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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 11/24
from Cinematical on November 24, 2009
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Angels & Demons The first was met with much critical disdain, but fought back to earn over $750 million at the worldwide box office. Angels & Demons still managed to make money, but less than $500 million (needing worldwide take to even make up for the budget) as Tom Hanks tries to hunt down a symbol-loving murderer. Eric D. Snider called it: "is as overly serious as its predecessor, and poor Mr. Hanks -- the world's most likable man, for crying out loud! -- is still dour and intense." Skip it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Four Christmases Just as the title implies, Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon are forced to stop avoiding their crazy families and must hit four households over the holidays. In his review, William Goss wrote: "The rest makes for an occasionally amusing, mostly shrill series of encounters with an ensemble that only encourages misanthropic ideals, and maybe if Four Christmases had decided to extend itself beyond white trash targets and projectile vomiting, we could've found ourselves talking about a new Christmas classic right now." Rent it if you want some uncomfortable holiday humor. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Funny People If ever there was a reason why Adam Sandler has been sticking to the ridiculous fluff, this is it -- a dramedy with a lot of heart that couldn't even make back its budget after worldwide release. In his review, Todd Gilchrist said: "Funny People is one of the summer's, if not the year's best films, because it's a comedy that inverts the medium's typical use - effectively revealing feelings rather than concealing them - and invites the audience to share in that discovery." Buy it and give the film some love. Also on Blu-ray. Read Our Blu-ray Review | Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Hit the jump for a peek at Shorts and other new releases...Filed under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 11/24 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Blu-ray Review: Funny People
from Cinematical on November 11, 2009
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These days it's common practice for filmmakers to document every single aspect of a movie's creation for its eventual home video release - examining previsualization, creature development, fight choreography, set and costume design, effects rendering, and so on. When you're making a comedy, however, there seems to be less of interest in the different aspects of production (not the least of which because many of those above aren't even a factor), leaving only outtakes, gaffes, and alternate line readings to fill out the bonus features for a forthcoming Blu-ray or DVD. Judd Apatow's Blu-ray for Funny People, however, runs contrary to expectations; indeed, it's by far the most complete and comprehensive portrait of a comedy production ever assembled. Featuring not only the requisite slate of alternate takes, film flubs, and extra scenes, but two different versions of the film, multiple featurettes, archive footage, and a feature-length documentary about the film's origins, development and production, the two-disc set takes the art of being funny very seriously.Filed under: Universal, DVD Reviews, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Blu-ray Review: Funny People Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 11/10
from Cinematical on November 10, 2009
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Up If there is one disc sure to fly off shelves this week, it's this one. The Pixar film made instant fans out of most viewers, and agonizingly ripped the rest of our hearts out with the love story opening. In her review, Jette Kernion said Up is "a very good movie that defies demographic categorization." By now, your minds are probably made, but if not: Buy it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon The Ugly Truth How do you follow up comments about Knocked Up being a little bit sexist? By producing and starring in a film that teaches a smart and successful woman the "ugly truth" of life from a notorious chauvinist, naturally. In his review, Jeffrey M. Anderson wrote that this romcom "actually knows next to nothing about dating advice, the behaviors of men and women, or much of anything else romantically human." Skip it and save yourself. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut We all knew this was coming -- the step above the director's cut, the disc for uberfans of the graphic novel -- a version of the film with all of The Black Freighter interspersed as it was in print. Grab this, and you should have everything you need from the big-screen cinematic experience. If you adore all things Watchmen, Buy it. Also on Blu-ray. Buy at Amazon The Accidental Husband When he wasn't spending time in Watchmen's blood and carnage, Jeffrey Dean Morgan was becoming Uma Thurman's Accidental Husband. Another one of those floofy romcoms, this flick takes Uma back to her Cats and Dogs days, but this time, she gets the radio show and the man. I imagine. Do you care? Skip it. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Also out: Robsessed, Love Finds a Home, A Christmas Proposal, The Christmas Clause, Spread, Summer's Moon, The Echo, Hurt, The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger, The Line, Bad Guys Filed under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 11/10 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Hello, My Name is Scott and I Love the 'G.I. Joe' Blu-ray
