Category: DVD Reviews

Cast: Justin bateman, Jeffrey tambor Studio: Fox Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: In this critically acclaimed hit sitcom, you’ll meet the suddenly penniless, and equally clueless, Bluth family. Accustomed to their wildly affluent lifestyle, they can’t seem to grasp the fact that now the head of the family (Jeffrey Tambor, in an Emmy-nominated performance*) is in…

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya, David Wenham Studio: Universal Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Into this world, brought to life and played out on massive sets and sweeping locations, Sommers brings Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman), the legendary monster hunter born in the pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In his ongoing battle to…

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya, David Wenham Studio: Universal Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Into this world, brought to life and played out on massive sets and sweeping locations, Sommers brings Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman), the legendary monster hunter born in the pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In his ongoing battle to…

Cast: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Bill Murray Studio: Touchstone Rating: 8.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Touchstone Home Entertainment proudly presents the ED WOOD SPECIAL EDITION, on DVD on October 19, 2004. An offbeat, comical, moving film from acclaimed director Tim Burton (“Big Fish,” “Batman,” “Edward Scissorhands”), ED WOOD SPECIAL EDITION…

Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Elle Russ, Stanley G. Sawicki, Dian Bachar Studio: Paramount Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability, learns that a power hungry dictator is brokering weapons of mass destruction to terrorists. The heroes embark upon a harrowing mission to save the world. To…

Cast: Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow Studio: BMG Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Referred to as “a stylistic breakthrough” by USA Today, “cutting edge comedy” by The Hollywood Reporter and “original and funny” by The New York Times, this landmark television series from 1991 comes to DVD for the first time. Thirteen-year-old Marshall Teller has just been…

Cast: Eric Roberts Studio: Columbia Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: The US national team travels to South Korea to compete in an international martial arts competition. Once there, a brash young member of the American squad goes out seeking revenge against the Korean champ who killed his brother in a previous match. Another member of the…

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Emilio Echevarría, Jordi Mollà Studio: Miramax Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: An epic that evokes films such as HOW THE WEST WAS WON and DANCES WITH WOLVES, THE ALAMO details the key 1863 battle fought to win Texas from the Mexican government. Originally constructed as a…

Cast: Godfrey Cambridge , Estelle Parsons , Howard Caine , D’Urville Martin Studio: Columbia Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Melvin Van Peebles follows up his unjustly overlooked THE STORY OF A THREE-DAY PASS with this blunt, original, and highly unusual satire of race in America. Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) is a white middle-class racist who makes…

Cast: Judi Dench, Cuba Gooding Jr., Randy Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Roseanne Studio: Disney Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Life is at its best for the happy animals at “Patch of Heaven,” a “pretty as pie” dairy farm way out west owned by a kindly lady named Pearl. Seldom is heard a discouraging word except perhaps…