Drama

Spy Game

August 22, 2006 // 0 Comments

Paranoia and double-crosses have always been staples of espionage films. We've all seen spy movies where a character gets duped by someone that they could trust — typically someone who turned out to be the enemy. Well, what if you were a spy [...]

Poseidon: Two-Disc Special Edition

August 18, 2006 // 0 Comments

In yet another overblown attempt by Hollywood to create big box office from past blockbusters, Warner Bros. has launched "Poseidon, " an update of the 1972 Irwin Allen yarn, "The Poseidon Adventure." Director Wolfgang Petersen takes [...]

The Spirit Of St. Louis

August 17, 2006 // 0 Comments

Available individually or as part of the James Stewart Collection, Warner Home Video is presenting one of Jimmy Stewart's greatest films on DVD finally by giving us "The Spirit Of St. Louis." As the title suggests, the film chronicles the [...]

Unleashed

August 11, 2006 // 0 Comments

"Unleashed" marks Universal's first HD-DVD release that comes as a combo, featuring the high definition version of the movie on one side of the disc and a DVD version on the flip side. Written and co-produced by Luc Besson, [...]

Ray

August 10, 2006 // 0 Comments

The DVD version of "Ray" was a pretty sorry affair when it was released little more than a year ago so I was eager to see if at least the HD-DVD version would live up to expectation and finally give the movie the presentation it deserves. I am [...]

V for Vendetta: Two-Disc Special Edition

August 7, 2006 // 0 Comments

In the post-9/11 world, it seems that people are growing increasingly more suspicious of their governments and the media's representations of them. Ideals of freedom are called into question with every political event, and liberals and conservatives [...]

Scum: 2-Disc Limited Edition

August 2, 2006 // 0 Comments

A sobering account of life in a juvenile detention center, the "Scum: 2-Disc Limited Edition" DVD set is a grim, thoroughly depressing journey that hits the viewer in the gut like a sock full of billiard balls. Chronicling the violent and [...]

Road House 2

August 1, 2006 // 0 Comments

Taking place roughly 17 years after the original "Road House, " we get "Road House 2, " a bland, unexciting, direct to video "sequel" to the campy classic that starred Patrick Swayze. You only have to take a glimpse at the [...]

Road House

July 31, 2006 // 0 Comments

What can be said about "Road House" that hasn't already been said? It may be campy and cheesy without meaning to be so, (and that's where its charm lies) but it has become to many movie viewers a sort of cult classic. Patrick Swayze is [...]

Deepwater

July 28, 2006 // 0 Comments

Somewhere between the steamy atmosphere of film noir and the warped logic of psychological thrillers emerges "Deepwater." David S. Marfield makes his screenwriting and directorial debut with this fascinating thriller, and from the looks of [...]
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