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Category: DVD Reviews
Animation: The Invincible Iron Man; The Animation Show Box: Vol. 1 & 2; More Disney Treasures
From the superheroics of Marvel's The Invincible Iron Man, to the award worthy short features of Paramount's The Animation Show Box, Vol. 1 & 2, to the Disney classics found in the Disney Treasures sets, More Silly Symphonies, Vol. 2 and The Complete Pluto, Vol. 2, recent animation releases have continued to bring on the […]
The Departed: Scorsese’s Oscar®-Nominated Film Gets A Two-Disc Special Edition DVD Release!
For some reason, Martin Scorsese's movies deal with the seamier subjects of life – psychotic cab drivers, the world of boxing, crime and gangsters… The Departed may well be Scorsese's best film since Goodfellas….CLICK THIS LINK TO SUBSCRIBE TO EMTV, OUR iTUNES VIDEO PODCAST!! The Departed is an unusual film for Martin Scorsese […]
Animation I: Hellboy: Sword of Stones; Open Season; Avatar – Book 2: Earth, Volume 1
Animation freaks will be pleased by the amount of quality DVD releases to hit stores over the last few weeks. This week's Hellboy: Sword of Stones; last week's Open Season, and Avatar – Book 2: Earth, Volume 1 are all terrifically entertaining works that will appeal to fans of all ages. CLICK THIS LINK TO […]
From Gangsters to UFOs: Shottas and Night Skies: Small Budgets, Big Thrills!
One of the most bootlegged movies around, the Jamaican gangster flick, Shottas, is finally available in a legitimate DVD release. Night Skies gives us a new look at UFO abductions. What do they have in common? The fictional Shottas gives us an authentic look at the Jamaican gangster world; Night Skies is based on actual […]
Performance DVDs: Inside The Actor’s Studio: Dave Chappelle; Pablo Francisco: OUCH!
Both Dave Chappelle and Pablo Francisco have been described as "outrageous" comedians. In the case of Chappelle, whose appearance on Inside The Actor's Studio is now available on DVD, the term applies in the sense that his comedy pushes the envelope and is funny. Francisco, whose concert DVD OUCH! Is also currently available, is outrageous […]
Romance, Road Trips and Action: Brokeback Mountain Collectors’ Edition, The Puffy Chair and Crank
Every now and then, we need to be reminded that you don't necessarily need tons of money to make a good movie. Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain 2-Disc Collector's Edition, the Duplass Brothers' The Puffy Chair, and Mark Neveldine/Brian Taylor's Crank may not have cost the earth, but they're more entertaining than most $100-million dollar blockbusters…CLICK […]
Small Movies With Big Hearts: The Illusionist, Quinceanera, Bandidas, Idiocracy
Let's face it, for every blockbuster that succeeds, there are several that don't. What keeps the film industry robust [besides DVD sales] is a constant stream of low-budget films that carve out niche audiences and generate profits in the hundreds of percents. They do this, generally, by connecting with their audiences on a more personal […]
Stan “The Man” Lee Strikes Again with MOSAIC and Lightspeed!
Stan "The Man" Lee has been writing comics since 1941 – and created, or co-created, many of the best-known and most enjoyed comics characters in history. Even though he's no longer the go-to guy for Marvel Comics, he's still bringing his unique sensibility to superheroes to us through his POW! Entertainment company. To day, two […]
From The Producers of Underworld – The Covenant; From The Man Behind Ghostbusters – My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Neither The Covenant not My Super Ex-Girlfriend were well received by critics – and neither did boffo box office. And yet… neither is nearly as bad as some would have you believe… The Covenant The Covenant is really a superhero movie. The main characters in the film – good, evil, or indifferent – are descendants […]
Factotum, Little Miss Sunshine, Brothers of the Head, The Architect
Matt Dillon gives one of his finest performances in Factotum; one the year's best films, Little Miss Sunshine, follows the misadventures of a dysfunctional family as they drive cross-country in VW Miocrobus to get the youngest child to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant; one of the worst, The Architect, is the examination of an […]