Category Archives: DVD Reviews

DVD Review: ‘Family Guy Vol. 9’

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Family Guy is a popular show. It has legions of fans who have made it an institution. Once it gets dark outside you can almost certainly find an episode on TV somewhere, and it’s popularity doesn’t seem to be waning. I personally … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Animation, Comedy, DVD, DVD Reviews, News, Reviews, TV | Tagged Animation, Comedy, DVD, Family Guy, Fox, review, Seth McFarlane, TV, Volume 9 | 2 Comments

Monday Picks: ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

Seasons greetings! This week’s pick is a comedy holiday classic from the successful National Lampoon’s Vacation series. Chevy Chase stars as Clark W. Griswold in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. This third installment of the series follows the Griswolds and Clark’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Box Office, Classics, Comedy, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Holiday, Monday Picks, Movies, Netflix, Prequels and Sequels | Tagged Beverly D'Angelo, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chevy Chase, Dianne Ladd, Doris Roberts, E.G. Marshall, Johnny Galecki, Juliette Lewis, Mae Questel, Randy Quaid, William Hickey | 1 Comment

Monday Picks: ‘Night of the Comet’

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

In celebration of the holiday season, this week’s pick is the 1984 cult classic Night of the Comet written and directed by Thom Eberhardt. Night of the Comet is a terrific throwback to 1950’s horror and sci-fi with a unique … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Holiday, Horror, MGM, Monday Picks, Movies, Netflix, Sci-Fi | Tagged Catherine Mary Stewart, Geoffrey Lewis, Kelli Maroney, Mary Woronov, Michael Bowen, Robert Beltran | Comments Off

Monday Picks: ‘The Omega Man’ with Charlton Heston

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday pick is the Charlton Heston Sci-fi classic The Omega Man (1971) directed by Boris Sagal. The film co-stars Anthony Zerbe (Mathias), Rosalind Cash (Lisa), Paul Koslo (Dutch), and Eric Lanueville (Ritchie). The Omega Man was adapted from … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-Ray, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Monday Picks, Movies, Netflix, Novels, Sci-Fi, Warner Bros | Tagged Anthony Zerbe, Boris Sagal, Charlton Heston, Eric Lanueville, Joyce Corrington, Paul Koslo, Rosalind Cash, William Corrington | 2 Comments

Monday Picks: ‘Planes, Trains, and Automobiles’

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

Happy Thanksgiving! In honor of turkey day this week’s Monday Pick is the John Hughes comedy road trip classic Plains, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), which stars Steve Martin and the late, great John Candy in one of his most lovable … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Comedy, DVD, DVD Reviews, Monday Picks, Movies, Netflix, Paramount | Tagged John Candy, John Hughes, Kevin Bacon, Plains Trains and Automobiles, Steve Martin | 2 Comments

Monday Picks: ‘Blue Thunder’

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday pick is the action thriller Blue Thunder (1983) directed by John Badham (Dracula, War Games). The film stars Roy Scheider (Frank Murphy), Malcolm McDowell (Colonel Cochrane), Daniel Stern (Richard Lymangood), Candy Clark (Kate), and in his final … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Action, Blu-Ray, Columbia Pictures, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Monday Picks, Movies, Mystery and Suspense, Netflix, Sony | Tagged Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, John Badham, Malcolm McDowell, Roy Scheider, Warren Oates | 1 Comment

Late Monday Picks: John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is John Carpenter’s independent horror classic hit Halloween that held the record as the highest grossing independent film of all time. Halloween helped to usher in a new era of slasher films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anchor Bay, Blu-Ray, Classics, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Horror, Monday Picks, Netflix | Tagged Charles Cyphers, Debra Hill, Donald Pleasence, Irwin Yablans, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Moustapha Akkad, Nancy Loomis, Nick Castle, P.J. Soles | 1 Comment

Horror Blu-Ray Review: ‘Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale’

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Matt Raub

It’s rare that we ever come across a film that crosses two very different genres so seamlessly as the Finnish film Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Based on the series of shorts in which a Finnish shipping company explains the … Continue reading →