Archive for July, 2007
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The verdict: Claustrophobic, old-school horror that borrows from other, superior Stephen King adaptations (and there have been a few!). Cusack’s great performance can’t quite lift that above mediocrity.The rating: 5/10Horror movies generally have rules by which the principal characters should abide …
DVD Review: 300
Filed under: Action & Adventure, Warner Brothers, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home Entertainment, WarFirst, the good news: Zack Snyder’s 300 arrives today on DVD, where its amazing visual scheme meshes more seamlessly in the home digital realm than it did with that pesky analog film element getting…
Best DVD week ever?
Well, probably not, but given the sea of crap that usually flows onto DVD shelves that instance of year, it’s rare decent to have three movies that I thoroughly enjoyed hit all at once.First, of course, comes “300,” Zack Snyder’s take on Frank Miller’s graphic novel about the battle of Thermopylae. …
Joss Whedon … working … on movies?
There was tons of great news out of Comic Con, which I of course did not attend, but I tend to focus in on only the things I get singularly obsessed with. And Joss Whedon very often tops that list.Lately, of course, he’s been putting out those great (so far) Buffy Season 8 comic books, but now comes…
Cowabunga, dude! “The Simpsons Movie” doesn’t suck!
My two midnight screenings that summer couldn’t have been more different.For “Spider-Man 3,” there were three (or perhaps four) packed theaters, but the energy got sucked out of each by that tepid fare after no more than a half hour. For “The Simpsons Movie,” however, there were possibly 100 folks s…
Comic-Con: Sneak Peek at Upcoming DVDs, Including ‘Blade Runner’!
Filed under: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, DVD Reviews, Comic/Superhero/Geek, ComicConIf you’re a DVD junkie like me, next you’ll end up buying a new Special Platinum Holographic Limited Master Ultra Five Disc Edition of a DVD you already own, just to get some paltry extras, like int…
What’s hot at Comic-Con?
I, of course, wouldn’t know, since I’m stuck in a cubicle here on the East Coast rather than geeking it up in sunny San Diego. Here however, is what Variety says will rule the day at the mecca of movie-mania.1. Indiana Jones 4What else could possibly be No. 1.? I don’t care how much Geritol it takes…
