Category: DVD Reviews

Cast: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone Studio: Focus Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: With BROKEN FLOWERS, staunchly independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch delivers one of his most pleasing, accessible pictures. Winner of the 2005 Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the film tells the story of Don Johnston (Bill Murray), a man overflowing with wealth…

Cast: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean Studio: Touchstone Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Foster chose as her comeback vehicle; playing the recently widowed Kyle Pratt, she sticks close to PANIC ROOM territory, delving further into fear and isolation as her character boards an airplane to escort her dead husband’s body from Berlin to New York.…

Cast: UFO Studio: SPV Rating: 7.5/10 UFO made some first-rate, kick-ass records during the ’70s. With albums like Force It, Lights Out and Obsession, plus one of the all-time great double-live offerings Strangers In The Night, the band’s back catalog is far beyond impressive. They’ve also been quite adept at staging impressive comebacks, and have…

Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Zoe Zaldana, Lacey Chabert Studio: Freestyle Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: Zach is a high school senior who has to complete the 10 DIRTY DEEDS of the title in this gross-out comedy starring Milo Ventimiglia (GILMORE GIRLS). Given just one day to fulfill the 10 tasks, geeky Zach attempts to prove his worth…

Cast: Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, Joshua Malina, John Spencer Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) continues his residency in the White House during this fifth season of the popular NBC show. The lives of his backroom staff and family fall under as much scrutiny as the man himself, offering a…

Cast: Roy Scheider, Stacy Haiduk, Rosalind Allen Studio: MCA Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: By the mid-21st Century, humankind has colonized the oceans and formed the UEO–the United Earth Oceans–as a military organization to police it. Formerly a high-ranking member of the UEO, Nathan Bridger retired after the death of his wife, and retreated to an…

Cast: George Clooney, Julianna Margulies Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Michael Crichton has created a medical drama that chronicles life and death in a Chicago hospital emergency room. Each episode tells the tale of another day in the ER, from the exciting to the mundane, and the joyous to the heart-rending. Frenetic pacing,…

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston Studio: Fox Rating: 5.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, whose previous film, CITY OF GOD, won awards all over the world–and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars–has crafted another highly entertaining yet important film. Beautifully shot in Kenya, Germany, Sudan, Manitoba, and…

Cast: Eugene Levy Studio: Universal Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: A spin-off from the successful AMERICAN PIE film trilogy (AMERICAN PIE, AMERICAN PIE II, AMERICAN WEDDING), AMERICAN PIE PRESENTS: BAND CAMP meets up with Matt, the younger brother of Steve Stiffler (Seann William Scott), the stand-out jerk from the first three films. In this installment, Matt…

Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 3/10 CORPORATE LINE: It was inevitable that THE DUKES OF HAZZARD would leap onto the big screen, and now, thanks to Broken Lizard’s Jay Chandrasekhar (SUPER TROOPERS, CLUB DREAD), it finally has. Slipping into the boots made famous by John Schneider…