Someone needs to inform this new generation of filmmakers working with higher quality film and those using digital cameras that their blood is looking like strawberry syrup. Nothing takes the…
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Scott Malchus
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This here is my third attempt at writing a review of Alan CummingÁ¢€â„¢s new film, Ghost Writer, which recently appeared on DVD shelves and Internet movie stores. ItÁ¢€â„¢s my third…
Lance Berry
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Appaloosa (2008, New Line) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Even with a DVD release, New Line Cinema pays as little respect to Ed Harris’ brilliant sophomore directorial piece Appaloosa as they…
Ken Shane
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Rolling Stone writer David Wild makes a very good point in the feature-length documentary Going Home that is central to the That Lucky Old Sun DVD (January 27, Capitol/EMI). To…
Bob Cashill
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I met my wife in Hong Kong. But my first love there was Jackie Chan. I wasnÁ¢€â„¢t alone in my affection: His movies, released on major holidays, were fun-for-the-family events,…
Scott Malchus
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Anyone who reads my Three Strikes Rule column is aware of how much I love the BBCÁ¢€â„¢s much-hyped drama Skins.Á‚ Funny, heartbreaking and painfully accurate, Skins is as much a…
Scott Malchus
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Ping Pong Playa is the bomb, yo. With a quirky, offbeat story that sends up sports movies but wears its charm and heart openly on its sleeve, this is the…
Bob Cashill
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As I try to figure out my top DVDs for 2008, a must for my 2009 list has already arrived. Hot on the heels of its excellent Á¢€Å“CollectorÁ¢€â„¢s ChoiceÁ¢€ edition…
Scott Malchus
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You know youÁ¢€â„¢re in for a long haul when you check the time counter on your DVD player, it tells you that only 29 minutes have elapsed and you exclaim,…
Lance Berry
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Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008, Sony) purchase this DVD (Amazon) I have to say, I am pretty much the biggest fan of the Resident Evil games. From the moment I played…
Lance Berry
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The Duchess (2008, Paramount) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Period pieces have to fight an uphill battle, from the moment a studio decides to press forward and make them. They’re a…
Lance Berry
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Transformers Animated: Season 2 (Hasbro, 2009) purchase this DVD (Amazon) I’ve never really been a big Transformers fan, even back in my childhood. I’ve never understood the cultural fascination with…
Scott Malchus
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I could use this space to write a snarky column about the latest Á¢€Å“BeethovenÁ¢€ film, BeethovenÁ¢€â„¢s Big Break, which just came out on DVD, but whatÁ¢€â„¢s the point? If youÁ¢€â„¢re…
Robert Cass
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The tagline for Matthew McConaughey’s latest film is “Love and waves, that’s what we need in these dark days.” A movie star who isn’t afraid to tackle the worst financial crisis…
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Scott Malchus
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Barbara Daly Baekland was an actress who married Brooks Baekland, heir to a Bakelite plastics company, and together they spent their lives living glamorously while doing not much of anything…
Jeff Giles
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The Women (2008, Warner Bros./Picturehouse) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Critics and film fans often tsk and tut when a studio fast-tracks a picture in an effort to shove something out…
Scott Malchus
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Did everyone have a late-night horror show in their local TV market? Cleveland had The Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show (later The Big Chuck and Lil’ John Show), which aired…
Jeff Giles
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Towelhead (2008, Warner Independent) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Screenwriter Alan Ball rose to prominence with 1999’s American Beauty, a quietly disturbing look at a theme that has become something of…
Scott Malchus
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Having missed the two previous Mummy films, I wasnÁ¢€â„¢t too concerned about watching the third in the series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. This film contains an entirely…
Bob Cashill
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Á¢€Å“You have no will, no mind of your own,Á¢€ intones the dastardly villain in The Brides of Fu Manchu, one-half of a horripilating double feature available today. Fu, I hear…
Jeff Giles
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Mamma Mia! The Movie (Two-Disc Special Edition (2008, Universal) purchase this DVD (Amazon) I freely admit I’m not the target audience for this movie. Being without a vagina, an attraction…
Scott Malchus
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The Longshots (2008, Dimension Films) (Purchase at Amazon) LetÁ¢€â„¢s face it, I knew going into watching The Longshots that I wasnÁ¢€â„¢t the intended audience. I could have watched it alone…
Scott Malchus
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Somewhere in the translation from script to screen, a really smart idea got lost when Anamorph was made. ThatÁ¢€â„¢s not to say that the movie is entirely bad (and it…
Ken Shane
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The parallels between 1976 and 2008 are undeniable. Back then, the economy was in shambles, suffering through a wicked bout of inflation. Late in the year, hope arrived in the…
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Scott Malchus
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Just in time for the holidays, the complete Speed Racer series has been re-released in a groovy collector’s set. If you’re a fan of the popular anime cartoon that came…
Jason Hare
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The press materials for The Who at Kilburn 1977 describe this DVD as “a holy grail for fans after decades of anticipation,” and that’s no piece of bull dreamed up…
Scott Malchus
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Garden Party (Lionsgate, 2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Garden Party, just released on DVD after a brief theatrical run, is one of those indie films that kind of meanders through…
Scott Malchus
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Beautiful Ohio (IFC, 2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon Chad Lowe has long suffered being the second banana to his brother and his ex-wife. Even though he won an Emmy for…
Jeff Giles
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Encounters at the End of the World (2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon) I had a very odd application. I had to explain that I was into things like: Is there…
Scott Malchus
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IÁ¢€â„¢m hooked on Torchwood, the BBCÁ¢€â„¢s latest sci-fi drama (a spinoff from their cult hit, Dr. Who). The entire second season has just been released on a five-disc DVD box…