Category Archives: DVD Reviews

DVD Review: ‘Beautiful Boy’

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Matt Blackwood

There are many reasons a film might be hard to watch: unbelievable performances, sloppy writing, unskilled direction. Some movies offend with tasteless portrayals of strong sexual content or graphic violence. Beautiful Boy doesn’t have any of these problems. The film … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: Michael Mann’s ‘Manhunter’

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday pick is Manhunter (1986), Michael Mann’s film adaptation of Thomas Harris’s classic novel Red Dragon. The film stars William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, and Tom Noonan. Manhunter is one of … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays (Wednesday Edition): ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s War Movie Monday pick is Universal Picture’s first ever Academy Award winning film for Best Picture and for Best Director (Lewis Milestone), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). The film stars Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: ‘Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer’

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Matt Blackwood

As technology gets smaller and cheaper, making films is getting easier and easier. But in a market lousy with low-budget indies, it’s not always easy to score well known actors. This wasn’t a problem for Mark Vadik. The writer/director of Cyrus: … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘The Goonies’

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the adventure-comedy classic The Goonies (1985). Richard Donner (Superman I, II, Lethal Weapon series) and Steven Spielberg craft this cult classic, which has entertained countless fans for over twenty-five years. The Goonies centers around a group … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘John Carpenter’s Escape From New York’

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is yet another John Carpenter classic. Kurt Russell stars as the first ever action hero of the 1980s in Escape From New York (1981). After success with Halloween and the horror classic The Fog, Carpenter’s next project … Continue reading →

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘In Time’

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Matt Blackwood

In case you missed it in theatres (and chances are you did), the sci-fi thriller In Time, starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried, comes to Blu-Ray and DVD* today. The first thing you might notice about In Time is how good-looking … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: John Carpenter’s ‘Assault on Precinct 13’

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the John Carpenter exploitation classic Assault on Precinct 13 that stars Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, and Carpenter regular Charles Cyphers. Before Carpenter hit it big two years later in 1978 with the critically acclaimed financial … Continue reading →

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