Chicago – Andrea Arnold might be the best working filmmaker that you haven’t yet heard of. She won an Oscar for her short film “Wasp” and followed that up with the excellent “Red Road” and the even-better “Fish Tank,” a great drama now included in The Criterion Collection and available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
It’s a sad fact that we live in a movie marketplace where films like “Fish Tank” struggle to find an audience. “Fish Tank” made $375,000 stateside and only about $2 million more internationally. (Then again, both those numbers are double “Red Road.”) “Little Fockers” made almost that much in just its 10th weekend in release. It can be disheartening if one really thinks about it.
Fish Tank was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on February 22nd, 2011
Photo credit: Courtesy of the Criterion Collection
But that’s one of the things I love the most about The Criterion Collection.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
It’s a sad fact that we live in a movie marketplace where films like “Fish Tank” struggle to find an audience. “Fish Tank” made $375,000 stateside and only about $2 million more internationally. (Then again, both those numbers are double “Red Road.”) “Little Fockers” made almost that much in just its 10th weekend in release. It can be disheartening if one really thinks about it.
Fish Tank was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on February 22nd, 2011
Photo credit: Courtesy of the Criterion Collection
But that’s one of the things I love the most about The Criterion Collection.
- 3/1/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. Due Date (Blu-ray available as 'Blu-ray only' and 'Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy') I wasn't nearly as impressed by The Hangover as the rest of the world seemed to be, nor was I as dismayed by Due Date. In my estimation, the primary reason Todd Phillips' latest comedy fell short of his previous effort is novelty—as much in premise as character dynamic and comedic set pieces. Given enough time, I think both films will appear similarly tired. Until then though, Due Date remains a moderately enjoyable Planes, Trains and Automobiles retread, afforded more vibrancy than it's worth due to its affable leads. Robert Downey Jr. plays the easily irritated straight man, and Zach Galifianakis plays the eccentric,...
- 2/24/2011
- by Adam Quigley
- Slash Film
Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank (Holly Horner / IFC Films) (top); Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones (Barry Wetcher / DreamWorks/Paramount) (bottom) Some have wondered why-oh-why are Irish performers in the running for the London Film Critics’ Circle 2009 Awards. Michael Fassbender, the star of last year’s widely acclaimed Hunger and the German-born son of an Irish mother and German father, is up for a best supporting actor award for Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, while Saoirse Ronan, born in New York City to Irish parents (she currently resides in Ireland) is one of the nominees in the Young British Performer of the Year category for her dead girl in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones. Hoping to clarify matters a bit, the London critics’ [...]...
- 12/23/2009
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
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