Category: DVD Reviews

  • The Butterfly Effect

    Cast: Ashton Kutcher , Amy Smart , Eldon Henson , Eric Stoltz , Ethan Suplee Studio: new line cinema Rating: 3/10 Corporate Line: A young man (Kutcher) struggling with the psychological effects of sublimated childhood memories devises a technique of traveling back in time to inhabit his childhood body, but he finds that every trip […]

  • Alice In Wonderland

    Cast: Animation Studio: Disney Rating: 7.5/10 Corporate Line: Robert Rodriguez returns with the mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), in the final installment of the Mariachi/Desperado trilogy. The saga continues as El Mariachi makes his way across a rugged landscape on the blood trail of Barrillo (Willem Dafoe), a cartel kingpin with one last […]

  • Along Came Polly

    Cast: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hank Azaria Studio: Universal Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: Ben Stiller plays risk-averse Reuben Feffer, whose best-laid plans for life and love careen wildly off track when his bride dumps him on their honeymoon for a muscle-bound scuba instructor. Stunned, humiliated and in the grip of […]

  • Thirteen DVD

    Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed Studio: Fox Rating: 4/10 Corporate Line: This is the story of a 13-year-old girl, Tracy (Wood), and her experience of growing up in Los Angeles in an environment where pressures surround her, encouraging her to grow up too fast, leading her down a road of drugs, sex, […]

  • Barbarians: The History Channel

    Cast: Documentary Studio: History Channel Rating: 8/10 Corporate Line: BARBARIANS is produced and directed for The History Channel by three-time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Robert Gardner. Executive Producer for The History Channel is Carl Lindahl. Narrator is Clancy Brown. VIKINGS/GOTHS premieres January 19 at 9 pm ET/PT. VIKINGS: For some 300 years, from the […]

  • Family Business: Season One

    Cast: Adam Glasser Studio: Showtime Rating: 7/10 Corporate Line: Family Business is a reality-style series about Adam Glasser and his alter-ego “Seymour Butts”, his meddling but well-meaning mom, Lila, and his cantankerous cousin Stevie, all working in, yes, the family business . . . which just happens to be adult entertainment! The series follows Adam […]

  • Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring DVD

    Cast: Elijah Wood Studio: New Line Rating: 10/10 Corporate Line: The Fellowship’s journey is coming to an end. Sauron’s forces have attacked Gondor’s capital of Minas Tirith in his final siege against mankind. Watched over by a fading steward, the once great kingdom has never been in more desperate need of its king. But will […]

  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Complete Sixth Season DVD

    Cast: Sarah michelle gellar Studio: Fox Rating: 8.5/10 The Film Studio Says: A little older and a little wiser, sophomores Buffy, Willow and Oz are back for another year at UC Sunnydale. As if battling Dracula, grotesque space creatures and monster trolls are not enough, Buffy must deal with love and loss in the “Buffy […]

  • The Last Samurai DVD

    Cast: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 9/10 Corporate Line: Set in the late 1870s, this epic film depicts the beginnings of the modernization of Japan, as the island nation evolved past a feudal society, as symbolized by the eradication of the samurai way of life. We see all this happen from the […]

  • Pirates of the Caribbean

    Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush Studio: Disney Rating: 7.5/10 Corporate Line: Set in the Caribbean Sea in the 17th century, this is the story of a gentleman rogue of a pirate, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), blacksmith, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) who teams up with the daughter (Keira Knightley) of a governor (Pryce) to […]