In the days of the Roman Empire two millenia ago (73 BCE), slaves were commodities. Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), a Tracian, was one of them. He was purchased by a Roman, Batiatus (Peter Ustinov) who owned a gladiator school...
This year marked the 40th year of the Telluride Film Festival and so an additional day was added to the schedule in celebration. In each of the last three years the winner of the Oscar for best picture had its debut at Telluride: "Argo", "The Artist", "The King's Speech". This year there are two likely contenders...
Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy lead an all-star cast in this hilarious comedy. Unlimited funds have allowed Diana (McCarthy) to live it up on the outskirts of Orlando. There's only one glitch: she's financing her shopping sprees with an ID stolen from Sandy Patterson (Bateman), an accounts rep who lives halfway across the U.S in Denver. With only one week to hunt down the con artist before his world implodes, the real Sandy Patterson is forced to extreme measures to clear his name.
Frankie go Boom (Blu-ray), Jack Reacher (Blu-ray), Charles Swan III (Blu-ray), Side Effects (Blu-ray), John Dies at the End (Blu-ray), Open Road (Blu-ray)