DVD Talk Collector Series THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are promotional and are not taken from the Blu-ray under review. In the midst of Turkish writer/director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ( Climates , Three Monkeys ) epically restrained crime drama/road trip of the soul, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia , its ostensibly central murder-investigation plot takes one more in a series of strange …
Recommended The Movie: Project X is the story of a couple of high school losers composed of Thomas (Thomas Mann), Costa (Oliver Cooper), JB (Jonathan Brown), and Dax (Dax Flame). Ha, I just noticed that everyone used their real names, with exception to Costa.
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less The eye is the window to the story Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: The Criterion Collection, good monologues Likes: Spalding Gray, Steven Soderbergh Dislikes: Hates: Anything bad involving eyes The Movie Thanks to a bootleg VHS tape of Gray’s Anatomy I first discovered Spalding Gray in college, while a performance of his It’s a Slippery Slope at Lincoln Center …
Rent It The premise of Bad Ass — a riff on the “Epic Beard Man” viral video with Danny Trejo as the ass-whupper — suggests a certain kind of movie: a goofy, modern Death Wish with over-the-top action. Unfortunately, the budget and a mixed bag of ideas and influences pull the film in so many opposing directions that it ends up going nowhere at all, stalling between a less-outrageous Machete and …
DVD Talk Collector Series Reviewed by Glenn Erickson These days anyone wanting to learn about the Beatles or to see endless fascinating film and videotape from their career(s) need only consult the many documentaries available, or just cruise the web. But back in the 1960s we teenaged Beatle fans had access to their records and little more
Rent It In a not-so-distant future, rival gangs square off in underground “Beat Beat Revelation” tournaments. JTRO (Jason Trost) and BTRO (Brandon Barrera) are two brothers who routinely wipe the floor with their competition, but their dream team is halved when BTRO has a panic-induced meltdown and dies during a battle with the vile L Dubba E (Lee Valmassey).
Rent It The Movie: The third and final film in Sam Raimi’s trilogy, 2007’s Spider-Man 3 picks up where the second film left off and catches up with Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) as he’s started to build his life back together after things got pretty dismal for him. He’s started to rebuild his relationship with Mary Jane (Kirstin Dunst), the love of his life, and he’s more comfortable in his role …
Recommended “Let’s kick some ass.” That’s preeeeeeeetty much the plot summary for Red Scorpion right there too. Red Scorpion , filmed after that one-two punch of Rocky IV and Masters of the Universe , stars Dolph Lundgren as Soviet Spetsnaz soldier Read the entire review
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less A love letter to the cinema Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Good old movies, John Goodman Likes: Jean Dujardin, B r nice Bejo Dislikes: Silent films Hates: Hollywood self-celebration The Movie Flipping over the slipcover on this release reveals a pile of plaudits, from several “best movie of the year” declarations to 28 major award wins, including five Academy …
Highly Recommended The Movie: British director Stuart Baird takes the helm of 1998’s U.S. Marshals , the sort of sequel to The Fugitive