from Cinematical on November 06, 2009
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Back in August was when G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra hit the screens, and while I had no reason to expect anything but a merciless brain-pummeling from the experience, I walked out suitably impressed with the flick's popcorn-tastic mentality. I even ended my review with this: "Truth be told, the flick's action centerpiece, a crazy chase through Paris, will soon be on heavy blu-ray rotation around my house." Yes, the director who slapped me with The Mummy Returns and pummeled me with Van Helsing is now back in my good graces. (The awesomely amusing Deep Rising is always the tie-breaker for Stephen Sommers.) You can enjoy my wonderfully insightful G.I. Joe review right here if you like, but this time out I just want to focus on the blu-ness and not the wackness: If you liked the flick, you want to own it on Blu-ray, trust me on that one. The supplemental features are basic but well-produced: there's an audio commentary with Sommers and producer Bob Ducsay that shows a good deal of enthusiasm and preparation on their part, plus on disc 2 you'll find a pair of rather slick and thorough featurettes: the 30-minute The Big Bang Theory is the "catch-all" behind-the-scenes piece that covers a lot of bases, and Next-Gen Action (about 20 minutes) focuses more intently on the special effects and production design.Filed under: DVD Reviews, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Hello, My Name is Scott and I Love the 'G.I. Joe' Blu-ray Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 10/27
from Cinematical on October 27, 2009
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Orphan An "outwardly angelic little girl" gets adopted by a new family consisting of Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga, and then begins to unleash her hidden evilness. In his review, Peter Martin wrote that Orphan "is so bats*** crazy that it wears you down just enough to accept the lunacy and enjoy the movie for what it is: every parent's worst nightmare, writ large in childish crayon." Skip it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Whatever Works Woody Allen's follow-up to Vicky Cristina Barcelona and return to the Big Apple takes his old man self out of the equation to give a new dude (played by Larry David) some May-December romance with Evan Rachel Wood. Nick Schager wasn't sold, and in his review, he wrote: "rather than an inspired meeting of kindred minds, their collaboration does little except reinforce the notion that Allen's creative well has long since run dry, his films now split into either inert, heavy-handed, detached spectacles of pretty people doing naughty things in foreign locales (Match Point, Vicky Cristina Barcelona), or leaden comedic larks in which notable names embody Allen's archetypal kvetching role." Rent it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs The next installment in the family film series. In his review, William Goss wrote: "All in all, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is an improvement over its massively forgettable predecessor: generally inoffensive (save perhaps for history buffs), a bit more charming than most of the non-Pixar competition, and frivolous in the best possible sense." Buy it for the family film collection. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Also out: Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, Nothing Like the Holidays, Night of the Creeps, Criminal Ways, Stan Helsing Filed under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 10/27 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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'The Brothers Bloom' on Blu-ray, or: Commentary on a Commentary
from Cinematical on October 14, 2009
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After premiering at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, Rian Johnson's The Brothers Bloom got bounced around like the red-headed stepchild on Summit's slate before landing a haphazard 200-screen release earlier this summer. Now, in what would appear to be an effort to maintain consistency between the difficulty of seeing it on a big screen and watching on your small screen, the crime caper's been made available for rental only since September, until making its retail bow in January... ...and that's a shame, because the presentation -- at least on Blu-ray -- looks and sounds as rich as it ever did theatrically, the extras are plentiful, and the film itself stands as a clever, funny and warm-hearted take on the con man genre, one more often known for its especially detached sense of cool above any sense of character. And no, I'm not just saying all of this because Johnson name-checks yours truly a couple of times on the commentary. Honest.Filed under: Action, Comedy, Romance, DVD Reviews, Distribution, Home EntertainmentContinue reading 'The Brothers Bloom' on Blu-ray, or: Commentary on a Commentary Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 9/29
