Blu-Ray Reviews

Franklyn (Blu-ray)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:54:50 PST

Recommended

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Its cover art may paint Franklyn as some sort of neo-gothic fantasy, but at its core, this is more of a slow-burning mystery. The question isn't a standard issue whodunnit, though; this British indie drops four dif...Read the entire review

IMAX: Mummies - Secrets of the Pharaohs (Blu-ray)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:27:47 PST

Recommended

A typically eye-popping IMAX documentary, Mummies - Secrets of the Pharaohs (2007) has the usual plusses and minuses of such films. It's visually sumptuous and for general audiences and impressionable children and young teenagers especially it offers a nice overview of its subject, integrating just enough science and history to qualify as educational without losing sight of its main function as mass market entertainment, albeit one limited to specialty venues like science and natural history museums.

Image Entertainment's Blu-ray is likewise typically spectacular, offering a fine 1080p high-def presentation with the gargantuan, horizontal 65mm film format scanned at 8K and presented here unobtrusively cropped to 1.78:1 from its original 1.44:1 IMAX screenings. A good making-of documentary accompanies the presentation. 　

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Two Girls and a Guy (Blu-ray)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:57:06 PST

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Carla (Heather Graham) and Lou (Natasha Gregson Wagner) are both leaning against a reasonably nice apartment building on some New York City sidestreet....Read the entire review

The Echo (Blu-ray)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:27:52 PST

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The Film:

Billed as a film "from the producers of The Ring and The Grudge" -- bear in mind that they're referring to the American remakes, not the Japanese originals -- The Echo does very little different than the lot of J-horror ghost copycats floating around. Its similarities to Ju-On, also known as the original Grudge, are uncanny, introducing a haunted house with a deadly mystery lying underneath as the cause of the spectral torment. Even down to the villain, yet another long dark-haired female prone to making a lot of noise, the uncanny influence from a catalog of other Asian-inspired ghost dramas drags down any sense of inventiveness -- yet the direction from Yam Laranas an...Read the entire review

The Unit: Season Four (Blu-ray)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:40:43 PST

Highly Recommended

A stellar collaboration between famed writer David Mamet and director Shawn Ryan ("The Shield"), "The Unit" (based upon the book, "Inside Delta Force", written by Eric Hane) follows a group of elite United States Army Special Forces officers dubbed Alpha Team - Sergeant Major Jonas Blane (Dennis Haysbert, "24"), Master Sergeant Mack Gerhardt (Max Martini), Sergeants First Class Charles Grey (Michael Irby), Staff Sergeant Bob Brown (Scott Foley, "Felicity") and Colonel Tom Ryan (Robert Patrick).

The group head off on various secret missions - from assassinations to protection to rescue and more. The catch is that they must remain secretive, "Mission: Impossible"-style at all costs. Their wives are given only minimal information about the mission, and those who are suspected of leaking information about the program may result in their husbands being re-assigned.

While not the raw, primal sc...Read the entire review

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Blu-ray)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:47:40 PST

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I remember the original animated G.I. Joe being one hell of a way to kick off a school day. I'd get up, grab a bowl of my favorite cereal, and sit in front of the television to watch an epic battle of good vs. evil unfold at some of the sickest enemy base designs ever known to man. Add to the fact there were virtually unlimited amounts of lasers and explosions, and I was a happy camper. The creators behind G.I. Joe knew I couldn't have cared less about substance or plot as a kid, so they made sure to lay the action on nice and thick throughout the entirety of each episode. It was eye candy to the extreme, and now almost 25 years after the debut of the classic series, so is G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Unfortunately, eye candy is all this film has to o...Read the entire review

Stargate: 15th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:43:47 PST

Highly Recommended

The Film:

Since 1994, the Stargate universe has blossomed into something rivaling the Star Trek behemoth, cranking out extensions like Atlantis, SG-1, and the newly-found Stargate: Universe to generally high fanfare. It's amazing to think that it all started with Roland Emmerich's slice of other-worthly delight, a box office smash that rides right along the surface with hints of Egyptian culture, beat-a-minute action, and simple time-travel concepts. Stargate can't be taken seriously, yet it's difficult to think of a short list of '90s entries in the genre that wouldn't include this fun and outlandish sci-fi romp.

The concept of Egyptian culture believing in other-worldly beings isn't a foreign one,...Read the entire review

Killer Movie (Blu-ray)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:41:58 PST

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The sleepy little hamlet of White Plains, North Dakota may barely rank as a speck on your TomTom -- hell, you'll need a sherpa to help you trek out to the nearest Starbucks eightysomething miles away -- but their plucky hi...Read the entire review

Food, Inc. (Blu-ray)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:33:05 PST

Highly Recommended

THE MOVIE:

"The industry doesn't want you to know about the food you're eating," we're told at the beginning of Food, Inc., "because if you knew, you might not wanna eat it." That's the general thesis of Robert Kenner's sobering documentary, which explores the various manners in which the advertising fantasies of pastoral farming and agriculture cover for a food industry that has become unethical, over-engineered, and, in many cases, dangerous and deadly.

One of the earliest images of the film is one of its most subtly comic: Eric Schlosser, author of the vaunted-expos -turned-mediocre-film Fast Food Nation, ordering a cheeseburger. He gives the viewer a terse but effective history of fast food in the United States, and how the demand for low-priced mass quantities of fast food fodder led to radical changes in how the business of providing food for Americans.

S...Read the entire review

Midnight Movie (Blu-ray)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:56:23 PST

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The Movie:

Billing itself with the rather grandiose claim of being 'the new face in horror,' Jack Messitt's Midnight Movie borrows pretty heavily from both the Friday The 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchises but fails to infuse its killer with either menace or intensity that made Jason and Leatherface the icons that they are.

The picture takes place in a small, second run theater that's just getting set up for a midnight screening of an old black and white horror film called 'The Dark Beneath,' a horror movie about a man with some serious mommy issues who runs around in a mask and slaughters people with a big corkscrew. The only people at this ill attended midnight screening are a few of the cute night manager's friends, her younger brother, a cop, and a biker and his lady. What none of them realize is that the film's director/star was committed to ...Read the entire review

Wings of Desire (Blu-ray)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:34:29 PST

Highly Recommended

The Movie:

To say that Wings of Desire tackles whether the grass is greener on the other side of life is both over simplistic and crude. I mean after all, the story of an angel wanting to come back to Earth because he's fallen in love with a trapeze artist who does not see or know him is an easier answer. On a related tangent: does an idea like that get made these days? Brad Silberling tried when he remade the film into City of Angels, which was a huge box office success. But like most everything else, there's nothing like the original. Thankfully, Criterion gives us just that with the 1987 German film.

Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Handke, also directs. Damiel (Bruno Ganz, Downfall) and Cassiel (Otto Sander, Das Boot) are angels who travel high above and through the streets of Berlin before the collapse of the Wall. ...Read the entire review

Billy Jack (Blu-ray)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:34:29 PST

Recommended

The Movie:

Billy Jack is one of those films that's just as interesting, if not more so, for how it came to be made rather than for the story that it tells. Writer/director/star Tom Laughlin was appalled to see Native Americans mistreated in small town where his wife grew up and took it upon himself to champion their case by writing the screenplay for the film after guest spotting the character in Born Losers. He started shooting Billy Jack in 1969 but studio hesitation and problems resulted in an unpublicized theatrical release which he fought against, only to win and have Warner Brothers give it a proper run in theaters. His gamble paid off and Billy Jack did big numbers for its time. It's interesting how, in some ways, the struggle that the film had to find its audience kinda-sorta parallels the fight against the system that we see its core characters engag...Read the entire review

The Answer Man (Blu-ray)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:30:02 PST

Recommended

THE MOVIE:

John Hindman's The Answer Man is a film of small pleasures that mostly outweigh its larger problems. In its broad strokes (and particularly in its closing passages) it wants badly to be about Big Themes, to weigh in on the nature of God and spirituality and kindness and the human condition. It's overreaching. What it does well, thanks to some smart writing and the considerable charm of its leading actors, is function as a serviceable romantic comedy for grown-ups. Contrary to what the movie believes, that is enough to warrant our attention.

