Reviews

Braveheart

September 24, 2009 // 0 Comments

Arriving as one of Paramount Home Entertainment's "Sapphire Series" releases, "Braveheart" has been eagerly awaited by many, no doubt, as it is not only one of Mel Gibson's most successful and beloved films, but also one that [...]

Fighting

September 23, 2009 // 0 Comments

Dito Montiel's aptly titled "Fighting" is your pretty standard underdog story, with nothing really new or innovative to offer. Channing Tatum stars as Shawn MacArthur, a homeless street vendor in New York who is pulled into the world of [...]

The Complete Billy Jack Collection

September 22, 2009 // 0 Comments

Billy Jack was one of the most popular action hero's of the 70's and possibly the first one to specialize in martial arts. A low talking half breed, Billy Jack (played to perfection by Tom Laughlin) movies were always fight filled affairs [...]

Hero

September 21, 2009 // 0 Comments

For some time, director Yimou Zhang has delivered a series of incredibly impressive movies that made Chinese cinema accessible and popular here in the US. Audiences here took first notice of the director in 1991 when his film "Raise The Red Lantern, [...]

Child's Play

September 17, 2009 // 0 Comments

It had been ages since I last saw "Child's Play, " I admit it. It must have been some time and although the basic story line and the film's iconic villain, the killer doll Chucky, have remained in my memory, I realized that I did not [...]

The Last House on the Left

September 16, 2009 // 0 Comments

Spoiler Warning: This review contains important plot elements from both the 2009 and 1972 versions of "The Last House on the Left." Wes Craven's grindhouse classic "The Last House on the Left" gave audiences a little more than [...]

Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins

September 14, 2009 // 0 Comments

It had been a little quite around the Great Dane with the goofy friend since the release of the last Scooby Doo live action movie, but just in time for Halloween, Warner Home Video has created a new TV movie for the franchise, taking an entirely new [...]

The Soloist

September 11, 2009 // 0 Comments

British director Joe Wright's third film is a significant departure from his two previous movies, 2005's "Pride and Prejudice" and 2007's "Atonement." Those were both period dramas based in Britain and centered on [...]

High Crimes

September 10, 2009 // 0 Comments

While it had some momentum when it hit theaters in 2002, director Carl Franklin's "High Crimes" somehow never managed to really take the limelight. Maybe it is the somewhat-taboo subject matter, I am not sure, but arriving now on Blu-Ray [...]

Gladiator

September 9, 2009 // 0 Comments

Hotly anticipated, the Blu-Ray version of "Gladiator" was controversial weeks before its actual release already. Let me tell you right off the bat however, that all the hoohah about the supposed poor quality of the release is vastly exaggerated [...]
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