from Cinematical on September 29, 2009
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Away We Go John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph star as a couple about to have a child and who journey across the country to find the perfect spot to settle down. In his review, William Goss said: "It's easily the most tender film that Sam Mendes has done to date, and it's easily among the very best films that the year has offered so far." Buy it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Monsters vs. Aliens Monsters, aliens, superheroes -- it's the sort of fare that's perfect for animation. For the most part, critics and fans seem to agree, although our Scott Weinberg says the film "is NOT one of those transcendent animated features, the sort that bridges the gap between kid stuff and grown-up art with no discernible effort whatsoever. No, Monsters vs. Aliens is a loud, rushed, choppy, silly, colorful Nintendo game of a movie." See for yourself and Rent it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Management The latest Jennifer Aniston romcom to hit the shelves, this flick watches her get followed around the country by a motel manager (Steve Zahn) eager for her affections. In his review, Nick Schager said that the film's conventions are "delivered with a straightforward sappiness that seems all the more disingenuous in light of the film's variety of off-kilter trappings." Skip it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon The Girlfriend Experience One of Steven Soderbergh's less mainstream films, porn star Sasha Grey stars as a high-priced escort trying to balance her work and personal life. In his Sundance review, James Rocchi wrote: "Sex is everywhere in The Girlfriend Experience, except there's no sex," and instigates a crowd that walks "into the cold night more thoughtful than titillated." Rent it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Also out: Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Lies and Illusions, Stepfather II, The Hills Run Red, The Hanging Woman, The Shortcut, Fermat's Room, Secrecy, Farmhouse, The Storm Riders, Bloodwine, Dinner with a Vampire, Nightmare, Flesh, TX. Filed under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 9/29 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 9/15
from Cinematical on September 15, 2009
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine After X-Men and X2, we expected a lot from our adamantium man. But rather than slipping in as another irresistible cinematic piece of high-action fun, we got a flick that didn't even begin to live up to our love of the claws. Jeffrey M. Anderson said a number of negative things about the film, including: "The movie's whitewashing of all the gray areas between good and evil is just one side effect of its dubious approach." Skip it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Easy Virtue At it's most basic, this is that period piece with Jessica Biel. But it's also the film Eugene Novikov said: "is a droll and witty delight, a superb showcase for its cast, and a return to fine form for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert director Stephan Elliott, who last turned in the unsettling but incomprehensible Eye of the Beholder nearly 10 years ago." Buy it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Grace I can't say it better than Eric D. Snider, who said: "If you are the sort of person who might enjoy an effed-up gore-fest about a woman who delivers an undead baby, you can rest assured that Grace lives up to its potential." Also, it's "the most effective anti-procreation stories ever told." Rent it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Also out: Deadgirl, Fame, Michael Jackson: Never Surrender, Knights of Bloodsteel, Mail Order Bride, Next Day Air, Blood & Bone, The Desert Within, Bodyguard: A New Beginning, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Collection, Rest Stop: The CollectionFiled under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 9/15 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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My Dvd Collection Update 9/2/09
from Favorites of vjhive on September 02, 2009