Jeff Daniels stars as Arlen Faber, author a book called Me and God that, in the words of one character, "redefined spirituality for an entire generation." But Faber is apparently the J.D. Salinger of spiritual self-help gurus; in the twenty years following the book's publication, he has disappeared from public sight, livi...Read the entire review

Imagine That (Blu-ray)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:55:10 PST

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THE FILM

"Imagine That" is a benevolent enough family dramedy, but it does a better job solidifying Eddie Murphy's obsolescence as a big screen superstar. To watch Murphy drown his cracking comedic instincts in lousy kiddie comedies over the last 10 years has been a depressing experience, but "Imagine That" goes one step further and renders Murphy boring. A painfully exaggerated concept trapped inside an especially bland movie, "Imagine That" removes the desire to see Eddie Murphy act onscreen ever again. I'd rather not watch him at all than see the man continue to torch his once imposing legacy of cinematic achievements.

An ambitious financial executive, Evan (Eddie Murphy) is fighting to maintain superiority at his firm, up against the encroaching talents of shady colleague Whitefeather (Thomas Haden Church), who abuses his Native American heritage to charm clients. Unab...Read the entire review

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Blu-ray)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:01:49 PST

Highly Recommended

I know they're not exactly geared towards adults, but I've enjoyed the Ice Age films quite a bit. The scripted dialogue wasn't mind-blowing and the plot didn't tread any new ground, but so what? I'm certainly not above enjoying a film that's meant for a younger audience. All I require is the characters to be enjoyable and the fun to be in high gear throughout, and I'm a happy guy. However, when I heard a third Ice Age film was in the making I wasn't exactly sure how to process that information. Sure, the kids would fall in love with the latest adventure starring their favorite migratory herd, but I was skeptical that it would have ultimately ended up being more of the same. The writers apparently weren't ready to let this particular Ice film be reduc...Read the entire review

Howards End - The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:13:49 PST

Highly Recommended

The Film:

Howards End is a beautiful cottage nestled into the countryside, a "shrine" of sorts for an entrepreneur's deceased wife that also embodies the epitome of old English wealth and goings-on. As a structure, it also symbolizes a transition point in social dynamics within turn-of-the-century England, with all levels of civilization fending for ownership. That's the disposition of Howards End, a Merchant Ivory production that earned nine Academy Award nominations for its potency, as it whisks us through the breaking-in point of stiff upper-class social pretense -- all in strikingly photographed and impeccably performed fashion.

Tightly based off of E.M. Forster's novel of the same name, it centers...Read the entire review

Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (Blu-ray)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:16:39 PST

Highly Recommended

The granddaddy of holiday movies, Miracle on 34th Street's (1947) popularity as a perennial annual tradition predates even Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life by a few years, though The Wizard of Oz aired at Christmastime during the late-1950s and early-'60. In any case, Miracle on 34th Street and Capra's film are among the few classic movies and virtually the only black and white ones people with a low threshold for such things will unhesitatingly watch and enjoy.

In the case of Miracle on 34th Street, its durability is due to a combination of delightful performances, transcendentally magical moments - coupled with an all-important ambiguity - and because its biting, knowing commentary about the commercialization of Christmas sadly becomes more relevant with each passing year. Its effectiveness is also due to writer-director George Seaton's light touch in a...Read the entire review

Not Forgotten (Blu-ray)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:39:02 PST

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Strap in! Brace yourself! This is the part where a snarky online movie reviewer makes an obvious pun like "how could a flick named Not Forgotten be this forgettable?"

