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15 Oct 06 : 33 | DVD Review: Rest Stop - Don't Look Back (Uncut) The title says it all. Written by Fantasma el Rey Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back. Well, they did warn me in the title. Potential, yes this movie had it. Rest Stop 2, as I’ll call it going forward, tried to expand on the first movie and add a back story, which always gets me; I’m a sucker for... Source : Blogcritics 19 hours ago |
14 Oct 18 : 52 | DVD Pick of the Week: Stuck Plenty of new goodies to watch! Welcome back! Well, to some of you, anyway. To the rest of you, glad you decided to stop by and I hope that this humble column helps you navigate the stacks of new releases each week. My goal is to point you toward titles of interest and warn you away from those films... Source : Blogcritics 31 hours ago |
14 Oct 12 : 28 | DVD Review: Finding Amanda Finding Amanda raises the rhetorical question -- is there really anything funny about a man falling off the wagon? What happens in this movie should've stayed in the studios. With a total of only two movies (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Glory) considered good in the eyes of many, Matthew Broderick's... Source : Blogcritics 37 hours ago |
14 Oct 07 : 12 | DVD Review: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - The Eighth Season It wasnt as strong as Season Seven it was still much better than any other traditional crime drama on television. Written by Senora BichoThe bar for the Eighth Season of CSI was set very high as, in my opinion, Season Seven was its best to date. While I can’t say it was as good, it delivered... Source : Blogcritics 43 hours ago |
14 Oct 06 : 27 | DVD Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2-Disc... Sure, it wasnt as good as the first three, but it was a hell of a lot better than Rocky IV, Written by El Puerquito MagnificoAfter nearly two decades of speculation and worry, the summer of 2008 brought the highly unnecessary fourth installment in the Indiana Jones franchise, Indiana Jones and the... Source : Blogcritics 43 hours ago |
14 Oct 04 : 03 | DVD Review: Comedy Central Salutes George W. Bush A perfect collection of Comedy Central clips and episodes saluting our 43rd President. Comedy Central has served as my primary source of information on the Bush administration for years now. It’s not that I don’t value the efforts of traditional news networks -- it’s just that I feel Comedy... Source : Blogcritics 46 hours ago |
14 Oct 03 : 00 | DVD Review: Back to You - Season 1 Sometimes a sitcom's cancellation is what's best for all of us. Like many of its unfortunate contemporaries, Back to You was done no favors by the writers’ strike. Sure, unlike several axed shows that were nowhere to be seen after the strike hiatus finished, Back to You made a return to the air in... Source : Blogcritics 47 hours ago |
14 Oct 01 : 05 | DVD Review: Nash Bridges-The First Season The best way to appreciate the streets of San Francisco is in the front seat of a yellow, vintage Plymouth Barracuda. An old psychology professor of mine used to say that typically, while women preferred to have heart-to-heart conversations face-to-face, men preferred to avoid eye contact at all... Source : Blogcritics |
13 Oct 15 : 58 | Music DVD Review: Sonny Rollins - Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live In '65 &... A treat for jazz fans, Sonny Rollins in his prime for two live performances. Recently released as part of the third series in the 23 title Jazz Icons DVD collection, Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live In '65 & '68 is another must-see for serious fans. The Jazz Icons DVDs present a treasure trove of... Source : Blogcritics |
13 Oct 13 : 37 | Music DVD Review: Nina Simone - Live in '65 & '68 Simone has that special gift to make music transcendent. In its third wave of DVDs Jazz Icons presents Nina Simone from two different European television performances. The Holland 1965 session runs about 40 minutes and the England 1968 session runs about 23. In both she delivers personal, powerful... Source : Blogcritics |
13 Oct 04 : 27 | DVD Review: Sleeping Beauty - 2-Disc Platnium Edition Even if you own the old DVD, this set is worth it. The ShowDisney’s timeless classic has once again been let out of the vault and restored in magnificent glory! Sorry if I sound like a commercial, but for once the commercials are right. This is the perfect DVD set for such an amazing movie. We all... Source : Blogcritics |
13 Oct 09 : 14 | DVD Review: Sex and the City - The Movie A tribute to the deepest love shared between friends. Written by Pollo MisteriosoThere was a bittersweet farewell in 2004. It was a tough goodbye, with tears shed—partly for the departure of friends, partly because we were slightly buzzed from a pink cocktail. It needed to happen and yet we... Source : Blogcritics |
