DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

George Lucas’s ode to the social phenomenon of cruisin’ is a remarkably candid affair. Often a victim of adlib and off-the-cuff antics and guffaws from its teenage cast, American Graffiti has a unique soul all of its own – even if it doesn’t always land its zingers ...

A movie about making movies always has a sort of bizarre allure to it and Richard Rush’s The Stunt Man, first appearing in 1980, is not a stranger to either quality.  Praised and, in fact, buoyed by print critics back in the day, the film didn’t entirely ...

This is not the Green Lantern movie its fans have waited to see.  Positioned in what is deemed as the “safe zone” between the surprisingly stellar X-Men: First Class and the anticipated release of Captain America, the movie – directed by Martin Campbell...

Based on the novel by Richard Jessup, Norman Jewison’s The Cincinnati Kid is as razor-sharp as the four corners on a deck of cards. Rhythmic and dynamically succinct, Jewison allows the film to breathe in the natural essence of its native soil...

If anything can be said about Quentin Dupieux’s film, know that Rubber will have you identifying with a car tire and never tiring of the puns that tread in the wake of such a statement.  It’s a film where – clocking in at a crisp 85 minutes - your tolerance for ...

Pixar’s revved-up sequel of their 2006 hit film, Cars, is indeed a triumphant overhaul of a film that usually gets dismissed as the least favorite of their titles.  It’s a shiny endeavor that results in the rarest of achievements in that it is actually much better ...

There’s an underdog sense of determination that hounds this low-budget production about the true life adventures of Danny Greene.   Writer-director Jonathan Hensleigh's mobster movie might telegraph a bit more than it should but it is an admirable attempt...

While it isn’t the most perfect of comedies to come along in a great while, Bad Teacher is perfect in its gut-busting politically incorrect antics as one teacher robs, cheats, and swindles her way into a new set of boobalicious implants Straightforward and ...

In the over caffeinated mega-male screaming-is-acting homophobic cinema of Michael Bay, really loud explosions occur just as often as farts do and leave a lingering odor no bottle of expensive cologne can ...

Fresh from surviving The Expendables with Sylvester Stallone and his assembled wrecking crew, Dolph Lundgren quickly returns to the action genre only to direct himself in a revenge-styled flick that’s a nasty little ...

Delivering a gory right jab straight into the face of its viewers, Zombie Holocaust is easily the best cannibal/zombie meat-fest to ever emerge from Italy.  It’s a horror film that specializes in the absurd, the naked, and the fierce; featuring a mighty...

Horrible Bosses, in my opinion, is the real sequel to The Hangover.  It captures the same loose spirit and outlandish antics of that film and is just as hysterically mental without getting insincere and insulting toward its audience. It’s also a simple concept...

Mass-destruction on an apocalyptic level isn’t really a laughing matter…at least not always.  Driven by absurd logic, one-note performances and drive-thru fantasy, director Andrew Marton’s Crack in the World is precisely what happens...

The precarious life – and struggle to avoid death - of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle is illustrated beautifully in Nick Stringer’s Turtle: The Incredible Journey, a film that began its own North American sojourn back in 2009...

The public outcry for the extended editions to arrive on blu-ray sooner than later has been answered with a deafening and rather thorough box set.  Essentially, Peter Jackson’s assemblage of quality transfers and supplemental material shames all other ...