DVD’s for 9/30
Iron Man (Ultimate Two-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray] The biggest DVD/Blu release of the year for many, yes, some people enjoyed this more than Dark Knight, begins blockbuster season in the home video market. The a/v’s on this said to be solid with a wealth of extras for those so inclined. This is one of three amazing […]
DVD’s for 9/23!
The Godfather – The Coppola Restoration Giftset (The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III) [Blu-ray] Definitley the release of the week, The Godfather Trilogy, has been painstainkgly repaired and restored to about as good as these films can posssibly look. Each movie gets its own disc, no more swapping DVD’s […]
‘The Hammer’ on DVD
Adam Carolla’s latest is a great little indie comedy that will go down as one of the better sports films of the last few years.Carolla stars as Jerry Ferro, a handyman that has trouble keeping his day job, but finds peace in his boxing conditioning and classes that he teaches. Jerry was once a Gold […]
‘Made of Honor’ on DVD
Patrick Dempsey stars in this romantic comedy that brings nothing new to the genre and is about as unoriginal as a romantic comedy can be; though the film still is at least entertaining.Dempsey stars as Tom, a life long bachelor that is a millionaire after inventing the ‘coffee cruiser’, which has an amazing platonic friendship […]
Release of the Week on Video 9/16
A new column for you all. A list of the top DVD picks for the week! Check out the titles below along with a link to buy and a synopsis for you, enjoy! Pushing Daisies: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]Pushing Daisies is a fantastic show that is about as close as a TV show can […]
Zodiac (2007)
Spoilers Zodiac is a film based on the reality of collected historical facts of actual murders that took place back in the late 1960s and 1970s in Northern California. These facts and assessment of facts from numerous sources, e.g., law enforcement officials, newspaper reporters, writing experts, and others—are the backbone of this movie drama. Unfortunately […]
Death Sentence (2007)
Spoiler Alert! Death Sentence is arresting film from the start. Instead of a family album, a montage of home movies depicting a happy family growing up together is the opening scene. The joy of young sons playing together; learning to ride a bike; playing sports with proud parents applauding; a mom blowing out birthday candles […]
Pineapple Express (2008)
Caution: Spoilers A film from the talents that brought us: “Freaks and Geeks”, “Knocked Up” and “George Washington”, among others, “Pineapple Express” certainly blazes on the big screen. Director, David Gordon Green, known for more serious films like “Snow Angels” and “Undertow”, brings a nice, everyday on the down-low atmosphere to the jocular writing styles […]
Reign of Fire (2002)
Reign of Fire is the title of an action movie directed by Bob Bowman who is the highly regarded Director of the X-Files. His venture into movie making for the big screen can be considered a good move judging by the action adventure impact of Reign of Fire. I was impressed on many levels, starting […]
The Wackness (2008)
Definition of “wackness,” as according to urbandictionary.com — “The state of being wack. A measure of the degree to which someone or something is wack. Alternatively, an exclamation indicating a high degree of wackness in the general surroundings.” The Wackness is the story of Luke Shapiro, a teenager living in New York City in 1994. […]