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Coroner’s Report: Release Date Update

Coroner’s Report: Release Date Update

The Coroner takes a time out from dissecting terrible movies and copulating with the good ones (Ed. Note: Gross) to plan out his, and your, viewing schedule for the next few months.

By Robert Fure on March 19, 2009 | Comments

DVD Review: Sicko

DVD Review: Sicko

Michael Moore has a knack for devising compelling theses on the state of American society and its maladies, but unfortunately he all too often undermines them with his style of argument.

By H. Stewart on February 27, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: Offside

DVD Review: Offside

Though set at a stadium and all about soccer, Offside offers only fleeting glimpses of the game; the big match takes place off-screen, watched by the soldiers obliged to guard the women through metal bars.

By H. Stewart on February 27, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: Damages: The Complete First Season

DVD Review: Damages: The Complete First Season

Damages can best be described as The Devil Wears Prada meets Basic Instinct, and not in a good way.

By Maggie Van Ostrand on February 26, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: Missionary Man

DVD Review: Missionary Man

Dolph Lundgren is still alive and kicking.

By Kevin Carr on February 25, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: American Gangster

DVD Review: American Gangster

To me, American Gangster seemed like it could be this year’s Departed, but without the swagger and panache.

By Josh Radde on February 21, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: Golden Door

DVD Review: Golden Door

This film about an Italian family immigrating to America comes to us from a joint French and Italian effort, so obviously things are bound to get interesting. And weird.

By Robert Fure on February 21, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: The Hunting Party

DVD Review: The Hunting Party

Richard Gere and Terrence Howard go in search of a Bosnian warlord.

By Danny Gallagher on February 18, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

DVD Review: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

This film is a dreadful bore and a gigantic, glaring disappointment.

By Robert Fure on February 16, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: The Lookout

DVD Review: The Lookout

Even though this is a heist movie it’s a more effective character study.

By Josh Radde on February 14, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: Margot at the Wedding

DVD Review: Margot at the Wedding

Margot at the Wedding is not a bad movie, it’s an ill-advised one.

By Josh Radde on February 13, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: The Game Plan

DVD Review: The Game Plan

The Rock goes head-to-head with fatherhood.

By Kevin Carr on February 6, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Volume 2: The War Years

DVD Review: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Volume 2: The War Years

Adult fans like me will want something closer to old school Indiana Jones action.

By Kevin Gustafson on February 1, 2008 | Comments

DVD Review: Saturday Night Live – The Complete Second Season

DVD Review: Saturday Night Live – The Complete Second Season

Season 2 on DVD lives up to the release of season one in 2006.

By Cameron Archer on January 28, 2008 | Comments

DVD: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

DVD: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Its not a film about King Kong, but instead is a humorous documentary on another famous Kong, the 80s arcade game relic—Donkey Kong—and those who have spent their lives trying to master it.

By Tara Settembre on January 17, 2008 | Comments

DVD: Family Guy: Blue Harvest

DVD: Family Guy: Blue Harvest

After years of doing Star Wars references on the hit animated FOX show Family Guy, the production team finally threw caution to the wind and did their own episode devoted exclusively to Star Wars.

By Kevin Carr on January 15, 2008 | Comments

DVD: Bring It On: In It to Win It

DVD: Bring It On: In It to Win It

Seriously? You cannot actually believe there is a market for this stuff, can you?

By Chris Beaumont on January 14, 2008 | Comments

Return to House on Haunted Hill

Return to House on Haunted Hill

A Shakespearean re-write and a cast of Academy Award winners couldn’t save this pile – well ok, maybe that.

By Robert Fure on January 14, 2008 | Comments

The Brothers Solomon

The Brothers Solomon

It’s hard not to not like the Brothers Solomon, the actual characters, not the movie… not.

By Danny Gallagher on January 14, 2008 | Comments

DragonLance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight

DragonLance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight

DragonLance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight is the first film adaptation from the popular role-playing game Dragonlance, which is derived from the pop-culture gem Dungeons and Dragons.

By Josh Radde on January 13, 2008 | Comments