Category: DVD Reviews

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson Studio: Fox Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: Originally a 1965 Jimmy Stewart vehicle, this FLIGHT gets a rough and ready updating for the new century, with the stalwart Dennis Quaid now inhabiting the title role. He’s a pilot on a routine trip out to investigate some remote oil rigs…

Cast: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Sarah Silverman Studio: Paramount Rating: 9/10 Corporate Line: Fired from his band, rock guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn (Black) takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his free livin’ lifestyle, attitude, music and antics soon influences the students to explore other sides…

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce McGill, Bruce Altman Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 8/10 Corporate Line: Phobia-addled con artist Roy (Cage) and his protégé Frank (Rockwell) are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the unexpected arrival of Roy’s teenage daughter Angela (Lohman) disrupts his carefully-ordered life and jeopardizes his…

Cast: Gale Harold Studio: Showtime Rating: 7.5/10 Corporate Line: Rediscover the unique community of Liberty Avenue, where Brian (Gale Harold), Michael (Hal Sparks), Justin (Randy Harrison), Emmett (Peter Paige), Ted (Scott Lowell), Lindsay (Thea Gill), Melanie (Michelle Clunie), Ben (Robert Gant), and Debbie (Sharon Gless) proudly reside. We pick up where season two left off,…

Cast: Animation Studio: Fox Rating: 7/10 Corporate Line: Go back to the future with Bender and the Planet Express crew for a special delivery of Fox Home Entertainment’s “FUTURAMA” VOLUME THREE DVD COLLECTION. Matt Groening, the multiple-Emmy Award winning creator of “The Simpsons,” has hatched another outrageous look at the world: “Futurama.” But this isn’t…

Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn, Fred Williamson Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 8/10 Corporate Line: Set in the 1970s in a metropolis called “Bay City,” this is the tale of two police detective partners, Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson (Wilson), and Dave Starsky (Stiller), who always seem to get the toughest cases from their…

Cast: Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Joe Cortese, Tim Daly, Kerry Washington Studio: Paramount Rating: 7/10 Corporate Line: The daughter of a trainer, Jackie Kallen (Meg Ryan) grew up skipping rope in a downtown Detroit gym alongside her uncle, a fighter himself. Now, at 36, Jackie’s ready to carry on the family tradition. Trying to make…

Cast: Jason Behr, Shiri Appleby Studio: Fox Rating: 6.5/10 Corporate Line: Living among the citizens of the infamous New Mexico city of Roswell are four who are not there by choice. They are there to follow a destiny given to them by the members of their dying race, a race that they are someday destined…

Cast: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Beals Studio: Fox Rating: 6.5/10 Corporate Line: Set in New Orleans, this is the story of a mysterious man, Nick Easter (Cusack) who gets himself on the jury of a landmark case against a gun manufacturer in an attempt to influence the other jury members…

Cast: Ralphie May Studio: Melee Rating: 7.5/10 Corporate Line: Melee will be releasing a DVD and CD from a comedian Ralphie May on February 10th. By now you’ve probably heard of Ralphie or at least seen him. He was on the last season of NBC’s “The Last Comic Standing” and he came in second place.…