Like Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer has made a number of really good, even great, movies – and twice as many dogs. Also like Cage, even a majority of Kilmer’s duds are worth watching just because he has that same kind of crazy lurking beneath the surface and you just don’t know what he’s going to […]
Category: DVD
Louis CK – Hilarious… Really Is!
Louis CK is a forty-something stand-up comedian who deals with relatable stuff – like suddenly becoming single again at forty-one – in a manner that is, like it says on the box, hilarious.
A 19th Century China Remake Of Blood Simple? Crazy I Calls It!
To be completely honest, when I first heard there was going to be a Chinese remake of the Coen Brothers brilliant first film, Blood Simple, I thought it was a crazy – and completely idiotic – idea. Even after I learned that it would be directed by Zhang Yimou [Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, […]
Quietly Beautiful, Never Let Me Go Explores Love, Life and the Soul!
Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, is a measured, beautifully shot science fiction tale that neither looks or feels like science fiction. It is a melancholy reflection on what makes us human – explored through the lives of three special children who have attended a classic British boarding […]
Paper Man – Jeff Daniels’ Best Movie In Years!
It’s the story of a writer who’s dropped off in a small town to finish his second novel – but he’s blocked. Part of the problem is that he’s never really grown up and is incredibly insecure – to the point of still having an imaginary friend. And what kind of imaginary friend do you […]
Dark Skies: The Declassified Complete Series: Wrongly Ignored Alien Invasion Series Rescued For DVD!
Dark Skies had the misfortune to run during the time The X-Files was at its peak. As a result, X-Files fans ignored it and others feared it was a rip-off of the Chris Carter series. Instead, it was first [and sadly only] season of a five-year arc that put an unusual twist on history – […]
Justified: The Complete First Season – Elmore’s Lawman Sparks Terrific DVD Release!
The story of Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens marks the first time that Elmore Leonard’s work has worked on television. Thanks to cable network FX, the series has been allowed to depict the quirkiness, humor and unexpected bursts violence of Leonard’s work – as well as his crackling dialogue. The first season DVD includes some […]
Bitter Feast: A Chef’s Vengeance Boils Over!
When a food blogger’s review – coupled with his own pretentiousness and arrogance – bring Chef Peter Grey’s world crashing down around him, he plots a foodie’s vengeance. Bitter Feast hovers somewhere between a standard vengeance flick and a psychological horror movie.
Justified: The Complete First Season – Elmore’s Lawman Shoots To Kill!
The story of Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens marks the first time that Elmore Leonard’s work has worked on television. Thanks to cable network FX, the series has been allowed to depict the quirkiness, humor and unexpected bursts violence of Leonard’s work – as well as his crackling dialogue. The first season DVD includes some […]
The Social Network Gets A Top Flight 2-Disc DVD Release!
It’s a tale of sound and fury; friendship betrayed; money and the internet. The Social Network may be the story of how Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, but it has Shakespearean range and moves like a Jason Bourne movie. Directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, the film is also practically littered with brilliant […]
ReBoot Seasons 1 & 2 Hit Stores On March 1st; Definitive Edition Available Through Shout!Factory & ReBoot.com!
The first two seasons of television’s first completely CGI series,ReBoot will hit stores on March 1, 2011. Both seasons are included in a single release – ReBoot: Seasons 1 & 2. ReBoot: Definitive Mainframe Edition will be also available from in March, but only through ShoutFactoryStore.com and ReBoot.com, for the time being. Pre-ordering can be […]