Category: DVD Reviews

  • Kingdom of Heaven: The Four Disc Director’s Cut DVD

    Cast: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons Studio: Fox Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Set in 12th century Europe and the exotic East, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is an epic romantic action film about a young peasant (Orlando Bloom) who becomes a renowned knight, saves a kingdom, and falls in a love with a princess. From…

  • It Waits

    Cast: Cerina Vincent, Dominic Zamprogna, Greg Kean, Eric Schweig, Samaya Jardey Studio: Anchor Bay Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: “It Waits” is a suspenseful, horrifying tale of a Native American legend come to life. A creature trapped in the bowels of hell has been awoken and unleashed on the world. It prowls the wilderness, hunting a…

  • Glory Road

    Cast: Joshua Lucas, Tatyana Ali, Mehcad Brooks Studio: Disney Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Glory Road tells the inspiring true story of the underdog Texas Western basketball team, with history’s first all African American starting lineup of players, who took the country by storm, surprisingly winning the 1966 NCAA tournament title. Josh Lucas stars as Hall…

  • Date Movie

    Cast: Alyson Hannigan, Jennifer Coolidge, Fred Willard Studio: Fox Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The twisted minds of two of the six writers of Scary Movie – Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg – skewer the romantic comedy genre in DATE MOVIE, a film for people who love date movies and people who hate them. The filmmakers’…

  • Cheaper by the Dozen 2

    Cast: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo Studio: Fox Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: in this sequel to the original CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, based on a book by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth. This time, all twelve Baker kids and their parents, Tom (Martin) and Kate (Bonnie Hunt), are going on vacation, returning…

  • Night Stalker: The Complete Series

    Cast: Stuart Townsend, Gabrielle Union, Eric Jungmann Studio: BHVE Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Carl Kolchak returns in a new series of spine-tingling adventures. Produced by the X-FILES’ Frank Spotnitz and based on the original ’70s suspense drama, NIGHT STALKER updates the chilling classic in a startling new way. “There’s something stylishly scary at work here,”…

  • X-Men 3: The Last Stand DVD

    Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen Studio: Fox Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: In X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, the final chapter in the “X-Men” motion picture trilogy, a “cure” for mutancy threatens to alter the course of history. For the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their uniqueness, though it isolates and alienates them,…

  • Bloodrayne

    Cast: Kristanna Loken, Michelle Rodriguez, Ben Kingsley Studio: Romar Rating: 1/10 CORPORATE LINE: This action-horror film is set in ancient Romania and stars Kristianna Loken (TERMINATOR 3) as Rayne, a half-human/half-vampire sworn to kill her evil tyrant vampire father (Ben Kingsley). Michael Madsen, Michelle Rodriguez, and Matthew Davis play a trio of vampire hunters who…

  • The Producers

    Cast: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach Studio: Universal Rating: 3/10 CORPORATE LINE: This remake of Mel Brooks’ 1968 film features Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in the roles that they originated in the smash Broadway adaptation of the original film. Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Lane) is famous for his spectacular…

  • The Boondock Saints: Collector’s Edition

    Cast: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Fraternal twins Conner (Flanery – SUICIDE KINGS) and Murphey (Reedus – GOSSIP) MacMannus are on a mission from God to rid Boston of crime. However, instead of signing up for the police force, these hard-drinking Irish-American brothers take the law into…