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UFC 100 Making History: Lesnar vs. Mir (Blu-ray)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:10:42 PST

Recommended

The Movie:

UFC 100 was a pretty big deal for the league. Set in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay and celebrating one hundred pay-per-view events, this was an event that the UFC wanted to celebrate in style. As such, they assembled a pretty hefty roster of their finest fighters and highlighted it all with the rematch that fans had been waiting for with heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar squaring off against Frank Mir. The pay-per-view did well and fans were quite happy with the results, but this Blu-ray release does one better by providing quite a few preliminary matches that didn't make it to the televised version of the event.

The matches that make up the event are (no spoilers here - winners will not be noted):

PRELIMINARY FIGHTS:

Matt Grice Vs. Shannon Gugerty The event starts off with a lightweight bout, American versus American, in a match that starts off q...Read the entire review

IMAX: Mummies - Secrets of the Pharaohs (Blu-ray)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:10:42 PST

Recommended

The Movie:

While the crappy films of Stephen Sommers may have gone a long way towards ruining what our collective consciousness thinks mummies really are, the fine folks at IMAX have recent unleashed a pretty great little documentary intent to set things right. Don't expect people to turn into sand or send armies of scarab beetles after their enemies here, because this is essentially 'Mummies 101' - an educationally slanted effort that presents us with plenty of interesting facts alongside some incredible footage of Egypt and some not so incredible reenactments.

Narrated with regal class and authority by the one and only Christopher Lee, the film begins by explaining the religious beliefs of the Egyptians that lead to the development and ritual of mummification. We learn why this culture felt it was important to preserve the bodies after death and how they went about doing it. As Lee ...Read the entire review

Life After People (Blu-ray)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:22:05 PDT

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"I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
- "Ozymandias"; Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (Blu-ray)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:15:52 PDT

Highly Recommended

The Cylons Were Created By Man. They Rebelled. They Evolved.
They Look And Feel Human. Some Are Programmed To Think They Are Human.
There Are Many Copies.
And They Have A Plan.

A version of this ominous recital opened each episode of the outstanding re-imagined TV series Battlestar Galactica for five years beginning in 2004. Given that the show's bad guys (a sentient, cybernetic race known as Cylons) nuked the bejesus out of their human creators, it might appear obvious that 'the plan' was total annihilation of sinful humanity and the Twelve Colonies they inhabited. Except for one thing...plan = fail. There were survivors, about 50,000 or so, who escaped the cosmic holocaust to begin a search for safety on a fabled Thirteenth Colony - Earth.

So I wondered. How does a bioengineered race with robust d...Read the entire review

Eagles Over London (Blu-ray)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:16:40 PDT

Highly Recommended

An audacious effort to replicate the kind of big-scale Hollywood war epics made in the wake of the hugely successful The Longest Day (1962), Enzo G. Castellari's Eagles Over London (1969) outrageously attempts to cover much the same ground as Guy Hamilton's $13 million production of Battle of Britain for about one-tenth the cost. Released in its native Italy as La battaglia d'Inghilterra - translation: "The Battle of Britain" - exactly five days after the British epic's premiere, Eagles Over London is a remarkable achievement, at least from a production standpoint. What it lacks in time and money it more than compensates with ingenuity and imagination. It's not exactly a masterpiece but at times it's genuinely startling in its effectiveness overcoming budgetary obstacles, and it's no wonder the film was a smash hit on the European continent and helped establish the "...Read the entire review

Trick 'r Treat (Blu-ray)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:16:40 PDT

Highly Recommended

THE FILM

Michael Dougherty's "Trick 'r Treat" is the antidote to all the horror nonsense that rains down this time of year, preying on the macabre appetites of permissive genre fans. Wicked and inventive, this anthology film is the perfect centerpiece to any Halloween celebration, supplying viewers with substantial frights, laughs, and discomfort to help encourage the spooky season. Instead of participating in the yearly nonsense of "Saw," give "Trick 'r Treat" a spin instead. It's one of the best horror films of the year and a perfect addition to the holiday.

