DVD Reviews

If you’re one of those people who need a fix before the new movie comes out next year, this will do, but realize it’s much more like the traditional animated series for kids

So much has been said over the years as to what it would take to revoke your man card. It could be anything from not watching the Super Bowl to not liking the latest Michael Bay action flick. But one of the few definitive male tests is the affinity for The Three Stooges.

Some of the issues tackled (or smashed, rather) in these two seasons include a drugged-out rock star contemplating suicide (with Mackenzie Phillips playing right to type) and – believe it or not – midget wrestling.

The Onion Movie gives me hope that filmmakers might keep their senses of comedy instead of lowering themselves to humorless references to pop culture figures.

Hide the women and children because these movies will make you stupider just by watching them.

“Just Add Water” follows Ray Tuckby (Dylan Walsh of Nip/Tuck) as his life falls apart and he’s reborn from the ashes in this off-beat indie comedy.

If you’re not already a fan of Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt’s The Animation Show, you should be. Every installment delivers the beautiful, insightful, and strange world of some of the most talented animators in the world. Volume 3 is no exception, and it all kicks off with a special, brandy-sipping in front of a fire message from our old friends Beavis and Butthead.

Part of what makes this movie work, as we saw in the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie, is that the entire cast and crew is back.

In some ways, Square Pegs reminds me of That 70s Show. The only difference is that That 70s Show was made as an homage to an era while Square Pegs simply existed in its own time.

Classic running sketches like Pigs in Space, Muppet Labs (featuring Beaker, one of my favorite Muppets) and my all time favorite, the Swedish Chef, are just as funny – if not funnier – than when they first aired.

It’s been 40 years since George A. Romero introduced the world to his special brand of flesh-eating zombies, and the landscape of American cinema hasn’t been the same since.

I still wouldn’t recommend the film, but the DVD has some interesting elements to it.

Arriving on DVD on June 3rd, American Crude follows a mish-mash of storylines that sort of come together at the end, with the starting point of Johnny (Ron Livingston) throwing a bachelor party for his best friend Bill (Rob Schneider), who also happens to be marrying his ex-girlfriend and ideal woman.

Indiana Jones isn’t just back in the theaters, but he’s returned to the DVD shelves as well. Is Paramount’s new Indiana Jones: The Adventure Collection worth picking up, or is it a shameless double dip? Find out inside.

Next in line for our coverage of the After Dark Horrorfest is the monster flick Unearthed. I’ll be honest, this is one of my favorite After Dark films because it was a lot of fun for me, despite its cheese factor.

The first thing I noticed from watching the second series of this underrated NBC drama without having watched the first is that just about every major female character has great big knockers.

Lionsgate and Nicktoons have launched a new Speed Racer animated series. A DVD of the pilot episodes, dubbed “The Beginning,” is available on DVD on Tuesday, May 6.

I have not been kind to Uwe Boll in the past. But to be fair, he has not been kind to us. He has had plenty of opportunity to make decent films. Yet, he continues to feed us bad cinema, and his latest effort is In the Name of the King.

If you’re a fan of the first film and don’t mind a little retreading on the premise, this might make a good date film. Don’t expect perfect theatrical quality, but it’s better constructed than most video-based releases I’ve seen lately.

Phuket, Thailand! The pop-culture phenomenon comes in a two-disc special edition that aches your belly with laughter and warms your heart.

As much as I dearly love That 70s Show, I will be the first to admit that it really did jump the shark in the eighth (and final) season. I’ll give the show credit, though. It made due and still managed to give us a pretty funny season, all things considered.

In my original review of There Will Be Blood, I mentioned how odd it was that a film which shuns being entertaining is so engrossing. On DVD, we see that it is much of the same.

For anyone wondering if a good DVD release can save an otherwise mediocre movie, Bee Movie is your answer. The film itself fell somewhere in the middle (and quite possibly the bottom) of my list last year, but the DVD has brought it up a notch or two.

Despite the various technological limitations that might have negatively impacted my first run with Clover, the friendly monster that absolutely impales Manhattan, I cannot say that this DVD is anything less than a must-have.

The Day of the Dead remake ain’t actually all that bad. Sure, it’s an extremely pale, veiny, shambling, open-wound version of the original, but it’s not bad eye candy if you’re movies that are heaving on gore and and low on plot points.

The Invisible Man turns into a buddy cop series that has the sci-fi spin of a guy who can turn invisible…. But still, it’s better than Hollow Man.

Today we have another entry into the overflowing category of “unnecessary remake type things.” Now, I can call this 2008 edition of Day of the Dead directed by Steve Miner a “remake,” completely, as a good number of things have been changed. Basically, it’s an origin story of sorts for a zombie outbreak, using the same location and characters as the original Romero version.

In a futuristic dystopia, Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul) and his fellow immortals go in search of The Source, a mythic entity they’re being guided to by Duncan’s wife Anna (Thekla Reuten). Standing in their way is The Guardian (Christian Solimeno), a former immortal who is doomed to ensure others never reach The Source.

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Gary is upside down. After a handle of booze and a sizable crack rock, Gary (Ryan Reynolds) lands his car upside down the old fashioned way and ends up under house arrest with a cheery publicist named Margaret (Melissa McCarthy). He’s hoping a romance with his mysterious neighbor Sarah (Hope Davis) will cure […]

A few years back we got a film about a musician who over came great odds and family tragedy to become world renowned, well respected, a legend in his own lifetime. His life was not an easy one, it was fraught with drug abuse, infidelity, and just overall troubles, all despite his considerable music talent that connected with a legion of fans, and whose influence is felt to this day.