Reviews
DVD Reviews: TopGear Seasons 11 and 12
TopGear (Seasons 11 and 12)
Warner Brothers Entertainment
If you’re big into luxury vehicles, then you have undoubtedly heard of the popular BBC series TopGear. Jeremy Clarkson and his co-hosts, Richard Hammond and James May, present the pros and cons of luxury vehicles as well as some “average” cars. These hour-long episodes include plenty of playful bantering [...]
DVD Review: Chuck Season 2
Chuck (Season 2)
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Starring: Zachary Levi (Chuck), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah), Joshua Gomez (Morgan), Adam Baldwin (John Casey)
Everyone’s favorite nerd-turned-spy is available again on DVD with the deluxe six-disc season two box set. The season two set contains 22 episodes filled with action, hot scantily-clad women, and enough nerd culture references to make an eleven [...]
DVD Review: Facing Ali
Facing Ali
Lionsgate
Runtime: 100 minutes
Rating: R for some language
Genre: Documentary
Directed by: Pete McCormack
Format: Widescreen
Subtitles: English and Spanish
DVD Audio: 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital
The first thing you should know about Facing Ali before viewing it is that it is a documentary style film. Knowing little about the most famous boxer [...]
DVD Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Warner Bros Pictures
Runtime: 153 minutes
Release Date: December 8th, 2009
U.S. Rating: PG for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ronald Weasley), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Jim Broadbent (Professor Horace Slughorn), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Michael Gambon (Dumbledore), Alan Rickman (Snape), Bonnie Wright (Ginny [...]
DVD Review: Trick ‘r Treat
Trick ‘r Treat
Warner Premiere
Runtime: 82 minutes
U.S Rating: R for Horror Violence, Some sexuality / nudity and language
Starring: Dylan Baker, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Rochelle Aytes, Leslie Bibb
Written / Directed by: Michael Dougherty
Produced by: Bryan Singer
If you’re a fan of Halloween and scary movies, this is one horror film you’re probably going to want to add [...]
DVD Review: The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Paramount Home Entertainment
Runtime: 89 minutes
Release date: December 15, 2009
U.S Rating: R for sexual content, nudity, pervasive language and some drug material.
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Ed Helms, David Koechner, Ving Rhames, Kathryn Hahn, James Brolin
Directed by Neal Brennan
Written by Andy Stock and Rick Stempson
Before viewing The Goods, I was expecting a decent comedy. [...]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Season 2 (Blu-ray review)
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 1012 mins | Not rated
The second season of ‘The Sarah Conner Chronicles’ explodes onto blu-ray and closes out the series in the best way possible.
If it’s an enjoyable science fiction show on the FOX network it will most likely get canceled. I think this is why the cancellation of ‘Terminator: [...]
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past… Whoops, I mean A Christmas Carol (Blu-ray Review)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Warner Brothers Entertainment and New Line Cinema
Street date: September 22, 2009 on DVD, Blue Ray, On Demand and Digital Download
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Michael Douglas
Directed by Mark Waters
Written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
“Chick flicks” are generally a good move for a first date: a safe comedic [...]
‘Observe And Report’ or “Menace to society” (Blu-ray Review)
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 86 mins | Rated R
If you only see one mall cop movie this year, make sure it’s this one.
After viewing ‘Observe And Report’ the first time I wasn’t necessarily sure that I enjoyed the film. I laughed and had a fun time with it, but I wasn’t sure about the [...]
‘Whiteout’ or “ I blacked out from boredom.” (Review)
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Alex O’Loughlin, Columbus Short, Shawn Doyle and Tom Skerritt
Directed by Dominic Sena
Screenplay by Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber
The summer movie season has come to a close. It’s now time to burn off the films that weren’t strong enough for spring or summer, which means it’s September once again. Unfortunately I [...]
‘District 9’ or “Bug people have feelings too” (Review)
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Written by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
Starring – Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Jason Cope, Sylvaine Strike and Christopher Johnson
The new film ‘District 9’ from filmmaker Neill Blomkamp is one of the most anticipated films of the year, and a film that’s true story has been hidden by a smokescreen of intense viral [...]
‘GI.Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ or “I assure you, it’s as bad as it looks” (Review)
Directed by Stephen Sommers
Written by Stuart Beattie & David Elliot
Starring: Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Byung-hun Lee, Karolina Kurkova, Saïd Taghmaoui, Arnold Vosloo and Dennis Quaid
The simple truth of the matter is that I should have known better than to watch this film. I [...]
‘Pushing Daisies’ Season 2 DVD Review or “Canceled far too soon”
The Pie-maker makes his last stand on DVD (and blu-ray)
By all accounts, ‘Pushing Daisies’, the whimsical series about mystery solving pie-maker making the dead come back to life, is not a series that should have even made it past the pilot eisode, let alone to season 2. Shows this good just don’t last that long [...]
‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ or “People, it’s based off an 80’s toy line and directed by Michael Bay – don’t go in expecting high concept art.” (Review)
Directed by Michael Bay
Written by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci
Starring – Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Ramon Rodriguez, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Isabel Lucas and John Turturro
Fact: If you enjoyed the first ‘Transformers’ film and found it to be a fun summer action film then you will most likely enjoy the sequel [...]
‘Away We Go’ or “NBC comedy stars get existential.” (Review)
Directed by Sam Mendes
Written by Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
Starring – John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Catherine O’Hara, Jeff Daniels, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan, Paul Schneider and Maggie Gyllenhaal
‘Away We Go’. This is a film I’ve been eagerly awaiting to see ever since I watched the trailer for it. The trailer had that indie film spark [...]