In a small Ohio community, Halloween is a colossal event: neighborhoods are fully bejeweled with vivid decorations, the town square plays host to a raucous party, and kids everywhere enjoy the trick-or-treat tradition. The evening also brings out the evil: the local elementary school principal, Steven (Dylan Baker), goes abo...Read the entire review

Stan Helsing (Blu-ray)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:16:40 PDT

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THE FILM

"Stan Helsing" attempts to be a live-action cartoon, but its enthusiasm doesn't generate any laughs whatsoever. It's a crude, lifeless, anti-happy machine emerging from the mind of writer/director Bo Zenga, who makes every last frame feel like undeserved punishment. Even die-hard horror zealots, Zenga's target demographic, would be wise to steer clear of this low-budget comedic trainwreck, which seeks to build a festive farcical mood armed only with hopeless cinematic instincts.

Instructed by his Schlockbuster boss to deliver a few DVDs to a remote gated community, Stan Helsing (Steve Howey) reluctantly accepts the job, ruining a festive costume party night planned with friends Teddy (Keenan Thompson), Mia (Desi Lydic), and ex-girlfriend Nadine (Diora Baird). Off to the mysterious town, the gang is soon locked in by the local community (including a cross-dressing Leslie N...Read the entire review

Love Actually (Blu-ray)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:25:20 PDT

Highly Recommended

THE FILM

It's only five weeks until Christmas in London, and love is in the air for a large assortment of the populace. There's a married couple (Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman) facing relationship woes; an emotionally burdened office worker (Laura Linney), who secretly desires a handsome co-worker; a widower (Liam Neeson) trying to piece his life back together while helping his stepchild (Thomas Sangster) land a girlfriend; two adult film lighting stand-ins (Joanna Page and Martin Freeman) who spark to each other while at work; a lonely young man (Andrew Lincoln) who secretly desires his best friend's wife (Kira Knightley); an aging rocker (Bill Nighy) taking his manager for granted; a romantically undesirable man (Kris Marshall) who feels he must travel to America to find love; a writer (Colin Firth) pining for his maid (Lucia Moniz); and the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant), who can't ...Read the entire review

The Prisoner: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:26:10 PDT

Highly Recommended

The Series:

Before Twin Peaks and The X-Files, Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner was the definitive cult sci-fi/suspense show, and while its influence may have diminished its impact to some, many of us still find it to be one of, if not the, most enthralling televisions shows in the history of the format. It certainly isn't a series for everyone, and it's been described as 'too weird' or 'impenetrable' before, but if you're willing to invest a little bit of your own interpretive skills and brain power into wrapping your head around the last two of the seventeen episodes that make up the series, you're sure to be justly rewarded.

The story, in a very brief nutshell, revolves around a man referred to only as Number Six, a former 'agent' who resigns only to wake up in a strange village somewhere on the coast where the inhabitants are referred to not by their names but...Read the entire review

Land of the Lost (Blu-ray)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:19:49 PDT

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The Movie:

When Will Ferrell starred in Semi-Pro, I was starting to wonder if his act was just becoming old among mainstream America, that he was flogging around on the same joke. But when I heard that he was cast as Dr. Rick Marshall in Land of the Lost, I did hold out a little bit of hope. It was a story that, with the right mix of comedy combined with an already established action line, could become a huge film, financially and popularly. When I saw an early trailer in 2007, I was looking forward to the film. Then I finally saw the entire film and, well, some thoughts come to mind.

