DVD Talk Collector Series Reviewed by Glenn Erickson How does one write a critical review of a movie that plays as nothing less than perfect? It was a shock when, after receiving ten Academy Award nominations, David O.
Highly Recommended The Movie: Takashi Kitano’s Beyond Outrage (a follow up to his 2010 Yakuza picture Outrage ) picks up where the first movie left off, albeit a few years later. Kato (Tomokazu Miura), with some help from his right hand man Ishihara (Ryo Kase), has moved to the top of the ladder within the Sanno-kai yakuza clan and has proven a strong leader.
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Disney continues their non-Pixar hot streak Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Animated movies, Bobby Lopez Likes: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell Dislikes: Chick flicks, simplistic comedy Hates: Weak bonus content The Movie I may have a slight bias against Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Recommended The Movie: Jean-Claude Van Damme should play the villain more often.
Rent It The Movie: The throwback action flick Homefront is at its finest when Jason Statham is pummeling bad guys with his fists. Unfortunately, that only amounts to about 7 minutes out of the movie’s total 100.
Highly Recommended The Movie: After a seven year break from filmmaking following the 1981 release of Polyester , Baltimore’s John Waters returned to directing films and made what would be his first shot at ‘the mainstream.’ This picture, 1988’s Hairspray , would also be the last film he’d make for New Line for a decade. The film would also be a historic moment in his career as it would make the …
Recommended The Film: It’s common for those who aren’t politicians to want to live in the shoes of decision makers for a brief period, just so they might be able to put their perspective and values in motion to fix some of the problems created by questionable, self-focused bureaucracy.
Rent It The Movie: Friends of mine had occasionally praised the merits of Boiler Room long before The Wolf of Wall Street had become a cinematic reality. While the films share similar backdrops, their story appears to be told at two different levels, one as the ground level of a broker, the other an owner, but both in stock brokerage firms
Rent It Dr. Samuel Fry (Michael Maloney) has reached an impasse in his treatment of Veronica Bloom (Emmanuelle Vaugier). She’s a former psychotic whose failure to progress without the heavy use of drugs prompts Dr
Rent It Okay, Dead Kids is a head-on collision of an early ’80s slasher with a retro mad scientist flick. You’ve got high schoolers signing up to become emotionless, murderous automotons in exchange for a crisp [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] $100 check, pl… Read the entire review