Josef Krebs

Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVDs: La Différence
Josef Krebs  |  Oct 02, 2005

"She ... the meaning of my life is she," crooned Charles Aznavour in his tribute to les femmes back in the early 1970s, when male French filmmakers were still inspired by that unfathomable sphinx: woman. French cinema doesn't have the same power today, and equality has normalized relations between the sexes (somewhat).

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All Boxed Up, Ready to Give
Josef Krebs  |  Nov 30, 2004

DVDs THE MATRIX The Ultimate Matrix Collection: Deluxe Limited Edition (Warner, $130)No.

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Creating the Video Future
Josef Krebs  |  Nov 03, 2004

Photo illustration by Eric Yang Lowry photo by John Skalicky When George Lucas needed someone to restore the first three Star Wars films to their original glory for DVD, he turned to digital pioneer John Lowry. And when the James Bond film legacy needed to be rescued from the ravages of time, the studios called on Lowry as the best man for the job.

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The /Empire Strikes Back/ director: Irvin Kershner
Josef Krebs  |  Sep 30, 2004

[This is an extended version of the interview that appeared in the October 2004 Sound & Vision to accompany Carrie Fisher's exclusive interview with George Lucas.]

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Interview with /Kill Bill/'s Uma Thurman
Josef Krebs  |  Jul 13, 2004

She first caught our attention with her spectacular entrance as the goddess Venus on the half-shell in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. She made even greater splashes as the virginal innocent in Dangerous Liaisons and, the following year, at age 19, playing the complex sexual sophisticate June in Henry & June.

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Raters of the Box Sets
Josef Krebs  |  Nov 30, 2003

Hey, we're not making this up as we go. We're on a crusade to unearth the best box sets of the holiday season. And here they are - not in any particular order, but simply the ten coolest treasures on DVD and CD. Is your friend's home theater starting to seem like a temple of gloom? Do you and your girl keep going out on, shall we say, bad dates?

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DVDs: French Kisses
Josef Krebs  |  Jun 01, 2003

Are movies more important than life? Are women magic? These two questions, repeatedly posed in François Truffaut's Day for Night (1973), often seem to be at the heart of French cinema, especially in a big batch of recent DVD releases.

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Ring Cycle
Josef Krebs  |  Dec 18, 2002
Movie Images Courtesy of New Line

I'm standing in the rain watching a large group of soldiers in medieval armor poke at dead horses and slain warriors lying in the mud of a riverbank. There are bright lights, smoke, and machines spraying everything with water despite the steady downpour nature is providing.

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DVD Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Josef Krebs  |  Oct 07, 2002
The Ratings: Movie: 4.5 stars out of 5 DVD: 4.5 stars out of 5
Accept it. If you buy this set, containing a film that is three hours long and a whole separate disc of extras, you will be compelled to get one of the four-disc extended editions.
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15 Minutes with Moulin Rouge Director Baz Luhrmann
Josef Krebs  |  Apr 18, 2002

Since he first delighted audiences and divided critics with his stylized, idiosyncratic first feature, Strictly Ballroom, writer/ director Baz Luhrmann has gone on to make Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge - each more ambitious, more stylized, and more dividing of critics than the last. Each has also had greater success at the box office and in accumulating awards both in the U.S.

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