DVD Reviews
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- By Loron Hays
Troma Entertainment, one of the longest-running independent movie studios in United States history, is back in action with the release of Father’s Day, a four-disc set that practically oozes with blood and mayhem. This over-the-top VHS-inspired Grindhouse ...
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- By Loron Hays
To say that the Roger Corman-produced Dinoshark is a bit of letdown is an understatement. While it is refreshing to know that Corman is back doing what he does best with B-movies, this one is simply a dull excursion into dangerously...
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- By Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: R for some nudity, sexuality and brief language.
Runtime: 127 mins.
Director: Avi Nesher
Writer: Hadar Galron & Avi Nesher
Cast: Fanny Ardant; Ania Bukstein; Michal Shtamler ... complete cast
Tagline: The Secrets.
Genre: Foreign/Drama
Memorable Quote: "As Orthodox women, our liberation is more difficult than that of secular women." ... more quotes
Release Date: March 13, 2009
DVD Release Date: This title not yet on DVD.
Distributor: Monterey Media
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- By Loron Hays
Brutal is the immediate adjective that comes to mind when watching Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins. It’s a gloriously harsh and bloody affair; limbs and heads are hacked off and there are enough scenes of hari-kari to make even...
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- By Tim Sentz
For the last week we’ve spent three individual articles exploring the history of Quentin Tarantino - his highs and lows, his techniques, trademarks - and now we explore his most recent film to be released - Django Unchained. He continues his quest to rewrite the ...
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- By Frank Wilkins
The age-old debate of nature vs. nurture gets an unsettling examination in We Need to Talk About Kevin, British filmmaker Lynne Ramsey’s adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s best-selling novel of the same name. While the nature vs. nurture discussion typically initiates ...
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- By Loron Hays
“A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming,” says Barbarella (Jane Fonda) on her way to save her winged friend. Such is the reaction many people have to Fonda in the title role of Roger Vadim’s Franco-Italian science fiction flesh for fantasy film from 1968 ...
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Beginning with the celebration of the arrival of spring by means of a massive bonfire in the center of town, Frederico Fellini’s Amarcord ignites in a blaze of heavy childhood memories. That’s its purpose. Amarcord literally means...
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- By Loron Hays
The musical genre of film cannot get any better than with George Cukor’s excellent screen adaptation of My Fair Lady. Stephen Sondheim declares it victorious in the musical comedy department and, to this day, people still sing its praises ...
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MPAA Rating: R for bloody horror violence and gore.
Runtime: 125 mins.
Director: Joe Johnston
Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self
Cast: Emily Blunt; Benicio del Toro; Anthony Hopkins ... complete cast
Tagline: Hang six Summer 2007.
Genre: Horror
Memorable Movie Quote: "Your brother's body was found in a ditch. He'd been torn to pieces. "
Release Date: February 12, 2010
DVD Release Date: Not yet on DVD.
Distributor: Universal Pictures
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- By Loron Hays
And, with this release, Spielberg makes good on his promise to never revisit his classic films and tweak them with newly-minted special effects, additional footage, and whatever PC changes modern times dictate. For its blu-ray release E.T. The Extra Terrestrial ....
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MPAA Rating: R for bloody violence and pervasive language.
Runtime: 112 mins.
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Writer: Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
Cast: Sharlto Copley; Nathalie Boltt; Jason Cope ... complete cast
Tagline: You are not welcome here.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Memorable Quote: "At least they're keeping them separate from us." ... more quotes
Release Date: August 14, 2009
DVD Release Date: Not yet on DVD.
Distributor: Tri-Star Pictures
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- By Loron Hays
Think you know westerns? If you haven’t seen High Noon, then you are two boots short of a genuine cowboy outfit. In 1952, this “little” film defied the genre and saved all its bullet-slinging action for the final few moments. And what of the rest of the film? ...
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- By Loron Hays
Your choices are: (a) Ambitious (b) Pedestrian (c) Quaint. Circle one of the words and you could anchor a review of Moontrap, written by Tex Ragsdale, around it. For this review, it works best if I take elements from all three words because the flick is all about the gooey ...
Read more: Moontrap: 25th Anniversary Edition (1989) - Blu-ray Review
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: PG for battle sequences and frightening moments..
Runtime: 140 mins.
Director: Andrew Adamson
Writer: C.S. Lewis (novel) & Ann Peacock (screenplay)
Cast: Georgie Henley; Skandar Keynes; William Mosely
Memorable Quote: If it's a war Aslan wants, it's a war he shall get.
Tagline: The beloved masterpiece comes to life December 9.
Genre: Action/Adventure/Family
Opens: December 9, 2005
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Read more: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe - DVD Review
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Timeless is one of the many adjectives you could use to describe. Beautiful is another. There is a soul-stirring joy that washes over a person while watching Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Perhaps because this ...
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MPAA Rating: PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
Runtime: 108 mins.
Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Linda Woolverton
Cast: Johnny Depp; Mia Wasikowska; Helena Bonham Carter
Tagline: You've got a very important date.
Genre: Family/Fantasy
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Walt Disney’s 1951 take on Lewis Carroll’s beloved children’s books never got the praise the film deserved from most critics. Sure, it doesn’t follow the books down to the letter and, yes, it barely...
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Time has not been kind to Mary Lambert's adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. Wait. Another lousy Stephen King movie, you ask? Big surprise, I know, as there are a ton of them. More so than there need be for source material that is so ...
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Rick Rosenthal's Halloween II isn’t the best release in the series but, with its workmanlike earnestness, the minor dip in glossy quality isn’t a complete undoing. It holds up better than most slasher sequels. Besides, measure the original release both in reception and ...
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MPAA Rating: R for strong language and disturbing images.
Director: William Friedkin
Writer: William Peter Blatty
Cast: Ellen Burstyn; Linda Blair; Max Von Sydow
Genre: Horror
Memorable Movie Quote: "...from this creature of God! Be gone! In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit!"
Release Date: December 26, 1973
Available on Blu-ray/SD, On-demand: October 5, 2010. Also now available FOR DOWNLOAD on iTunes for the First Time with Bonus EXTRAS (Behind the Scenes and Talent Interviews).
Read more: The Exorcist (Extended Director's Cut) - DVD Review
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- By Christopher Symonds
Robert Zemeckis could never be accused of resting on laurels or past successes. Despite Romancing the Stone and Back to the Future being two of the 80s’ most successful offerings, Zemeckis wanted to push the boundaries of filmmaking and homage a couple ...
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- By Christopher Symonds
He-man and the Master of the Universe has to be one of the most successful merchandising/entertainment properties to come out of the Eighties there ever was. Every kid in the world clamoured for another episode at the time, and bugged their parents to ...
Read more: Masters of the Universe - 25th Anniversary Edition - Blu-ray Review
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- By Frank Wilkins
MULHOLLAND DRIVE PLOT EXPLANATION AND ANALYSIS
SPOILER ALERT! Do not read the following if you haven't seen the movie. It will ruin the experience. Keep in mind, this is just one person's opinion as to what happens in the movie.
These are not my own words. This explanation was derived from reader contributions and lengthy discussions, and in many cases, the grammar and syntax appear here as they were originally written.
Read more: Movie Reviews - Mulholland Drive Plot Explanation & Analysis
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- By Frank Wilkins
A movie is like a journey. A journey through many interesting and exciting places. If you stray from the steady course to experience some of the related scenery and landmarks along the way, you don't particularly mind if you get a bit off course. Such is the case with David Lynch's ...
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- By Frank Wilkins
Delightfully nostalgic for the unrushed days of 8-bit video innocence, yet finding inspiration in the full-throttle frenzy of today’s first-person shooters, Wreck-It Ralph is what happens when Disney meets Pixar – exactly the quality of film we had hoped for when Mickey ...
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: R for strong violence/gore and language.
Runtime: 99 mins.
Director: Neil Marshall
Writer: Neil Marshall
Cast: Shauna Macdonald; Natalie Mendoza; Alex Reid....complete cast
Tagline: Afraid of the dark? You will be.
Release Date: August 4, 2006
Genre: Horror
Memorable Quote: "How do you give a lemon an orgasm? You tickle its citrus!"
Studio: Lions Gate Films
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The Oscar for Best Picture is going to be a tight one. If Ben Affleck’s Argo is any indication of the type of films we are going to see this awards season, the race is also going to be a tough one. Argo doesn’t bait audiences with obvious Oscar touches yet it produces powerful scenes ...
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MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA.
Director: Charles Chaplin
Writer: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin; Paulette Goddard; Henry Bergman
Genre: Classic | Comedy
Tagline: Laugh... Cry and Thrill To his Genius... !
Memorable Movie Quote: "Buck up - never say die. We'll get along."
Release Date: February 25, 1936
Blu-ray Release Date: November 16, 2010.
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- By Frank Wilkins
Having run continuously on Broadway for the past 28 years (longer than any in history), Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Schonberg's much-loved stage musical Les Misérables brings a well-seasoned audience frothing for an equally worthy screen adaptation. Enter ...
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Movie Reviews
Morbidly Hollywood
- Colorado Street Suicide Bridge
- Death of a Princess - The Story of Grace Kelly's Fatal Car Crash
- Joaquin Phoenix 911 Call - River Phoenix - Viper Room
- Screen Legend Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79
- Suicide and the Hollywood Sign - The Girl Who Jumped from the Hollywood Sign
- The Amityville Horror House
- The Black Dahlia Murder - The Death of Elizabeth Short
- The Death of Actress Jane Russell
- The Death of Brandon Lee
- The Death of Chris Farley
- The Death of Dominique Dunne
- The Death of George Reeves - the Original Superman