· Actor: Naomi Watts | Ewan McGregor | Tom Holland | Samuel Joslin | Oaklee Pendergast · Binding: DVD · Creator (Role: Writer): Sergio G. Sánchez | (Role: Writer): María Belón · Director: Juan Antonio Bayona · EAN: 0774212111402 · Format: NTSC · Label: eOne Films · Manufacturer: eOne Films · Number Of Items: 1 · Product Group: DVD · Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD · Publisher: eOne Films · Release Date: 2013-04-23 · Running Time (Units: minutes): 114 · Studio: eOne Films · UPC: 774212111402

· Actor: Naomi Watts | Ewan McGregor | Tom Holland | Samuel Joslin | Oaklee Pendergast · Binding: Blu-ray · Creator (Role: Writer): Sergio G. Sánchez | (Role: Writer): María Belón · Director: Juan Antonio Bayona · EAN: 0774212111419 · Format: NTSC · Label: eOne Films · Manufacturer: eOne Films · Number Of Items: 2 · Product Group: DVD · Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD · Publisher: eOne Films · Release Date: 2013-04-23 · Running Time (Units: minutes): 114 · Studio: eOne Films · UPC: 774212111419

· Actor: Ewan McGregor | Naomi Watts | Ryan Gosling · Audience Rating: Unrated · Binding: DVD · EAN: 0024543223931 · Format: NTSC · Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment · Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment · Product Group: DVD · Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD · Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment · Release Date: 2006-03-28 · SKU: 0619K692161 · Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment · UPC: 024543223931

· Actor: Leonardo diCaprio | Armie Hammer | Judi Dench | Josh Hamilton | Geoff Pierson · Audience Rating: R (Restricted) · Binding: DVD · Creator (Role: Writer): Dustin Lance black · Director: Clint Eastwood · EAN: 0883929234783 · Format: Dolby | DVD-Video | NTSC | Widescreen · Label: Warner · Manufacturer: Warner · Product Group: DVD · Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD · Publisher: Warner · Region Code: 1 · Release Date: 2012-02-14 · Running Time (Units: minutes): 137 · SKU: 2V-DPSS-9NVZ · Studio: Warner · UPC: 883929234783
» Expert direction by Clint Eastwood and a tour de force by Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role help make J. Edgar a fascinating, if somewhat less than thoroughly compelling, portrait of one of the most complex and conflicted Americans of the 20th century. Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's narrative moves freely among various stages of J. Edgar Hoover's life and career, framed by scenes in which the aging FBI director dictates his memoirs to an admiring young agent. Major events include Hoover's crusade against supposed Communists; his involvement in the capture and trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering Charles Lindbergh's infant son; the creation of the infamous "confidential" files he kept on his many enemies; his relationship with Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer), Hoover's lifelong friend, companion, and conscience (while Tolson was clearly gay, the much-discussed issue of Hoover's homosexuality is suggested but not explicit); and his vendetta against Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. The point of view is not entirely unsympathetic, but while it's clear that Hoover was responsible for several crime-fighting innovations, it's equally apparent that this coarse, insecure, socially inept man remained forever under the sway of his overbearing mother (Judi Dench), was only too happy to break the law when it suited him, hectored and scolded others with self-righteous vigor, and lied shamelessly about his own heroic exploits. In view of all that, it's easy to understand why Hoover's legacy is controversial, to say the least.

DiCaprio does a fine job of staying in character (including his East Coast accent), and if his makeup as an older man isn't completely convincing, the dark palette employed by cinematographer Tom Stern throughout the movie (even a daytime scene at a racetrack finds most of the spectators' faces shadowed by their hat brims) makes that much less apparent. As for Eastwood, he has long since established himself as a master of his craft, and although the lengthy J. Edgar has its tedious moments, this is an engaging, admirable film. And while Hoover was almost totally humorless, the movie isn't; it's unlikely that the scene in which Hoover receives the news of John F. Kennedy's assassination while secretly listening to an audiotape of King having illicit sex really happened, but it sure is entertaining. --Sam Graham

