Category: DVD Reviews

Cast: David Emge, Gaylen Ross Studio: Anchor Bay Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Picking up where NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD left off, and still offering no explanation of why the dead are walking the earth, DAWN plunges headlong into one of the most violent and original horror films ever made. After securing an apartment building…

Cast: Brian O’Halloran, Kevin Smith, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes Studio: Miramax Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Made for less than the cost of an SUV, Kevin Smith’s first film finds 22-year-old Quick Stop clerk Dante Hicks (Brian O’Halloran) called into work on his precious day off. There he is besieged by customers ranging from the agitated…

Cast: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans Studio: Touchstone Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: A remake of the critically acclaimed 1955 comedy, The Ladykillers. Tom Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr III, Ph.D., a charlatan professor who’s assembled a gang of ‘experts’ for the heist of the century. The thieves: experts in explosions, tunneling, and muscle, and the…

Cast: Animated Studio: Disney Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: All the power and majesty of THE LION KING return in this final volume of THE LION KING trilogy! This Special Edition features an all-new vibrant picture presentation from the digital master. Meet Kiara, Simba’s headstrong daughter and heir to the Pride Lands. While on the prowl…

Cast: James Mason, Peter O’Toole, Curt Jurgens, Eli Wallach, Daliah Lavi Studio: Columbia Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Richard Brooks, one of America’s most influential and successful directors teamed with Peter O’ Toole, James Mason, and Jack Hawkins for this ambitious adoption of Joseph Conrad’s high-seas adventure, LORD JIM. The story of an idealistic Merchant Marine…

Cast: Tom Selleck, James Remar, Timothy Bottoms Studio: Columbia Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: June 6, 1944. 150,000 soldiers, 5,000 ships and 11,000 airplanes. One man’s decision. The D-Day invasion – the largest military operation of World War II and the beginning of the end – marked Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower as one of America’s most powerful…

Cast: Stephen Chow, Wong Yut Fei, Studio: Miramax Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Hong Kong satirist Stephen Chow wrote, directed, and stars in this spoof of sports and kung fu movie cliches. Chow plays “Mighty Steel Leg” Sing, who can kick soda cans through walls, and is a natural soccer star in the eyes of crippled…

Cast: Ben Savage, Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle Studio: Buena Vista Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Go back to the beginning with Cory, Topanga, Shawn, and all your favorite characters in BOY MEETS WORLD’s hilarious first season. With the help of his family and his teacher, Mr. Feeny, Cory (Ben Savage) explores life, relationships, and the strange,…

Cast: Anne Hathaway, Joanna Lumley, Cary Elwes, Minnie Driver, Steve Coogan Studio: Miramax Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Anne Hathaway, the delightful star of THE PRINCESS DIARIES, is Ella in the charming fairy tale adventure ELLA ENCHANTED. On the day of her birth, Ella is given a gift from her Fairy Godmother — the gift of…

Cast: Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel Studio: Comedy Central Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Ziggy Sokky, Ziggy Sokky, Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! The chauvinistic celebration of all things male continues with The Man Show Season Two DVD boxed set. More beer, monkeys and of course, Juggies. THE SHOW: Being a man, it seems almost wimpy to say…