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Vacancy 2: The First Cut DVD Review
Having seen Vacancy, I think the title of Vacancy 2: The First Cut is confusing. Perhaps Vacancy: The Beginning, or even The First Cut: Vacancy 2 would have been better, as this film is actually the set up to Vacancy, and explains how a hotel in the middle of nowhere became a snuff film set. [...]
Wanted DVD Review
Wanted, based on the comic book by Mark Millar and JG Jones, is about Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) a low-on-the-totem-pole worker in a thankless job with a jerk for a boss and a best friend who just so happens to be sleeping with his (Wesley’s) girlfriend on the side. But Wesley puts up with it—all [...]
Forgetting Sarah Marshall DVD Review
They say that laughter soothes the savage beast, but in the case of a broken heart, is laughter a mender? Writer/actor Jason Segel (“How I Met Your Mother”, “Undeclared”, “Freaks and Geeks”) e4xplores this idea in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, both writing the hilarious script and taking the starring role as nice guy Peter Bretter, who [...]
Vantage Point DVD Review
Ever hear the saying that if X number of people witness a crime, you’ll get X number of differing accounts of what happened/descriptions of the suspect? Well, Vantage Point is a little bit like that. My Rating:
Hamlet 2 DVD Review
Hamlet 2 just might be the funniest musical I’ve seen in quite a while. Think equal parts For Your Consideration, Saved!, and yes, even a dash or two of the glorified High School Musical franchise. But like those films (well, all except High School Musical), Hamlet 2’s humor is not for everyone, especially as the [...]
Michael Clayton DVD Review
While some people may prefer George Clooney’s comedic performances (think the Ocean’s franchise, or even “ER” moments), I, myself, prefer a serious Clooney (as in Good Night, And Good Luck). And that’s exactly what I got with Michael Clayton. My Rating:
Hancock DVD Review
Nothing irks me more than when a major film studio marketing department pigeonhole a a film and market it a certain way, and then when I see the film in question for myself, I have to wonder if I was even watching the same film that was marketed so superficially. My Rating:
American Teen DVD Review
I’m a fan of John Hughes, who brought teen angst to the silver screen in the 80s with such hits as 16 Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful. Writer director Nanette Burstein (The Kid Stays In The Picture) seems to have much the same gift Hughes has, but with [...]
Death At A Funeral DVD Review
Although I’m not a fan of general slapstick comedies, I do appreciate a well told and well acted farce. I happened to watch Death At A Funeral by myself one evening, and I laughed so hard I’m glad I didn’t see it in the theater, for fear the people around me would have been disturbed [...]
Mamma Mia DVD Review
Mamma Mia! is a fun, addictive tropical romp set to ABBA music. The plot is both complicated and simple—a girl who has lived on a Greek island her whole life is about to marry, and she discovers that one of three possible men is her father. My Rating: