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The Eye DVD Review
The success of The Grudge and The Ring opened up Pandora’s Box, allowing every director to think they have the chops to tackle J-Horror. Which explains why David Moreau and Xavier Palud took it upon themselves to remake the Pang Brothers’ 2002 international horror film, Gin Gwai (a.k.a. Jian Gui), or The Eye.
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The Life Before Her Eyes DVD Review
I didn’t think director Vadim Perelman could top his writing/producing/directing effort, House of Sand and Fog, but he did. The result, The Life Before Her Eyes, is about Hillcrest High School student Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) and best friend Maureen (Eva Amurri). Although the girls are opposites–Diana is a free spirit and Maureen is more [...]
Prom Night DVD Review
As a fan of horror films, I’m usually pretty lenient and give flicks the benefit of the doubt. But even the benefit of the doubt can’t salvage Prom Night.
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Ghost Town DVD Review
Ghost Town is a charming little film starring Ricky Gervais (“Extras”, “The Office”), who plays Bertram Pincus, D.D.S., a dentist who is going through life having as little contact with people as possible. He doesn’t like chit-chat, he won’t hold the elevator for his neighbors, he shuns his co-workers, and he steals cabs from stressed [...]
Kabluey DVD Review
Kabluey is one of those smart, funny, poignant little films that not many people ever see, and that’s a shame. Sure, it’s not about glamorous “teen pregnancy” (a la Juno), but it’s just as funny, well acted and directed.
Street Kings DVD Review
Director David Ayer (who wrote Training Day, Dark Blue, S.W.A.T.) and writers James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential, Dark Blue) and Kurt Wimmer (The Recruit) bring together a star-studded ensemble cast that drive a tense who-dun-it thriller. Keanu Reeves (Constantine, The Matrix) stars as detective Tom Ludlow, who has just solved a notorious kidnapping case involving California’s [...]
Sex And The City: The Movie DVD Review
Picking up four years after the end of the cable series conclusion, Sex And The City: The Movie focuses on the heart of the show—the relationships between the girls, as well as the relationships between the girls and their guys.
Tropic Thunder DVD Review
Any time major movie stars can poke fun at themselves, I’m all for it. And Tropic Thunder is all about poking fun—at actors, producers, directors, extras, agents and pretty much everyone else in Hollywood.
Shutter DVD Review
You know that saying “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Well, in the case of American remakes of Asian horror films (or J-Horror), I’d have to say enough is enough. The Ring was good. The Grudge was o.k. But Shutter brings things to an all-time low.
Iron Man DVD Review
Director Jon Favreau’s Iron Man, which is based on the original 1963 Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee et al, is a smart, funny adventure about a man, Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.), whose alter ego is none other than Iron Man. Downey, Jr. is brilliant in just about everything he’s in, from the [...]