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Sub to the Roughcuts http://www.youtube.com/theroughcuts Dvd Collection update for September 2nd 2009 showing the dvds Ive gotten over the last three weeks. In the update I talk about and give my reviews of the dvds and the movies themselves. The Dvds I got and Review in this update are: * The Simpsons the complete 12th Season : Created by Matt Groening - with the voice talents of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria * Grace : Directed by Paul Solet - Starring Jordan Ladd, Stephen Park, Gabrielle Rose, Serge Houde, Samantha Ferris, Kate Herriot, Troy Skog and Malcolm Stewart * Sons of Anarchy - Starring Theo Rossi, Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman and Maggie Siff * Combat Shock ( Troma Special Edition ) Directed by Buddy Giovinazzo Starring Rick Giovinazzo and Veronica Stork . * The Best of Airline Volume 2 * Last house on the left : Directed by Dennis lliadis - Starring Garret Dillahunt, Michael Bowen, Joshua Cox, Riki Lindhome, Aaron Paul, Sara Paxton, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn, Martha MacIsaac and Spencer Treat Clark * 555 : Directed by Wally Koz - Starring Mara Lynn Bastian, Charles Fuller, Bob Grabill, Scott Hermes, Greg Kerouac, Greg Neilson and B.K. Smith * Special Needs : Directed by Isaak James - Starring Isaak James, Eva James, Michael C. Kricfalusi, Jared Morgenstern, Randall Middleton, Sabina Maschi, Funda Duval and Brian Whisenant * Bad Ronald : Directed by Buzz Kulik - Starring Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman and Kim Hunter Where Order a copy http://www.wbshop.com/Bad-Ronald-+EST-MOD/1000112910,default,pd.html?cgid= * Tron : Directed by Steven Lisberger - Starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes and Dan Shor * Fangoria Weekend of Horrors : Directed by Mike Hadley and Kerry O Quinn - Featuring Rick Baker, John Carl Buechler, Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Clu Gulager and Tober Hooper * Road trip 2 Beer Pong : Direced by Steve Rash - Starring Preston Jones, Michael Trotter, Daniel Newman, Nestor Aaron Absera and Danny Pudi * Mannequin : Directed by Michael Gottlieb - Starring Andrew McCarthey, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, James Spader, G.W. Bailey and Meshach Taylor * Mannequin : On the Move - Starring Kristy Swanson, William Ragsdale, Stuart Pankin, Andrew Hill Newman and Terry Kiser * The Secret of the Navajo Cave aka The Legond of Cougar Canyon : Directedb by James T Flocker * Dexter Season 3 : Starrign Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz and Jennifer Carpenter * Adventureland : Directed by Grege Mottola - Starring Jesse Eisenberge, Matt Bush, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Martin Starr and Kristen Stewart * The Last Resort - Directed by Brandon Nutt - Starring America Olivo, Paulie Rojas, Marissa Tait, Sita Young, Arianne Zucker, Nick Ballard, Jeremy Glazer, Jamil Mena, Sandro Del Casale and Ian Patrick Williams .
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 9/1
from Cinematical on September 01, 2009
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State of Play A Russell Crowe-starring thriller that entangles 3 deaths, Washington politics, old-school journalism, and new wave blogging, State of Play is by far your best mainstream choice this week. In his review, Jeffrey M. Anderson said: "it's probably the best newspaper/journalism movie in years," and "State of Play moves well, with grace and intelligence as well as a measure of scrappiness and a sense of working by the seat of one's pants." Buy it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Tennessee A movie co-starring Mariah Carrey might not seem like a noteworthy piece of cinema, but it's more than meets the eye. The film focuses on woman and her brothers who set out to find their estranged father in hopes that he will help save their leukemia-suffering sibling. In his review, Joel Keller said: "Tennessee isn't action-packed, but it has a story that should keep you engaged from start to finish." Rent it. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Unwigged & Unplugged Live Concert DVD This isn't exactly a film, but seeing that Unwigged and Unplugged was the costume-free tour of Spinal Tap, mixing the band's hits with the musical numbers from A Mighty Wind, it's definitely worth mentioning here. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer sound great with nothing more than their voices and guitars, and add a lot of anecdotes in for good measure. Buy it. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Also out: Impact, Methodic, Bring it On: Fight to the Finish Filed under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 9/1 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 8/18
from Cinematical on August 18, 2009
