COMING TO DVD FROM WARNER HOME VIDEO ON MAY 18th Three hard-riding movie adaptations of the legendary author’s novels. CATLOW – A renegade outlaw wants to pull off a gold heist but finds it hard because he’s such a wanted man by the Mexican Army, his hellcat girlfriend, an Indian war party, a vengeful killer […]
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DVD REVIEW: The Virginian: The Complete First Season – Epic Western Series Sprawls Across the Small Screen!
At one point in time, there were thirty seven westerns airing in primetime. Everyone knows that Gunsmoke was the longest-running of them all [and America’s longest-running TV series – tied just this year by Law & Order] and Bonanza is perhaps the most fondly remembered [as well the second longest-running western]. Coming in third, though, […]
DVD REVIEW: Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Series – Edgier Then the Original; More Fun Than the Latest Flavor!
Stargate Atlantis premiered as the original Stargate series, SG-1, was going into its eighth season. It was immediately darker than the original – there was a key death in the premiere, and the alien race they encountered, the Wraith, didn’t require technology to suck the life from their victims. There was also the possibility that […]
DVD REVIEW: Avatar – Pretty Dazzling Even in Good Old 2D!
Even for those of us who haven’t yet made the switch to Blu-ray and HDTV, Avatar, James Cameron’s half-a-billion-dollar extravaganza makes for one entertaining evening on old-fashioned DVD.
Baltimore boy Jimmy Traynor is back with a New Flick – Welcome Home: The Jay Randall Story
One of the major mistakes independent filmmakers always make is that instead of going out and making a movie that’s unique and different they settle for the tired story about breaking into Hollywood. Local Baltimore boy Jimmy Duke Traynor has made dozens of self-financed movies over the last few years, none of which tackled this […]
DVD REVIEW: I Sell the Dead is a Merrily Horrific Tale About a Couple of Ghouls!
Told in a series of flashbacks by a condemned man, to a priest, I Sell the Dead is the tale of two graverobbers – Willie Grimes [Larry Fessenden] and Arthur Blake [Dominic Monaghan] – who become ghouls – sellers of the dead whether stationary or not.
DVD REVIEW: Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season – Now Darker and More Twisted!
Season one of Breaking Bad had Walt White [Bryan Cranston], meek chemistry teacher, learning he had terminal cancer and deciding that he had to go into the crystal meth business to provide for his family after his death. It was all about a decent man making all the wrong decisions. The second season finds Walt […]
DVD REVIEW: Ponyo’s 2-Disc Combo Pack Leaves DVD Viewers With Little More Than The Movie!
Considering the bonus-filled reissues of three Hayao Miyazaki masterpieces alongside the release of Ponyo, it is a wonder that the DVD in this Combo Pack contains only the movie and a five-minute look at its creation. The film itself is brilliant with its reimagining [in the truest sense] of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid […]
DVD REVIEW: Miyazaki Masterpieces Get Re-issues with Lots of Bonus Features!
Maybe it’s because Ponyo did four times the box office of any North American release of any previous film by Hayao Miyazaki, maybe it’s because they are just such wonderful films. Whatever the case, Disney DVD has re-issued the director’s Castle in the Air, Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbor Totoro in two-disc special editions […]
DVD REVIEW: Up in the Air Soars on DVD!
Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air is a great film. What makes it so remarkable isn’t just that it’s timely and brilliant – it’s that it started out to be one thing and then, when the world’s financial climate changed radically, Reitman adapted it to fit the times in a way that is, topically at […]
DVD REVIEW: FlashForward: Season One, Part One – Fast Start; Dwindling Returns; Still Lots of Potential!
When it premiered last fall, FlashForward was considered to be one of two potential replacements for the departing Lost – at least in terms of epic, serialized storytelling. The series premiere set out the basics – for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone on the planet lost consciousness. In that time, they experienced visions of […]