Based on the '70s television show from Sid and Marty Krofft, Chris Henchy (I'm With Her) and Dennis McNicholas (The Ladies Man) wrote the screenplay that Brad Silberling (10 Items or Less) directs. A...Read the entire review

Red Heat (Blu-ray)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:19:49 PDT

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The Movie:

Back in the 1980s following the success of The Terminator, the attempt to make Arnold Schwarzenegger the next big action star had gone into full-blown overdrive. What I'm guessing people were thinking is that because he made a hit movie by acting like a robot, let's try to make him do robot-like things in our movie, without actually ripping off the cyborg character. That might explain the reason for the concept behind Red Heat, the buddy cop film which featured Arnold as emotionless Russian police captain Ivan Danko, cast opposite the ever obtuse Jim Belushi.

Walter Hill (48 Hours) came up with the story which he would later direct. In Russia, Danko is following Viktor Rostov (Ed O' Ross, Full Metal Jacket), a drug dealer from the Republic of Georgia who is smuggling cocaine shipments into the motherland. Danko attempts to apprehend Rostov, but ...Read the entire review

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (Blu-ray)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:20:43 PDT

Recommended

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There may only be eight or nine of the undead shambling across the British countryside, but what The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue lacks in sheer numbers, it more than makes up for with its mood and unnerving atmo...Read the entire review

Hardware (Blu-ray)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:31:46 PDT

Highly Recommended

THE FILM

When "Hardware" slipped into theater in the autumn of 1990, I was much too young to see it, unable to properly grasp its European cinema homages and suffocating future shock textures. I simply hated the thing, tremendously disturbed by its brutal imagery and salacious appetite for perversity. Fortunately, I wasn't unable to flush the feature out of my system. With time and maturity, I grew to value Richard Stanley's feature as a fierce, enthralling depiction of utter ecological and social anguish. "Hardware" slowly became a personal favorite, and nearly 20 years later, it's finally arrived on a format that permits clarity to the fine details and piercing discomfort Stanley busted his hump to produce.

Returning from military duty in the irradiated wast...Read the entire review

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (Blu-ray)

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:05:56 PDT

Recommended

The Movie:

When I was younger I was a somewhat avid collector of comic books, but I haven't looked at many in recent years. However, with the prominence that comic books play in live action summer blockbusters these days, it's only natural that the purer source for comic book material is given a venue. As a result, DC Comics has begun producing animated versions of some of their comics/graphic novels. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is the latest of those versions.

Based on the comic book series of the same name which was written by Jeph Loeb (Heroes), the U.S. has a new President and oddly enough, it's Lex Luthor (voiced by Clancy Brown, The Shawshank Redemption). Lex is slowly turning the country around both economically and from a security standpoint, both for the better. It's left Superman (Tim Daly, Wings) and Batman (Kevin Conroy, Ohara) witho...Read the entire review

Nothing Like the Holidays (Blu-ray)

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:05:56 PDT

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THE FILM

"Nothing Like the Holidays" is a Puerto Rican Christmas movie, with emphasis on the PUERTO RICAN. A flavorful banquet of yuletide neuroses, a purchase of the "Nothing" disc should come with a seat belt to best endure the roller coaster of melodrama that makes up the majority of this dramedy. It just wouldn't be Christmas if there wasn't a group of actors pushed into a room together with thin characterization, forced to fight for limited screentime.

The holidays are in full swing at the Rodriguez household, with parents Eduardo (Alfred Molina) and Anna (Elizabeth Pena) welcoming their children back to the family's Chicago dwelling for the festivities. For Jesse (Freddy Rodriguez), it's his first visit home after three years serving in Iraq, reuniting with an ex-girlfriend (Melonie Diaz) who's moved on; Roxanna (Vanessa Ferlito) is a struggling actress afraid to reveal her...Read the entire review

Expedition Africa (Blu-ray)

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:55:26 PDT

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The stated goal of Expedition Africa, at least, is to retrace the journey of Henry Stanley from nearly a century and a half earlier. Stanley trudged through the heart of Central Africa in search of David Livingstone...Read the entire review

Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (Blu-ray)

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:31:03 PDT

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The original Wrong Turn took its cues from gritty, grimy '70s exploitation flicks. For Read the entire review