· Actor: Jason Schwartzman | Jude Law | Naomi Watts | Mark Wahlberg | Dustin Hoffman · Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 · Audience Rating: R (Restricted) · Binding: DVD · Creator (Role: Producer): David O. Russell | (Role: Writer): David O. Russell | (Role: Producer): Dara Weintraub | (Role: Producer): Gregory Goodman | (Role: Producer): Michael Kuhn | (Role: Producer): Scott Rudin | (Role: Writer): Jeff Baena · Director: David O. Russell · EAN: 0024543169482 · Format: Closed-captioned | Color | Dolby | DVD-Video | Subtitled | Widescreen | NTSC · Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment · Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment · MPN: FOXD2226949D · Number Of Discs: 1 · Number Of Items: 1 · Package Quantity: 1 · Part Number: FOXD2226949D · Picture Format: Widescreen · Product Group: DVD · Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD · Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment · Region Code: 1 · Release Date: 2005-02-22 · Running Time (Units: minutes): 107 · SKU: 904126923 · Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment · UPC: 024543169482

· Actor: Naomi Watts | Jack Black | Adrien Brody | Thomas Kretschmann | Colin Hanks · Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 · Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) · Binding: Blu-ray · Creator (Role: Writer): Peter Jackson | (Role: Producer): Annette Wullems | (Role: Producer): Carolynne Cunningham | (Role: Writer): Edgar Wallace | (Role: Writer): Fran Walsh | (Role: Writer): Merian C. Cooper | (Role: Writer): Philippa Boyens · Director: Peter Jackson · EAN: 0025192008283 · Format: AC-3 | Color | Dolby | DTS Surround Sound | Dubbed | Subtitled | Widescreen | NTSC · Label: Mca (Universal) · Manufacturer: Mca (Universal) · MPN: MCABR61107690 · Number Of Discs: 1 · Number Of Items: 1 · Package Quantity: 1 · Part Number: MCABR61107690 · Picture Format: Widescreen · Product Group: DVD · Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD · Publisher: Mca (Universal) · Release Date: 2009-01-20 · Running Time (Units: minutes): 187 · SKU: JB-8FBL-8KOR · Studio: Mca (Universal) · UPC: 025192008283
» Movies don't come any bigger than Peter Jackson's King Kong, a three-hour remake of the 1933 classic that marries breathtaking visual prowess with a surprising emotional depth. Expanding on the original story of the blonde beauty and the beast who falls for her, Jackson creates a movie spectacle that matches his Lord of the Rings films and even at times evokes their fantasy world while celebrating the glory of '30s Hollywood. Naomi Watts stars as Ann Darrow, a vaudeville actress down on her luck in Depression-era New York until manic filmmaker Carl Denham (a game but miscast Jack Black) entices her with a lead role. Dazzled by the genius of screenwriter Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody), Ann boards the tramp steamer S.S. Venture, which she--and most of the wary crew--believes is headed for Singapore. Denham, however, is in search of the mythic Skull Island, hoping to capture its wonders on film and make a fortune. What he didn't count on were some scary natives who find that the comely Darrow looks like prime sacrifice material for a mysterious giant creature....

There's no point in rehashing the entire plot, as every movie aficionado is more than familiar with the trajectory of King Kong; the challenge facing Jackson, his screenwriters, and the phenomenal visual-effects team was to breathe new life into an old, familiar story. To that degree, they achieve what could be best called a qualified success. Though they've assembled a crackerjack supporting cast, including Thomas Kretschmann as the Venture's hard-bitten captain and young Jamie Bell as a plucky crewman, the first third of the movie is rather labored, with too much minute detail given over to sumptuous re-creations of '30s New York and the unexciting initial leg of the Venture's sea voyage. However, once the film finds its way to Skull Island (which bears more than a passing resemblance to LOTR's Mordor), Kong turns into a dazzling movie triumph, by turns terrifying and awe-inspiring. The choreography and execution of the action set pieces--including one involving Kong and a trio of Tyrannosaurus Rexes, as well as another that could be charitably described as a bug-phobic's nightmare--is nothing short of landmark filmmaking, and a certain Mr. Spielberg should watch his back, as Kong trumps most anything that has come before it.