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The Last House on the Left A remake of Wes Craven's 1972 film, starring Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, and Garret Dillahunt, the film is a harrowing look into how a family reacts to the crimes played out on their daughter. In his review, William Goss said: "for those who willingly subject themselves to the harsher experiences that storytelling has to offer, this version is a capably, confidently, and chillingly effective opportunity to place ourselves in the worst possible shoes for a length of time." Rent it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Hannah Montana: The Movie Miley Cyrus' Disney icon finally made her way to the big screen. In his review, Nick Schager said: "and the nicest thing one can say about the film is that at least it's not The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: The Movie." I highly doubt anyone who wants the film will be reading this, so I'll just skip to: Skip it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Julia Tilda Swinton stars as a 40-year-old alcoholic who makes a last effort at full-on sobriety. In his review, Peter Martin said: "To say that Tilda Swinton gives a riveting performance as Julia is almost to damn her with faint praise. It's her character's story, of course, so we expect that she'll dominate the screen time, but even with all that exposure, there's never a hint of artifice or self-conscious primping to make herself look better as an actress." Buy it. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Also out: Wyvern, The Wedding Bros., Bridge to Nowhere, The Final Destination CollectionFiled under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 8/18 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 8/4
from Cinematical on August 04, 2009
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The Soloist It seemed like the sort of project to explode with praise and critical acclaim -- Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx in the story of a talented homeless musician who once went to Julliard. The reality, however, didn't live up to expectation. In her review, Jette Kernion said: "the overall film isn't compelling, and the plot falls into the easy traps of traditional melodrama." Still ... Rent it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Obsessed One of the classic cases of reviewer v. audience. The story of a psycho Beyonce didn't charm the critical eye, and Scott even said: "Obsessed feels a lot like a refugee from the Lifetime Network that just happened to have a budget." Nevertheless, it exploded. I say Skip It ... but I have a feeling that won't matter. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Filed under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 8/4 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 7/21
from Cinematical on July 21, 2009
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Watchmen Director's Cut It may not have been exactly what Joel Silver was once scheming up, but Zack Snyder's adaptation is at the top of this week's new release list, with more goodness not included in the theatrical release. Blending new twists with a number of scenes straight out of the book, Watchmen is a film that Peter called "sledgehammer entertainment." Buy it. Also out on Blu-ray. (And big fans will want to also check out the Collector's Corner section for more Watchmen goodness.) Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Coraline Coraline slips into another world and finds an alternate version of her life that quickly turns from laughs to frights. Stop-motion animation in 3D, with a kickass female star, all from the mind of Neil Gaiman. In her review, Jette said it "is gorgeously fantastic, in all senses of the word." Buy it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon The Great Buck Howard And with this, we've got all great picks this week! The Great Buck Howard boasts John Malkovich in another classically crazy role, plus both father and son Hanks in the story of a struggling and aged mentalist desperate for his next big break. But the ultimate reason to check it out: In his review, Scott said the film "might be the most affectionate look back at old-school entertainment since Peter O'Toole boozed his way through My Favorite Year." That's high praise indeed. Buy it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Also out: Robot Chicken: Star Wars - Episode II, Echelon Conspiracy, Messengers 2: The Scarecrow, Super Capers, Skeleton CrewFiled under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 7/21 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 7/7
from Cinematical on July 07, 2009
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Knowing Forget Nostradamus. In this Nick Cage flick, a young girl in the '50s draws a picture of numbers for a time capsule. Fifty years later, when the contents are examined, it turns out that those numbers indicate the dates, death tolls, and coordinates of major disasters, and a few haven't happened yet! But it's not exactly the doomsday flick fans would hope for. In his review, Jeffrey M. Anderson says: "rather than becoming a comfortable hybrid between a small, smart movie and a big, dumb movie, Knowing became a horrible mutation, bulging out in all the wrong places, with unsightly scars where the butcher's knife had been." Skip it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Push Not every Dakota Fanning movie is a shocker of a drama. In this psychic espionage thriller, she plays a "watcher" and one of the psychic rogues determined to end a creepy government agency. (Also stars Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou, and Camilla Belle.) For this