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 [...]
"The best way to get ahead in business is to keep your own!" So reads the tagline for "Headhunter, " a low-budget horror film from Xenon Entertainment. Like most direct-to-DVD shockers, this one is pretty ridiculous and, worst of all, [...]
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 [...]
The original 1962 "The Manchurian Candidate" was highly suspenseful political thriller that played upon sensibilities that directly affected people at the time, so how can you create a remake of such a move over 40 years later? By updating it [...]
The teen slasher genre is a fascinating one that is difficult to evaluate without seeming to overanalyze. It is a type of film that is aimed squarely at teenagers who apparently demand little from it in the way of intelligence, and who likewise are [...]
Lasting only one season, "Commander In Chief" was a casualty of behind-the-scenes shake-ups and mishandled time slots. Dying a sudden death, the show will go down as an anomaly; it garnered the highest ratings of any new show on the fall [...]
After celebrating the movie's 30th Anniversary a few years ago, Warner Home Video has released Bruce Lee's masterpiece "Enter The Dragon" on HD-DVD as well now, making sure the film is always present in the public's mind. To [...]
After a mind experiment in which her husband used himself as a guinea pig and was left immobilized as a result, scientist Magdalena Welling, (Amy Shelton-White) finds herself the reluctant caretaker of husband Arthur, (Sanjiban). Together, in an abandoned [...]
Considered by many to be a cult classic, Jess Franco's, "Succubus" tells the story of Lorna, (Janine Reynaud) a nightclub performer whose act consists of simulation S&M – it's filled with sex, torture and murder – all [...]
A Sundance Film Festival fave from last year, "The Matador" is an offbeat character study with a darkly comic wild streak that is extremely satisfying, mainly due to the superb acting talent of the two leads. Pierce Brosnan gives his finest [...]
