Category Archives: DVD

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 →

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Monday Picks: ‘Alligator’

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday Pick is the classic “animals run amok” monster movie Alligator (1980). The film stars Academy Award nominee Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael Gazzo, and Henry Silva. Alligator is a well written, tongue in cheek horror film centered … Continue reading →

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Bruce Willis, Forest Wittaker, & Malin Akerman Go Grindhouse in the ‘Catch .44’ Trailer

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Matt Raub

Hard to believe it, but with Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs nearly 20 years old, it only makes sense that up-and-coming writer/director combos are going to start making their homages to Quentin Tarantino for what’ he’s done to the cinematic … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Blu-Ray, Comedy, DVD, Movies, News, Trailers, Video | Tagged Aaron Harvey, Bruce Willis, Catch .44, Deborah Ann Woll, Forest Whitaker, Malin Akerman, Nikki Reed, Quentin Tarantino, True Blood | Comments Off

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 →

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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 →

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Monday Picks: Tim Burton’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow (1999), a newer take on Washington Irving’s legendary 1820 novel The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, a New York City police constable who is sent to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Blu-Ray, Books, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Horror, Lionsgate, Netflix, Novels, Paramount | Tagged Casper Van Dien, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken, Ian McDiarmid, Jefferey Jones, Johnny Depp, Marc Pickering, Michael Gough, Miranda Richardson, Sir Christopher Lee, Sir Michael Gambon, Tim Burton | 2 Comments

Trailer for ‘Hostel: Part III’ Brings Torture Porn to Las Vegas

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Matt Raub

It may have taken a back seat since the Saw franchise ended, but the “torture porn” genre, which is an offshoot of the gore exploitation genre, sure hasn’t faded in popularity. That is evident in the fact that Elo Roth’s … Continue reading →