Category: DVD Reviews

Cast: Kate Hudson, Abigail Breslin, Spencer Breslin, John Corbett, Audrey Wells Studio: Touchstone Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: In this heartwarming comedy from director Garry Marshall (“Runaway Bride,” “The Princess Diaries”), Helen Harris (Academy Award¨ nominee KATE HUDSON) is living the life she always dreamed of. Her career at a top Manhattan modeling agency is on…

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Ian Holm, Dash Mihok Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: This movie takes a big-budget, special-effects-filled look at what the world would look like if the greenhouse effect and global warming continued at such levels that they resulted in worldwide catastrophe and disaster, including multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes,…

Cast: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Peter O’Toole, Diane Kruger Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honor – and some for love. In ancient Greece, the passion of two of literature’s most notorious lovers, Paris, Prince of Troy (ORLANDO…

Cast: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Peter O’Toole, Diane Kruger Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honor – and some for love. In ancient Greece, the passion of two of literature’s most notorious lovers, Paris, Prince of Troy (ORLANDO…

Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Jonathan Bennett, Lizzy Caplan, Ana Gasteyer Studio: Paramount Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: Raised in African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron thinks she knows about “survival of the fittest.” But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high…

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Danny DeVito Studio: Columbia Rating: 8/10 Corporate Line: Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) has always been a teller of tall-tales about his oversized life as a young man (Ewan McGregor), when his wanderlust led him on an unlikely journey from a small-town in Alabama, around the world,…

Cast: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendes, Cher, Michael Callan Studio: Fox Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: A comedy about the oppositional relationship that evolves between a set of Siamese twins–conjoined at the torso–named Bob and Walt. They have used their “disability” throughout life to great advantage. For example, they excelled in high school sports, in…

Cast: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Jennifer Tilly, Marsha Thomason, Nathaniel Parker Studio: Disney Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: When a man (Murphy) and his family encounter a ghost while visiting a haunted house during a job interview, he learns the value of family, and the lesson that he should make sure he never neglects them. Based…

Cast: Penn & Teller Studio: Showtime Rating: 8/10 Corporate Line: Self-proclaimed pit-bulls of truth, Penn & Teller use their trademark humor, knowledge of carnival tricks, and hidden cameras to blow the lid off popular notions about second hand smoke, self help products, diet claims, creationism, TV psychics, Feng Shui, bottled water and more!!!! The Good:…

Cast: Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans Studio: Fox Rating: 5.5/10 Corporate Line: This is the first season of the comedy that crossed every line with their raunchy, crude humor and introduced a new generation of talent including Jim Carrey, The Wayans and many more. See classic sketches Men…