Category: DVD Reviews

Cast: Reality Series Studio: BVHE Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: Hilarious and Addictive! TV’s Scariest Creatures come to DVD. Here come the “Bridezillas” – Season One of the hit series that proves that hell hath no fury like a bride under stress. Follow real-life couples as they prepare to walk down the aisle in eight tension-mounting…

Cast: James Franco Studio: BVHE Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: When he won a coveted admission spot tothe Naval Academy at Annapolis, local kid Jake Huard (James Franco, “James Dean”) thought all his dreams had come true – but his battle to become the man he wants to be is only just the beginning. Now, uncertain…

Cast: Matthew McConaughey Studio: Paramount Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker, SEX AND THE CITY) has a highly unusual job in this at times cartoonish romantic comedy: she’s an interventionist. What this means is that parents of young men who are still living at home well into adulthood can hire her to date…

Cast: Deanna Brook and Serria Tawan Studio: Sony Rating: 3/10 CORPORATE LINE: Injured in a basketball game, hospitalized, and in traction, Matt is horrified to witness the strange metamorphosis occurring right before his eyes. The hospital’s candy stripers–sweet, young, and nubile all–are seducing men only to leave them encased in a horrible gel-like substance. When…

Cast: Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Jason Biggs Studio: Disney Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Inspired by a true story and the hit Japanese film NANKYOKU MONOGATARI, Frank Marshall’s (ALIVE, CONGO) EIGHT BELOW captures a rugged world of ice, snow, and threatening weather that few will ever experience in person. As a guide for a…

Cast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw Studio: Fox Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: American ambassador Robert Thorn and his lovingly dedicated wife are expecting a child. But when the infant is stillborn a mysterious Italian priest convinces the diplomat to clandestinely adopt another of the hospital’s newborn children. Thorn takes the priest’s advice…

Cast: Vladimir Menshov, Konstantin Khabensky Studio: Fox Rating: 5.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The first part of a trilogy, NIGHT WATCH is an old-fashioned good vs. evil parable that relies on some thoroughly modern special effects to ensnare its audience. Set in present-day Moscow, the movie begins with a quick skip back through the centuries to inform…

Cast: Elizabeth Banks Studio: Archlight Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: Maria Bello follows up her startling turn in David Cronenberg’s A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE by appearing in this low budget adaptation of an Anton Chekov play, originally named THE THREE SISTERS. Bello plays Marcia, one of three sisters around whom the story is based. Director Arthur…

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves Studio: WB Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Feeling that it’s time for a change in her life, Dr. Kate Forster (SANDRA BULLOCK) leaves the suburban Illinois locale where she completed her residency and takes a job at a busy Chicago hospital. One thing she is reluctant to leave behind is the…

Cast: Emma Roberts, Joanna ‘JoJo’ Levesque, Sara Paxton, Jake McDorman, Arielle Kebbel Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: AQUAMARINE is the story of Claire (EMMA ROBERTS) and Hailey (JOANNA “JOJO” LEVESQUE), two 13-year-old best friends who embark on the adventure of their lives when they discover a mermaid (SARA PAXTON) named Aquamarine in a swimming…