Despite the visual challenges of King Kong, the movie's most difficult hurdle is the budding romance between Ann and her simian soulmate. Happily, this is where Jackson unqualifiedly triumphs, as this unorthodox love story is tenderly and humorously drawn, by turns sympathetic and wondrous. Watts, whose accessibility balances out her almost otherworldly loveliness, works wonders with mere glances, and Andy Serkis, who digitally embodies Kong here much as he did Gollum in the LOTR films, breathes vibrant life into the giant star of the film without ever overplaying any emotions. The final, tragic act of the film, set mostly atop the Empire State Building, is where Kong earns its place in movie history as a work that celebrates both the technical and emotional heights that film can reach. --Mark Englehart

· Actor: Clive Owen | Naomi Watts | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Ulrich Thomsen | Brían F. O'Byrne · Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 · Audience Rating: R (Restricted) · Binding: DVD · Creator (Role: Producer): Alan Glazer | (Role: Producer): Charles Roven | (Role: Producer): Charlie Woebcken | (Role: Producer): Christoph Fisser | (Role: Producer): Gloria Fan | (Role: Producer): Henning Molfenter | (Role: Writer): Eric Singer · Director: Tom Tykwer · EAN: 0043396321748 · Format: Subtitled | NTSC · Label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment · Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment · Number Of Items: 1 · Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen · Product Group: DVD · Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD · Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment · Region Code: 1 · Release Date: 2009-06-09 · Running Time (Units: minutes): 118 · SKU: 043396321748_AUDVIDDG_US · Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment · UPC: 043396321748
» The International is actually two movies in one: A highbrow thriller about a sprawling bank that resorts to murder and arms sales to retain its power, and a sleek visual essay on how architecture and interior design shapes your perceptions. Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen, still not quite a star despite Inside Man and Children of Men) has been on the brink of conclusive evidence against the villainous international bank, but his sources always end up dead. With the aid of a Manhattan district attorney (Naomi Watts in a woefully underwritten part), he stumbles on the trail of the bank's favorite hit man, who might provide the (literally) smoking gun Louis needs. The International starts out smooth and silky, with visual style to burn and Owen's intense fervor. The plot gradually bogs down in incoherent moralizing, but along the way there are some taut sequences, including a bloody shootout in the Guggenheim Museum where alliances shift unexpectedly. But what makes The International worth seeing is director Tom Tykwer's astute eye for public space: Chic postmodern buildings, broad Italian plazas, Turkish rooftops like mountain paths--Tykwer orchestrates actors through these architectural shapes, his hypnotic visual sense creating far more tension and excitement than the plot. Also featuring Armin Mueller-Stahl (Eastern Promises) and Ulrich Thomsen (The Celebration) as malevolent Europeans. --Bret Fetzer

· Actor: Naomi Watts | Laura Harring | Justin Theroux | Ann Miller | Dan Hedaya · Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 · Audience Rating: R (Restricted) · Binding: DVD · Creator (Role: Writer): David Lynch | (Role: Producer): Alain Sarde | (Role: Producer): John Wentworth | (Role: Producer): Joyce Eliason | (Role: Producer): Mary Sweeney | (Role: Producer): Michael Polaire | (Role: Producer): Neal Edelstein · Director: David Lynch · EAN: 9780783266824 · Format: Closed-captioned | Color | Dolby | DVD-Video | Subtitled | Widescreen | NTSC | Import · ISBN: B00005JKJA · Label: Universal Studios · Manufacturer: Universal Studios · MPN: MCAD21780D · Number Of Discs: 1 · Number Of Items: 1 · Package Quantity: 1 · Part Number: MCAD21780D · Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen · Product Group: DVD · Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD · Publisher: Universal Studios · Region Code: 1 · Release Date: 2002-04-09 · Running Time (Units: minutes): 147 · SKU: A025192178023 · Studio: Universal Studios · UPC: 025192178023
» Le Sunset Boulevard du IIIe millénaire ? Impossible de ne pas évoquer le chef-d'œuvre de Billy Wilder pour rendre compte de cette œuvre dense et poétique, qui bouscule les conventions cinématographiques pour le plus grand plaisir de nos yeux, de nos sens et de notre intelligence. Comme tous les grands films de Lynch, Mulholland Drive déchire le voile des apparences : derrière l'intrigue rassurante de la succes story d'une starlette hollywoodienne, se cache un fascinant voyage au bout de la nuit, un enivrant cauchemar labyrinthique entre rêve et réalité ; où se télescopent une brune amnésique et une jeune blonde aux portes de la gloire. D'abord conçu comme un pilote de série télévisée, Mulholland Drive appelle la comparaison avec Twin Peaks, tandis que la figure de la dualité féminine évoque Lost Highway et Blue Velvet. Maîtrisé de bout en bout, le 9e film de l'auteur d'Eraserhead a tout pour devenir le premier chef-d'œuvre de ce millénaire : le regard ironique d'un cinéaste en pleine possession de ses moyens ; des comédiennes inconnues désormais élevées au rang d'icônes cinématographiques (Naomi Watts et Laura Elena Harring) ; une musique à la fois envoûtante, entêtante et voluptueuse, que l'on doit à Angelo Badalamenti ; le souvenir tenace et hypnotique que procure la vision renouvelée de ce tissu de rêves "étranges et pénétrants", entre plaisir et mystère, jouissance et horreur. Mulholland Drive a obtenu le prix de la mise en scène Cannes 2001. --Sylvain Lefort

