

• Martian Child

  published November 1, 2007

  John Cusack, who more or less began his career sneaking a peek at Molly Ringwald's panties in Sixteen Candles, has finally become an... More >>

• The Force Is Strong With This One

  published November 1, 2007

  The man who gave us Young Darth returns with a Young Indy boxed set. Rick McCallum had nothing to do with the original Star Wars. He... More >>

• Bee Movie

  published November 1, 2007

  After making a mint off a series about nothing, Jerry Seinfeld apparently decided his first feature film ought to be about something — in... More >>

• Directors Series: Stanley Kubrick, American Gangster, Mr. Brooks, Days of Heaven

  published October 25, 2007

  Directors Series: Stanley Kubrick (Warner Bros.) Most of the old Kubrick DVDs were crap: full-screen editions with... More >>

• Dan in Real Life

  published October 25, 2007

  Dan in Real Life has this much going for it: It is not the worst Steve Carell film of 2007. That honor, of course, goes to Evan... More >>

• Transformers, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Crazy Love and Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film

  published October 18, 2007

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• You Kill Me, Evan Almighty, American Silent Horror Collection and Mala Noche: The Criterion Collection

  published October 11, 2007

  You Kill Me (Genius) Funny thing seeing Philip Baker Hall in You Kill Me, as he's already played the role of... More >>

• Elizabeth: The Golden Age

  published October 11, 2007

  Will you leave your kingdom to a heretic?" That was the question posed to a dying Queen Mary in 1998's Elizabeth, director Shekhar... More >>

• Michael Clayton

  published October 11, 2007

  It will no doubt be said time and again of Michael Clayton: best John Grisham adaptation ever. Only, of course, it did not... More >>

• Lust, Caution

  published October 11, 2007

  "Beautiful" and "cruel" — that's how director Ang Lee describes Eileen Chang's 1979 short story about obsessive love and effortless... More >>

• Caligula: Imperial Edition, The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, 1408: Collector's Edition and Mystics in Bali

  published October 4, 2007

  Caligula: Imperial Edition (Penthouse) (Spoiler alert: Fisting!) One day back in the swingin' '70s, somebody... More >>

• Special Delivery

  published September 27, 2007

  Knocked Up (Universal) Apparently, as Judd Apatow was making Knocked Up he was also prepping for its DVD... More >>