12 Oct 10 : 20 | DVD Review: - A Technicolor Dream (Featuring Performances By Syd Barrett... It was only natural that the media voice of London's sixties underground would team up with the band providing its soundtrack -- Pink Floyd. A Technicolor Dream is a documentary film chronicling the development of London, England's counter-culture underground of the 1960's, and the events which led... Source : Blogcritics |
11 Oct 21 : 31 | DVD Review: Robin of Sherwood: The Complete Collection Acorn Media releases the complete collection of the acclaimed 1980s BBC series. The story of Robin Hood has been a staple of movies and television for decades. Form Errol Flynn’s flawless Technicolor romp through the backlot in The Adventures of Robin Hood, to the edgy new adaptation currently on... Source : Blogcritics |
11 Oct 03 : 51 | DVD Review: Missing Solid thriller that had potential to be great. The 1982 political film, Missing, by Costa-Gavras (his first American production), is soon to be released on DVD by The Criterion Collection. It’s a good film, but not a great one. This is mostly because it lacks any real poetry, the way Ingmar... Source : Blogcritics |
10 Oct 23 : 07 | DVD Review: The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show - The Complete Series "Hey, Margolis," the Hudson Brothers are on DVD. Thomas Wolfe was right. You can’t go home again. With the advent of the Saturday morning shows of my youth making their way to DVD, I have discovered some are still enjoyable to my adult sensibilities while others leave me disappointed and... Source : Blogcritics |
10 Oct 23 : 49 | DVD Review: Rain Shadow - Series 1 Think James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small - except that the veterinarians are women and live in the arid Outback, not lush green England. Filmed entirely on location in a naturally occurring rain shadow in the Adelaide Hills, the Australian television drama Rain Shadow is centered around... Source : Blogcritics |
10 Oct 23 : 07 | DVD Review: Waltzing Anna Sadly, not a film you can dance to. Sitting down to write this review, I feel like an elementary school teacher whose most sensitive and well-meaning pupil has just given me a drawing that I don’t quite understand. I admire the intent and can feel the amount of love that went into the picture but... Source : Blogcritics |
10 Oct 03 : 37 | DVD Review: Iron Man Ultimate 2-Disc Edition Iron Man Ultimate 2-Disc Edition DVD bristles with special features, not an extra copy of the movie you just bought. Iron Man finally lands on DVD. And boy, is he heavy -- with special features, that is. For those who don’t remember, the movie is about an arms dealer with a conscience who builds a... Source : Blogcritics |
09 Oct 23 : 35 | DVD Review: Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition This classic has never looked better. Believe it or not, when I sat down to watch the Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition DVD, it was the first time I had ever laid eyes on the film. It was the only classic Disney animation film that I had somehow missed, and I am grateful that the situation has been... Source : Blogcritics |
10 Oct 07 : 00 | DVD Review: Constantine's Sword Where did anyone get the idea that it was all right to kill in the name of God? Written by Fumo Verde Proselytize: To convert or attempt to convert (someone) form one religion, belief or opinion. Advocate or promote (a belief or course of action) - The New Oxford American DictionaryWhere did anyone... Source : Blogcritics |
10 Oct 03 : 37 | DVD Review: Avatar The Last Airbender - The Complete Book 3 Collection Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 3 Collection wraps up Aang's journey to become the avatar and stop the Fire nation. For the past three years Nickelodeon has been airing Avatar: The Last Airbender, the show has civilization split into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom,... Source : Blogcritics |
10 Oct 02 : 47 | DVD Review: The Happening The Happening lives up to the negative hype. It’s become rather fashionable of late to criticize M. Night Shyamalan, and despite the indiscriminate nature of much of the bashing, it’s not that difficult to see why. I, like many others, became an instant fan of Shyamalan with his breakout The... Source : Blogcritics |
09 Oct 06 : 51 | DVD Review: Silverhawks - Volume One If youre looking for robot birds and spaceships that look like cars from the 1940s, Silverhawks is your show. Written by El Puerquito MagnificoIn the hierarchy of ‘80s cartoons, none can dispute the “holy trinity” of He-Man, G.I. Joe, and Transformers. However, there were a few others... Source : Blogcritics |
08 Oct 04 : 13 | DVD Review: Dexter - Season Two A series about a surprising serial killer. Murder took on a whole new meaning in 2006 when Showtime aired its new hit series Dexter. The television show captured audiences everywhere with its first season, and then brought them in for the kill in 2007 with its second season, recently released on DVD... Source : Blogcritics |