· Actor: Josephine Byrnes | Brenda Fricker | Sandy Gore | Lisa Hensley | Naomi Watts · Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 · Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) · Binding: DVD · Creator (Role: Cinematographer): James Bartle · EAN: 9781417231539 · Format: Closed-captioned | Color | Content/Copy-Protected CD | Dolby | DVD-Video | NTSC · ISBN: 141723153X · Label: Koch International · Manufacturer: Koch International · MPN: KOCDV6619 · Number Of Discs: 2 · Number Of Items: 2 · Package Quantity: 1 · Part Number: KOCDV6619 · Product Group: DVD · Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD · Publisher: Koch International · Region Code: 1 · Release Date: 2005-08-23 · Running Time (Units: minutes): 327 · SKU: 2165200 · Studio: Koch International · UPC: 741952661993

· Actor: Clive Owen | Naomi Watts | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Ulrich Thomsen | Brían F. O'Byrne · Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 · Audience Rating: Unrated · Binding: Blu-ray · Creator (Role: Producer): Alan Glazer | (Role: Producer): Charles Roven | (Role: Producer): Charlie Woebcken | (Role: Producer): Christoph Fisser | (Role: Producer): Gloria Fan | (Role: Producer): Henning Molfenter | (Role: Writer): Eric Singer · Director: Tom Tykwer · EAN: 0043396321588 · Format: Subtitled | NTSC · Label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment · Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment · Number Of Items: 1 · Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen · Product Group: DVD · Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD · Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment · Release Date: 2009-06-09 · Running Time (Units: minutes): 118 · SKU: 0000200001043396321588 · Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment · UPC: 043396321588
» The International is actually two movies in one: A highbrow thriller about a sprawling bank that resorts to murder and arms sales to retain its power, and a sleek visual essay on how architecture and interior design shapes your perceptions. Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen, still not quite a star despite Inside Man and Children of Men) has been on the brink of conclusive evidence against the villainous international bank, but his sources always end up dead. With the aid of a Manhattan district attorney (Naomi Watts in a woefully underwritten part), he stumbles on the trail of the bank's favorite hit man, who might provide the (literally) smoking gun Louis needs. The International starts out smooth and silky, with visual style to burn and Owen's intense fervor. The plot gradually bogs down in incoherent moralizing, but along the way there are some taut sequences, including a bloody shootout in the Guggenheim Museum where alliances shift unexpectedly. But what makes The International worth seeing is director Tom Tykwer's astute eye for public space: Chic postmodern buildings, broad Italian plazas, Turkish rooftops like mountain paths--Tykwer orchestrates actors through these architectural shapes, his hypnotic visual sense creating far more tension and excitement than the plot. Also featuring Armin Mueller-Stahl (Eastern Promises) and Ulrich Thomsen (The Celebration) as malevolent Europeans. --Bret Fetzer