Archive for December, 2007
Cinematical Seven: DVD Box Sets for the Film Buff on Your Christmas List
Filed under: Classics, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, New Line, United Artists, DVD Reviews, Fandom, Home Entertainment, Cinematical Seven, Comic/Superhero/Geek, 12 Days of Cinematicalmas’Tis the season to get away from your family, bundle up with a gallon of moonshine (preferably one with “XX…
Dewey Cox just about perfectly revives the art of the spoof
As a midnight movie, I was looking to “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” to be the perfect remedy to a 10-hour work day, a panacea with the foolish spirit of “Office Space” or “Super Troopers,” and to its credit it nearly reached that lofty standard.Like the movie it most directly spoofs, “Walk the Li…
Sam Raimi’s going to “Hell,” and I’m definitely following
Though I guess you really can’t signal Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 3″ the worst movie of that year, I can definitely say it was my most disappointing. After turning out for a midnight screening (which I’m gonna do again tonight for Dewey Cox, but more on that later), I was just thoroughly let down.The b…
Retro Review: A Christmas Carol (1951)
Filed under: DVD Reviews, Home Entertainment, 12 Days of Cinematicalmas, Retro Cinema
Many, many actors have played Ebenezer Scrooge. Not even counting all the various stage productions featuring the likes of Patrick Stewart, the movies and TV alone have brought us dozens, including George C. Scott,…
This just in : “The Hobbit” is on, and it’s twice as nice!
Well, it turns out that at least a billion dollars is suitable to produce even the most juvenile of adults manufacture nice. It should come as a surprise to no one, I guess, but it’s sensational news nonetheless that Peter Jackson and Bob Shaye have kissed and made up, and thanks to that we’re gonna…
New DVD Picks of the Week: ‘Balls of Fury’ & ‘Blade Runner’
Filed under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentBalls of FuryDoes anything more need to be said other than that Balls of Fury is a ping pong action movie co-starring Christopher Walken? Frankly, that’s ample for me. But whether you happen to be a Bruce Lee fan, the fact that it…
DVD Review: Halloween
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Filed under: Horror, DVD Reviews, Home Entertainment, Remakes and Sequels
To give you an concept of what kind of horror I like, I’m into the stuff that scares you, not shocks you. Which is why I’m a huge fan of the original Halloween, directed by John Carpenter, considering the film cares more about…
