DVD Reviews

Beginning with a pixelated Atari-like Universal logo, complete with the familiar sounding bleeps and squawks from that gaming system as it blips out the usually orchestrated Universal Studios theme music, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World announces its thunderously playful attitude as a sugary  ...

The first impression I get from writer/director Christos Nikou’s Apples is that it bears a strong resemblance to that of the films by fellow Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos. Blending deadpan, black comedy with a degree of tragedy, Nikou, like Lanthimos, is keen on showing the awkward  ...

On its surface, Where the Crawdads Sing appears to be a rather maudlin murder mystery wrapped within the sappy folds of a modern YA romance. But a calculated look beneath its mucky veneer reveals something much more compelling. Something much deeper than even its swampy setting  ...

Intelligent horror. Yes, such a thing actually exists. Granted, that’s not always what the hordes of hungry horror fans looking to fulfill their bloodlust want from the genre, but for those who like their spilled blood and severed body parts served with a touch a class, do I have a film for you! ...

D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation, a groundbreaking film that is quickly approaching its 100^th anniversary, is still – to this day - a controversial film igniting the fear and loathing that invites the gnashing of teeth and tearing of flesh ...

One of the most highly regarded science fiction films of the 1950s; this Gordon Douglass directed cautionary tale about a small township under siege by irradiated mutant ants has influenced countless filmmakers for generations. Remember the awesome egg ...

Exploitation fans rejoice!  Shout! Factory has seen fit to bring their ongoing Roger Corman Triple Feature DVD releases to the Blu-ray market. Their initial release is also one of their best-selling: The Women in Cages Collection. This triple feature...

Using the “found” footage style of The Blair Witch Project and countless movies since, Apollo 18 sets the record straight on why NASA never returned to the moon.  The movie, while familiar, should thrill gritty sci-fi lovers and anyone prone to ...

As inconsequential as it is, Jeremiah Chechik’s Benny & Joon remains a charming look at one young couple’s handling of love and separation anxiety.  With the opening music provided by the Scottish duo known as The Proclaimers, the mood and...

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language, violence and some drug material.
Director: Adam McKay
Writer: Adam McKay & Chris Henchy
Cast: Will Ferrell; Mark Wahlberg; Eva Mendes
Genre: Action | Comedy
Memorable Movie Quote: "I am a real cop, working on a big case"
Release Date: August 6, 2010
DVD Release Date: Not yet announced.

MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, language and drug use.
Runtime: 90 mins.
Director: Miguel Arteta
Writer: Gustin Nash
Cast: Michael Cera; Portia Doubleday; Steve Buscemi
Tagline: Every "Revolution" Needs A Leader.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Memorable Quote: "I say we let the kid do the dishes and you and I retire to the master bedroom."
Release Date: January 8, 2009
DVD Release Date: June 15, 2010.
Distributor: Dimension Films

Rated: R for language, some violent images and sexual content/nudity.
Runtime: 129 mins.
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writer: John Le Carré (novel); Jeffrey Caine (screenplay)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes; Rachel Weisz; Pete Postlethwaite; Daniele Harford
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Studio: Focus Features
Official Site: theconstantgardener.com
Memorable Quote: "Big pharmaceuticals are right up there with the arms dealers."

MPAA Rating: R for language throughout, and some violence.
Runtime: 116 mins.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: Nick Schenk
Cast: Clint Eastwood; Christopher Carley; Bee Vang; Ahney Her ... complete cast
Tagline: Gran Torino.
Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller
Memorable Quote: "Get off my lawn! " ... more quotes
Release Date: January 2, 2009
DVD Release Date: June 9, 2009

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of martial arts action and some violence.
Runtime: 113 mins.
Director: Rob Minkoff
Writer: John Fusco
Cast: Jet Li; Jackie Chan
Tagline: The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable.
Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Memorable Quote: "Praying Mantis! Very good... for catching bugs! But not Tiger! "
Release Date: April 18, 2008
DVD Release Date: September 9, 2008

MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for fantasy action violence, some frightening images and brief sensuality.
Runtime: 118 mins.
Director: Louis Leterrier
Writer: Travis Beacham and Phil Hay
Cast: Sam Worthington; Liam Neeson; Ralph Fiennes.
Tagline: The Clash Begins 2.4.2010

Genre: Action | Adventure

MPAA Rating: PG for thematic material, language and a mild suggestive moment.
Runtime: 105 mins.
Director: tom Vaughan
Writer: Robert Nelson Jacobs.
Cast: Harrison Ford; Brendan Fraser; Keri Russell
Tagline: Don't hope for a miracle. Make one.
Genre: DramaExtraordinary Measures feels like one those weepy-eyed, made-for-TV kleenex melodramas from decades past.

Beginners is an oddball little delight from Thumbsucker filmmaker Mike Mills, that begins where it ends. We first meet Oliver (Ewan McGregor) as he’s clearing out the house of his recently deceased father Hal (Christopher Plummer)...

Is it ever too late to start over? So, what would you do if your father came out of the closet at the age of 75 years old? Well, if you’re writer/director Mike Mills, you make a movie about it. And while this is might sound like some cheap shot of exploiting the oppression that his father endured ...

Hey Ho, Let’s Go! Thank God for Paul Bartel (who plays Mr. McGree, the music teacher) at Vince Lombardi High School in this 1979 cult classic. According to Rock n Roll High School’s production history, it was his idea to bring The Ramones on board this teenage comedy. Originally, the ...

We all have that one childhood memory that haunts us to this very day. For me it was the sudden rattling of trash cans, tools, and boxes as everything came crashing down in my parents’ carport when I came home late one night as a young teenager ...

Modern crime capers don’t get much better than Steven Soderbergh’s slick take on Elmore Leonard’s Out of Sight, which now lands on 4K Ultra HD thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Universal and includes a Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master which has been approved and ...

The man with the hat is back!  And this time in 4K.  Complete with a sparkling new HDR-10 and Dolby Vision 4K transfer with state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos for the best sound quality possible, Paramount offers fans of Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones a 4-movie Steelbook collection, with  ...

“Try to look more bereaved.” This isn’t how funerals are supposed to go. Or is it? Offering something arguably more realistic and touching than any other mopey, water-works-filled funeral sequence/movie we have seen before, Juzo Itami’s The Funeral does anything BUT try to make ...

“You'll never be big time because you're small time in your heart.” Vaudeville: a long-lost form of entertainment that couldn’t hold its own against the rising popularity of the movies and also eventually to television sets becoming a staple in homes. Relatively short-lived ...

Well, they say everything is bigger in Texas, including its films, apparently. A giant story. A giant load of themes. Giant characters with giant lifestyles. And certainly, a giant runtime. If anything, this is a film that certainly does live up to its name  ...

Welcome to the house where dreams dance and race alongside the speeding cars in Amarcord.  If you understand that reference to the small Italian coastal town of Federico Fellini’s 1973 comedy then this is DEFINITELY the movie for you. James Preble (Kentucker Audley), a  ...

When exactly are you supposed to have your life all figured out? Some people know straight out of high school with their college and career paths plus future family plans laid out step-by-step. For other people, it’s perhaps during or after those college years of barely being an adult with some  ...

Wow.  A HUGE existential hurdle has just been crossed by a person who was raised on the set of the original film.  Makes sense then that the Ghostbusters story here in Ghostbusters: Afterlife is told from the viewpoint of a child discovering the truth about their own ghostbusting grandpa ...

“You’re insane…but you might also be brilliant.” When does a joke go on for too long? Isn’t the point to make the audience laugh? If you’re a comedian, then the answer to the latter would most likely be “yes.” But if you’re Andy Kaufman, then the answer is “no.” He never claimed to be a  ...

Those turned off by the squeaky clean nature and preaching-to-the-choir reality of most faith-based films these days certainly won’t have those complaints with the new movie called Father Stu. They may find plenty of other things to complain about, but, by taking full  ...