08 Oct 19 : 49 | DVD Review: Iron Man (Two-Disc Special Collectors' Edition) Iron Man is the origin story of Tony Stark's armored alter-ego. Iron Man was the biggest movie of 2008 until The Dark Knight came along and knocked it from its slot. Both flicks were adaptations of comic characters, whereas The Dark Knight was Batman’s sixth film in the past 20 years. This was... Source : Blogcritics |
08 Oct 15 : 08 | DVD Review: Kill Switch Seagal, Creole, and jump cuts. How can you go wrong? How do you make a serial killer movie more interesting? Easy, add a second serial killer. It works so well for superhero movies -- just take a look at Batman & Robin. Add more villains and you add more fun. That is what happens on this bland... Source : Blogcritics |
07 Oct 05 : 42 | Music DVD Review: Tori Amos - Live At Montreux 1991/1992 A lot can happen in a year. A lot can happen in a year. Individuals can learn new skills, develop new traits, and go through new life experiences. One of the most interesting components of art is experiencing the growth of a true artist through the passage of time.Tori Amos demonstrates this... Source : Blogcritics |
08 Oct 03 : 50 | DVD Review: The Eleventh Hour The Eleventh Hour follows Professor Ian Hood who troubleshoots threats coming from scientific endeavors for the Joint Sciences Committee. For decades now, American TV has adapted some of the better British shows. The one that comes to my mind immediately is Man About The House which we know as... Source : Blogcritics |
08 Oct 00 : 05 | DVD Review: 30 Rock - Season 2 30 Rock is about the goings on behind the camera of a live sketch comedy. In 2006 there were two shows that were about the goings on behind the camera of a live sketch comedy. 30 Rock was a comedy by former SNL writer Tina Fey, while Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was written by Aaron Sorkin (Sports... Source : Blogcritics |
07 Oct 23 : 23 | DVD Review: Mister Roberts Manages to carry off the very difficult task of bringing a stage production to the television screen. To most of us, the nearest television comes to being live anymore is when they say that a show was shot live in front of a studio audience. Of course that's still not live television, as the actors... Source : Blogcritics |
07 Oct 21 : 33 | DVD Review: Two and a Half Men - The Complete Fourth Season It never tries to be anything but fun and makes for an enjoyable escape. Written by General JabboTwo and a Half Men tells the story of freewheeling jingle writer, Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen), whose hard-partying lifestyle is interrupted when his brother Alan (Jon Cryer) gets divorced and kicked... Source : Blogcritics |
07 Oct 15 : 10 | DVD Review: The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show - The Complete Series For a few months in 1974, their bubblegum pop ruled both prime-time and Saturday morning TV. Even if you are not a professional actor, musician or variety entertainer, it isn't too hard to end up on TV today. If you can't actually audition for and win a spot on a reality show, or get your house or... Source : Blogcritics |
07 Oct 06 : 42 | DVD Review: Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King Today I'm asking these son-of-a-guns, "What the heck happened?" Written by Musgo Del Jefe Scooby-Doo! Where are you? Or should I say "What's happened to you?" This October brings what has become an annual event - the release of a Scooby-Doo direct-to-video release. This year's movie, Scooby-Doo!... Source : Blogcritics |
07 Oct 02 : 47 | DVD Review: Another Cinderella Story It's like Cinderella ate Step Up and made a mess in the bathroom. A Cinderella Story was cute. I like the cheesy family flicks that would be found on the likes of Disney or ABC Family. But what I don’t want is a ton of rip-offs of the same modern translation of yet another story. Each new movie is... Source : Blogcritics |
07 Oct 00 : 32 | DVD Review: Pathology Pathology is a preposterous film filled with sub-par acting, unlikable characters, gratuitous nudity, and gore. I wanted to like Pathology, I really did. After all, the film stars one of my favorite Heroes, Milo Ventimiglia, as well as the bewitching Alyssa Milano (Charmed, My Name Is Earl). Alas,... Source : Blogcritics |
06 Oct 18 : 50 | Music DVD Review: REO Speedwagon - Live In The Heartland A melodic rock masterclass from four decades of rock. It's now over 40 years since REO Speedwagon formed at the University of Illinois in Champaign and keyboard player Neal Doughty is the only remaining original member in 2008. When guitarist Gary Richrath arrived in the fold, bringing the band's... Source : Blogcritics |
