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...seasons (available on DVD) introduced us to the dreary cubicles of the Wernham Hogg paper company in Slough, England, through the framing device of a BBC documentary. The finale revisits the characters three years later to find that receptionist Dawn (Lucy Davis), who previously rejected Tim's last-minute confession of love for fear of upsetting her life plans, has moved with her lunkish fiancé to Florida. (The drudgery of routine, and the terror of changing it, is the show's constant theme.) Meanwhile, the power-hungry pip-squeak Gareth (Mackenzie Crook) is now office manager, having replaced the boorish...
...Battle of Algiers grabbed audiences in 1965 with its stark depiction of Algerian rebels' bloody, victorious war against French colonial authorities. Now Criterion is releasing the DVD with many extra features, including commentary by Richard Clarke, former U.S. counterterrorism czar. Clarke spoke with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda...
...DVD HAS A SHORT FILM ON DIRECTOR GILLO PONTECORVO'S RETURN TO ALGERIA, IN WHICH HE NOTES ALGERIAN CONTEMPT FOR THE WEST. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS EXISTS? It's a residual colonialism issue. Al-Qaeda says the U.S. invasion of Iraq is an attempt to reinstall colonial rule. That resonates. It wasn't long ago--1920--that the Iraqis had an insurgency against the British. In the 5,000-year history of Iraq, 1920 was yesterday...
This movie should not be released in theatres. It should not even go straight to DVD or VHS. It should be overnight Fed-Ex’ed to Lifetime, where they can show it over and over again in their next “Girl Has a Troubled Childhood, and Her Life Is Filled with Rape, Drugs, Prostitution and Murder Movie Marathon.” It would fit right in with their nightly line...
Plasma TV These days, everything gets plugged into the TV--starting with the VCR, the DVD player and the cable box. Samsung's 50-in. wi-fi plasma TV is cable free (except for power) and ready for wall mounting. Accessories get plugged into a wireless transmitter that you can hide anywhere...