DVDTOWN.com Reviews

Do The Right Thing (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:51:42 +0100

...one of those rare films that touches the pulse of the public and has an important message to say.

Value: 9
Video: 10
Audio: 8
Extras: 8

Van Wilder: Freshman Year (DVD)

DVDTOWN.com — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:47:12 +0100

For all its raunchiness, the movie is harmless enough. It's just dull.

Value: 3
Video: 8
Audio: 6
Extras: 5

Pink Panther 2, The (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:27:50 +0100

This film makes me sad and sends me scurrying to throw a proper �Pink Panther� film into my DVD player.

Value: 4
Video: 9
Audio: 8
Extras: 5

Lookin' to Get Out (DVD)

DVDTOWN.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:53:52 +0100

...the direction falls flat, the script is implausible...and the acting is either forced or dull.

Value: 5
Video: 6
Audio: 5
Extras: 4

Grumpy Old Men (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:33:48 +0100

...sort of a one-note picture, but luckily that one note is often pretty humorous.

Value: 6
Video: 9
Audio: 7
Extras: 2

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Friends: 70th Birthday Concert (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:00:29 +0100

It's not a birthday without presents, of course, and for Mayall it's presence. Joining him onstage for the first time in 40 years is former Bluesbreaker Eric Clapton.

Value: 8
Video: 7
Audio: 8
Extras: 5

Inkheart (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:25:04 +0100

...don't expect it to capture everybody's imagination.

Value: 5
Video: 7
Audio: 8
Extras: 7

Diary of Anne Frank, The (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:37:38 +0100

...this film is something that should be watched at least once in everyone�s life.

Value: 8
Video: 9
Audio: 7
Extras: 8

Mr. Troop Mom (DVD)

DVDTOWN.com — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:25:02 +0100

...bland and antiseptic but totally without offense.

Value: 5
Video: 8
Audio: 5
Extras: 5

Inkheart (DVD)

DVDTOWN.com — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:10:54 +0100

When you have to question every other scene and a ferret steals the show, you know you're in trouble.

Value: 5
Video: 8
Audio: 8
Extras: 4

Friday the 13th, Part 3 (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:04:10 +0100

...the casting director continued to find young performers who were wonderfully cute people and woefully bad actors.

Value: 3
Video: 5
Audio: 7
Extras: 6

Deep Blue Sea (DVD)

DVDTOWN.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:13:38 +0100

The film is extreme, silly, loud and entertaining--all things that make it worth watching.

Value: 6
Video: 7
Audio: 8
Extras: 6

S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:14:07 +0100

...some sequels should never be made and this was one of them.

Value: 4
Video: 9
Audio: 8
Extras: 5

Field of Dreams (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:06:46 +0100

Out of the bundle of Blu-rays Universal release for Father�s Day, this is my top recommendation.

Value: 8
Video: 6
Audio: 6
Extras: 8

Chandni Chowk to China (DVD)

DVDTOWN.com — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:12:18 +0100

...a Bollywood martial-arts movie sounds promising on paper. However, none of the filmmaking elements in CCTC create any lasting impression.

Value: 4
Video: 7
Audio: 7
Extras: 3

Friday the 13th (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:17:28 +0100

...this 2009 remake looks slick and well produced. Too bad it has nothing fresh to add to the franchise.

Value: 4
Video: 7
Audio: 7
Extras: 7

Fracture (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:29:10 +0100

...an above-average courtroom thriller that keeps afloat mainly because of the interaction of its two lead characters and the caliber of its stars.

Value: 7
Video: 7
Audio: 9
Extras: 6

Friday the 13th, Part 2 (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:16:09 +0100

The new camp counselors are interchangeable with the old ones. Different faces, same basic people.

Value: 3
Video: 6
Audio: 6
Extras: 5

There's Something About Mary (Blu-ray)

DVDTOWN.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:46:56 +0100

Ten years later this comedy holds up well and still delivers laughs...

Value: 9
Video: 5
Audio: 6
Extras: 7

Friday the 13th (DVD)

DVDTOWN.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:19:24 +0100

An old lady's dog produces the biggest scare in the film.

Value: 4
Video: 8
Audio: 7
Extras: 5