Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. After low-budget thriller Paranormal Activity earned over $100 million on a $15,000 budget, distributor Paramount churned out sequels annually for the next three years. Paranormal Activity 4 was a critical dud and earned far less than its predecessors, so the powers that be gave the franchise a year off before …
DVD Talk Collector Series The Movie: There are not as many directors as polarizing popularly yet as talented as Lars von Trier. While it feels like at times his films have perhaps catered a little too hard to the gimmick (looking specifically at Dogville and Manderlay ), when he is on’ there are few unlike him. In the mainstream announcement of his presence, we have perhaps the best example of …
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 …
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
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Perhaps you’ve heard of “middle-film syndrome.” That’s my own terminology, but you’ve seen the signs in films infected with this ailment: superfluous plotting, lack of narrative drive, and general pointlessness
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 …
Recommended The Hunchback of Notre Dame Blu-ray Review Click onan image to view the Blu-ray screenshotwith 1080p resolution The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of the most famous storiesever told. The basis of this film version (and the many otheradaptations that have happened throughout decades) is the novel byaut…
Recommended The Movie: For all of the commercials that shill fizzy golden water most Sundays in the fall for football, the overall message, it would appear that the only film that has effectively explored a grown man’s fandom for a sports team has been Fever Pitch . Based on the work of a writer whose name is familiar to many, it went from a book to a movie to an American remake that explored …
Skip It Jack (John Cusack) has one task to complete on his newest assignment: deliver a bag.