06 Oct 03 : 13 | DVD Review: Edward The King An exhaustive history and an intimate portrayal of the lives of an era's pre-eminent people. While the twentieth century might have been the era which saw technological advances that continue to shape our lives, the nineteenth century was when the socio-political events occurred that made those... Source : Blogcritics |
05 Oct 23 : 05 | DVD Review: South of Pico ...its staining effect and penetrating look into the tortured souls of many good-hearted people is an eye-opening and painfully moving experience. This unpleasant, heart-sinking drama stuns its audience with its painfully honest ending and unspeakable occurrences beforehand. South of Pico easily... Source : Blogcritics |
05 Oct 04 : 35 | Music DVD Review: David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk An excellent live document of this great talent. Written by General JabboIn 2006, former Pink Floyd guitarist and singer David Gilmour was invited to play the Gdansk Shipyard in Poland to celebrate the 26th anniversary of Solidarity. That concert forms the basis of the Live in Gdansk collection.... Source : Blogcritics |
05 Oct 01 : 13 | DVD Review: Snow Angels "Oh, the weather outside is frightful," but my dear, this movie is anything but delightful. Usually in film, if you see a gun in the first act, you know it will go off in the third. In Snow Angels, after a deceptively innocent and yet subtly tense beginning as the faculty leader of a high school... Source : Blogcritics |
03 Oct 14 : 35 | Music DVD Review: Unwritten Law - Live & Lawless Punk rockers Unwritten Law have released a CD/DVD showcasing an amazing evening of music. California punk rockers Unwritten Law have recently released their second live DVD for your visual and listening pleasure. This time around the band has teamed up with Suburban Noize to release Live & Lawless,... Source : Blogcritics |
04 Oct 18 : 23 | DVD Review: L.A. Confidential (Two-Disc Special Edition) No reason to keep my many praises for the film "off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush." Curtis Hansen’s L.A. Confidential, based on the novel of the same name by James Ellroy from his L.A. Quartet series, is a masterful film noir. Set in 1950s Los Angeles, the film uses the city as a... Source : Blogcritics |
03 Oct 15 : 05 | DVD Review: La Jetee/Sans Soleil Two film classics from Chris Marker show that avant-garde is not simply French for pretentious garbage. Over the years, I had heard of the name Chris Marker, as an avante-garde filmmaker, but having sat through many lost hours, in my early twenties, watching Warhol Factory films and their dread... Source : Blogcritics |
01 Oct 23 : 52 | DVD Review: Freakazoid! - Season One While supposedly made for kids, Freakazoid! is really perfect for the adult who's a kid at heart. Of all the WB/Steven Spielberg cartoons of the 1990's, Freakazoid! is the most unusual and probably the most cultish. Originally pitched as a semi-serious superhero show, Freakazoid! instead became a... Source : Blogcritics |
03 Oct 06 : 43 | DVD Review: Pulse 2: Afterlife Suffering from numerous flaws and a tug-o-war of bad scripting and directing, Pulse 2 honestly has no redeeming qualities. Practically smothered by the stolidus script, a frustratingly slow pace, inert characters, and poor acting, Pulse 2 is a recipe for disaster. This sequel to the unpopular... Source : Blogcritics |
03 Oct 00 : 57 | DVD Review: The Love Guru The Love Guru is Mike Myers' first live action endeavor in a long time. It’s been awhile since Mike Myers was in a live action movie. He’s been doing Shrek for a number of years now so the idea of a new character had me intrigued. In the featurettes Meyers says he has a love for eastern... Source : Blogcritics |
01 Oct 04 : 35 | DVD Review: The Beverly Hillbillies - Season 2 DVDs only been around for a decade or so. Way to be on the ball with this show CBS. There’s classic television, and then there’s iconic television. The latter is the category The Beverly Hillbillies falls into. Its set-up, unforgettable characters, and ridiculous scenarios are perfect for a... Source : Blogcritics |
02 Oct 08 : 06 | DVD Review: Schoolhouse Rock!: The Election Collection Im just a bill. Yes, Im only a bill and Im sitting here on Capital Hill Written by Fumo Verde During the mid ‘70s when I was only knee-high to a grasshopper, fireworks were still legal, there were two lids in a joint, and our government was taught on TV along with the Saturday morning... Source : Blogcritics |
02 Oct 01 : 55 | DVD Review: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 3 In this third season it really finds its stride and makes for some unique and original comedic television. Written by Pedrastro del Diablo "The gang" is back for season three of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. This is easily one of the best comedies on television today, and odds are you've... Source : Blogcritics |
