Joshua Klein

It had been five years since the Chamber Strings last played in Chicago, but it might as well have been a million when the band took the stage at the...

"Clerks II" GENIUS PRODUCTS, $29.95 Who's in it: Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran, Rosario Dawson. Recap: Kevin Smith returns to the film and themes that made him famous, only with a...

"Superman Ultimate Collection" WARNER BROS., $99.98 Who's in it: Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh, Gene Hackman Recap: All five flicks in the "Superman" series in a 14-disc set packaged in a...

Mission: Impossible III PARAMOUNT, $34.99 Who's in it: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crudup Recap: It's hard to watch Tom Cruise's on-screen adventures without thinking of his off-screen misadventures,...

The Break-Up UNIVERSAL, $29.98 Who's in it: Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams Recap: Vaughn and Aniston hook up in real life in advance of a movie about breaking...

"The Office: Season Two" UNIVERSAL, $49.98 Who's in it: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski Recap: The American version of "The Office" came into its own with Season 2, which,...

'Seven Samurai' CRITERION, $49.95 Who's in it: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba Recap: Director Akira Kurosawa's early apex, "Seven Samurai" is one of the most influential and imitated films...

Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier Paramount, $19.99 Who's in it: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall Recap: Francis Ford Coppola's brilliant near-folly gets its third release on DVD, which includes...

"Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story" HBO, $27.98 Who's in it: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Gillian Anderson Recap: This clever film adaptation of Laurence Sterne's brilliant but unfilmable (and,...

"Syriana" WARNER BROS., $28.98 Who's in it: George Clooney, Matt Damon Recap: The lives of spies, lawyers, oil moguls and workers, and innocent folks intersect in a confusing but intriguing...