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October 2013

Articles From Chaz Lipp in October

Thursday Oct 31, 2013 05:00 PM ET

Music Review: Nirvana - In Utero (Deluxe Edition) and Live and Loud DVD

The 20th anniversary of Nirvana's swan song is marked with this excellent reissue and concert DVD.

Wednesday Oct 30, 2013 05:00 PM ET

Music Review: Paul McCartney - New

Though it's arguably a tad bit slickly over-produced at times, New fits in nicely with McCartney's late-career renaissance.

Wednesday Oct 30, 2013 40:00 AM ET

Blu-ray Review: Monsters University

Despite uninspired plotting and pacing, this Pixar prequel is a visual feast. Sulley and Mike have literally never looked better.

Tuesday Oct 29, 2013 25:00 PM ET

Book Review: Ender's Game: Inside the World of an Epic Adventure by Jed Alger

Another handsome coffee table from Insight Editions, this one explores the world of Gavin Hood's sci-fi epic.

Monday Oct 28, 2013 55:00 AM ET

Music Review: Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way (Deluxe Edition)

Just as they did with Let Love Rule and Mama Said, Virgin Records has issued a remastered and expanded edition of Kravitz's third album.

Sunday Oct 27, 2013 15:00 AM ET

Blu-ray Review: The Other (1972) - Twilight Time Limited Edition

An unsettling horror film featuring believably disturbing performances by child actors Chris and Martin Udvarnoky makes its high definition debut.

Saturday Oct 26, 2013 20:00 AM ET

Original Jazz Classics Remasters: Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Art Tatum

A Grammy-winning set of suites from Ellington, fun grooves from Dizzy's Big 4, and the sublime beauty of Tatum alone at the piano.

Friday Oct 25, 2013 25:00 PM ET

Blu-ray Review: The Exorcist (40th Anniversary Edition)

The most comprehensive home video release of William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic yet, adding a third disc with new bonus features.

Friday Oct 25, 2013 45:00 AM ET

Music Blu-ray Review: Hugh Laurie - Live on the Queen Mary

Despite limited vocal ability, Hugh Laurie leads a firecracker blues band—wisely allowing his musicians and co-vocalists to share the spotlight.

Thursday Oct 24, 2013 00:00 PM ET

Here and Now: Pianist David Lanz on Movements of the Heart

The Grammy-nominated pianist-composer is back with his first set of new solo piano pieces in five years.

Thursday Oct 24, 2013 50:00 PM ET

Giveaway: The Exorcist 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray - Enter by 11/07/13

This giveaway closed on November 7. Thank you, everyone who participated.

Thursday Oct 24, 2013 55:00 AM ET

Blu-ray Review: The Way Way Back

A winning cast (led by Liam James, Sam Rockwell, and Steve Carell) helps make this thinly-written dramedy somewhat endearing.

Wednesday Oct 23, 2013 15:00 AM ET

Blu-ray Review: The Internship

Audiences largely bypassed this two-hour Google commercial last summer, with good reason. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn need to learn some new tricks.

Tuesday Oct 22, 2013 35:00 PM ET

Blu-ray Review: The Conjuring

One of the summer's surprise smashes arrives in time for Halloween. Lili Taylor really knocks it outta the park in this supremely suspenseful thriller.

Tuesday Oct 22, 2013 45:00 AM ET

DVD Review: The Uninvited (1944) - The Criterion Collection

Director Lewis Allen didn't want to show the ghosts in his 1944 classic haunted house movie, but the studio won that fight.

Monday Oct 21, 2013 25:00 AM ET

Blu-ray Review: Mindwarp - Twilight Time Limited Edition

A nasty, grotesque, B-movie that explores the same basic premise of The Matrix, produced by the short-lived Fangoria Films.

Thursday Oct 17, 2013 05:00 PM ET

Blu-ray Review: Pacific Rim

Empty-headed blockbuster offers little depth, but it sure looks and sounds great in high definition. Not director Guillermo del Toro's finest hour.

Wednesday Oct 16, 2013 35:00 PM ET

DVD Review: The New Three Stooges - Complete Cartoon Collection

All 156 cartoons from the short-lived 1965 series, accompanied by 40 live-action "wraparound" segments and a bonus music CD.

Wednesday Oct 16, 2013 35:00 AM ET

Blu-ray Review: The Heat

One of the year's funniest movies is supplemented by several audio commentaries and oodles of deleted scenes and outtakes.

Monday Oct 14, 2013 20:00 PM ET

Book Review: Miles Davis: The Collected Artwork by Steve Gutterman with Miles Davis

A collection of drawings and paintings by the legendary jazz artist, featuring reflections by several Davis family members.

Sunday Oct 13, 2013 10:00 PM ET

Original Jazz Classics Remasters: Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers, Oscar Peterson & Stephane Grappelli - Skol

Sims swings through the Gershwin songbook on one album, Grappelli demonstrates violin virtuosity on the other. Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass appear on both.

Saturday Oct 12, 2013 50:00 AM ET

Blu-ray Review: Eyes Without a Face - The Criterion Collection

Deemed too shockingly graphic for U.S. audiences in the early '60s, Georges Franju's early body horror shocker is now unedited and restored in high definition.