Recommended Somehow I missed the chance to review George Gently – Series 5 when that title came DVD Talk’s way, and was surprised to see Series 6 open with its two leading characters lying prostrate having been seriously wounded by gunfire in an encounter with some villain, apparently footage from Series 5’s climax. Otherwise, George Gently , or more accurately, Inspector George Gently (as it is …
Skip It While test piloting a new jet, Fred Norwood (John Ericson) sees something he can’t explain: a flying saucer, one which requires some tricky maneuvering to avoid. Unfortunately, when he touches down, his bosses are furious — the radio transmissions he was sending describing the incident didn’t go through, the radar was a storm of static, and his test pilot partner was busy investigating …
Rent It The Movie: Not having much of an idea of what Grace Unplugged was before I saw it, I was surprised to see that it was a film with noticeable Christian themes in it, and that these themes are addressed by people of some faith. Not having as much faith as the characters or the actors portraying them, it took me back just the tiniest of bits, but nevertheless I will attempt to discuss the …
Highly Recommended The Movie: When I was in high school, I had a history teacher who was a big movie buff. He helped organize an after-school cinema club, where a dedicated pocket of burgeoning film fans would watch mostly old movies
Rent It Kamisama Kiss Blu-ray Review Kamisama Kiss is the latest anime directed by Akitaro Daichi ( Fruits Basket , Now and Then, Here and There ). Theproduction of the anime started in 2012 and it was produced by TMSEntertainment as an adaptation of the manga series written by JuliettaSuzuki and released throughout North America by VIZ. The animeadaptation has been dubbed and released by …
Skip It Jack (John Cusack) has one task to complete on his newest assignment: deliver a bag.
Skip It Other than maybe the inspirational sports movie, few concepts have been as thoroughly covered by films and television than “the bag full of money.” Not just thrillers, either, but also a great deal of more staid dramas, plenty of comedies, and no doubt at least a handful of horror movies have covered this chestnut — a case could be made that The Box is the sci-fi variant. However, there …
Rent It The Movie: This DVD release from Image Entertainment collects the nine shorts that the director of Fright Night and Child’s Play created as an exclusive web series for FEARnet. Holland is no stranger to anthology horror, having worked on HBO’s Tales From The Crypt series back when it was still on the air and this new project sees him collaborate with a few faces bound to be familiar to …
Rent It The Movie: Chinese Zodiac (released in its homeland as CZ12 ), a 2012 feature directed by, co-written by and starring the great Jackie Chan, was a highly anticipated picture among the action star’s legions of fans because it was touted as a follow up of sorts to the two popular Armor Of God films. The movie begins with a fantastic sequence in which a man named Hawk (Chan) escapes from a …
Highly Recommended Patrick (Robert Thompson) is hopelessly smitten. He can’t ever seem to turn his eyes away from his latest crush, a pretty young nurse named Kathy (Susan Penhaligon)