feature, Anderson said: "Push is a better-than-average sci-fi thriller with genuine jolts and unexpected texture." Rent it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon The Unborn A girl is plagued with bad dreams, ghosts, and supernatural unpleasantness, so she hunts down a spiritual advisor in Gary Oldman to help. But that's not enough to help this film. Peter Martin wrote earlier this year: "Not even the sight of the lovely, lean and fit Odette Yustman, whose last name became Yowza! when the trailer and pics first hit the net, can salvage the film from mediocrity." Skip it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Also out: Night Train, Border Town, Five Fingers, A Day in the Life, The Prodigy, Flying By, Dead Wood, Applause for Miss E, One Missed Final Call, Garrison, Rivers End, Scorched, See Dick RunFiled under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 7/7 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 6/23
from Cinematical on June 23, 2009
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Confessions of a Shopaholic Perhaps we shouldn't expect anything from a movie about a shopaholic, but this comedy's ditzy heroine and silly story can't even compare to other notable films in the romcom genre. In her review, Jette Kernion said: "Confessions of a Shopaholic tries to have it all ... Unfortunately, it's never as good as the movies it tries to imitate." Skip it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Inkheart Yet another film in Brendan Fraser's ever-growing collection of familial adventure. (Will he ever leave it behind and return to his dramatic roots?) Nick Schager describes the film as "a scattered collection of ideas, most of them cavalierly mixed together and barely fleshed out." Skip it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon The Pink Panther 2 It might not seem possible, but as Eric D. Snider wrote in his review of the Steve Martin-starring sequel: "Despite being a sequel that is completely unnecessary, The Pink Panther 2 is actually better than its predecessor," and "It has several funny sequences and a general tone of good-natured frivolity." When fluffy fun is on the agenda, Rent it. Also on Blu-ray. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Phoebe in Wonderland Tim Burton's spin on Alice in Wonderland is quickly coming our way. But for now, there's the Elle Fanning-starring tale of a girl trying to find her place in real life. Kim Voynar said: "there are so many rich layers to explore in this carefully crafted story; it's rather like a kaleidoscope, in that what you see and get out of it shifts and changes depending on which character's perspective you're looking at, and what ideas you bring to watching it." Rent it. Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon Also out: The Code, Bob Funk, Dragon Hunters, Table for Three, Mr. Troop Mom, Simon Says, Legend of the Bog, Backwoods, He's On My Mind, War Wolves Filed under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentContinue reading Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 6/23 Permalink | Email this | Comments
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DVD REVIEWS - JANUARY - Jan 24,2009
from Movie Geeks United! | Blog Talk Radio Feed on January 23, 2009
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Movie Geeks Jamey and Aaron review the latest and upcoming DVD releases.rock n rolla | henry poole is here | pride and glory | dvd reviews | being there
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FilmCrunch 067: Chuck & Larry, Hairspray, Premonition
from realtvfilms on February 19, 2008
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In this episode of FilmCrunch, Veronica santiago and Neil Estep review Hairspray, along with the DVD release of Premonition. Neil also hits us with a 60 second review of I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.
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FilmCrunch 067: Chuck & Larry, Hairspray, Premonition
from realtvfilms on February 17, 2008
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In this episode of FilmCrunch, Veronica santiago and Neil Estep review Hairspray, along with the DVD release of Premonition. Neil also hits us with a 60 second review of I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.
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FilmCrunch 055: Vacancy, Fracture, Little Children
from The PunkCDSampler Show on June 13, 2007
Duration: 1631
Duration: 1631
Veronica Santiago and Neil Estep review the theatrical releases of Vacancy and Fracture, as well as the DVD release of Little Children in this episode of FilmCrunch.
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FilmCrunch 034: Letters From Iwo Jima, This Film is Not Yet Rated, Theater Etiquette
from familying on March 14, 2007
Duration: 2354
Duration: 2354
In this edition of FilmCrunch, Veronica Santiago and Neil Estep review Letters from Iwo Jima, and This Film is Not Yet Rated. In addition, Neil goes on a rant, taking on movie theater etiquette.
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