IT’S A pity that Michel Gondry’s “Be Kind Rewind,” a movie rife with DIY optimism and analog nostalgia, arrives this week on DVD and not, as befits its premise, good old-fashioned VHS. Gondry has a ...

The DVD for "Be Kind Rewind" claims that the film has been "Sweded," just like the flicks recreated by Jack Black and Mos Def in Michel Gondry's love song to low-fi filmmaking. Unfortunately, the ...

So the two hatch a scheme to re-shoot a bunch of movies, starting with "Ghostbusters," and rent them out to unsuspecting customers like the dippy Miss Falewicz (Mia Farrow, barely acting). They call ...

The pleasures of Be Kind Rewind do not extend far beyond the promise of its premise: Jack Black, magnetized and manic (yawn), erases every single videotape in the rental store where he hangs out and ...

It's a quick trip from whimsy to silliness in "Be Kind Rewind," a notably ephemeral work by Michel Gondry. One can feel unkindly toward “Be Kind Rewind” on either a literal-minded or an ...