Shame (2011)

Blu-ray Review: SHAME, Fassbender, and Addiction Personified

Shame is a movie whose trajectory I figured I knew about a third of the way in, that started to surprise me in its last act, and whose final scene, while ambiguous has too much of the feel of those cheesy old "To be continued...?" titles. The "sex addiction-as-purgatory" film features Michael Fassbender as troubled Manhattan dweller Brandon, who spends most of the running time pumping his way through anything moving. His sexual exploits are a combination of charm, daring, and desperation, sometimes all at once, the actual acts typically joyless, soundless affairs with willing if not wholly interested parties. Whether it's the pretty married woman he eyes on the train (the one that got away), the prostitutes he calls up at all hours to...

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This Week In DVD: Naked Nurses, Impossible Missions and Burgers By a Man Named Bob

Welcome back to This Week In DVD! You should already have the fourth Mission: Impossible film on pre-order, and other titles out this week include the very funny Bob's Burgers, a quartet of sexy nurse movies from Roger Corman, the second season of HBO's Treme and more. As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Shame Brandon (Michael Fassbender) seems to have it all, at least on the outside. He has a high-paying job, a great Manhattan apartment and a life filled with beautiful women. That last one isn't as fun as it sounds though as the arrival of his little sister (Carey Mulligan) pulls the lid back on his uncontrollable obsession with sex and reveals a man who loathes himself. It's probably the most depressing, sex-filled movie you've seen in some time, but Fassbender's performance is also one of the bravest. Steve McQueen's film turns what could have be (Read More)

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