Category: Movie DVDs (Page 95 of 100)

DVD shuffle: 01/17/06

January 17, 2006 / Jason Zingale

Out on DVD this week:

1) Lord of War – RENT: An entertaining-at-times satire on the how-to of gunrunning, this film is certainly worth checking out. I haven’t had a chance to preview the two-disc special edition release of the movie, but by the looks of it, this is one special edition to stay away from.

2) Two for the Money – RENT: Another entertaining movie that just isn’t good enough to recommend for a purchase. Both Pacino and McConaughey are great, but there’s hardly any bonus features worth watching more than once.

3) The Man – PASS: The sheer fact that this film was #2 on my Worst Films of 2005 is more than enough reason to stay away from this piece of garbage.

4) Underclassman – PASS: Almost as bad as “The Man,” this teen comedy was one giant cliche. Oh, and Nick Cannon isn’t funny. He never was, and he never will be.

Also out on DVD this week is the teen horror flick “Venom” and the corporate documentary “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” as well as season releases of “Doogie Howser, M.D.” and “Lois & Clark.”

Movie DVDs, Movies, Reviews

Stop the reissuing of “Planet of the Apes”; I wanna get off!

January 14, 2006 / Will Harris

Actually, in this case, I’m half-tempted to sell the set I already own and buy this bad boy, which includes FOURTEEN DVDs. You’re looking at all 5 original “Apes” movies, the Tim Burton remake from a few years ago, the fourteen episodes of the “Planet of the Apes” TV series, and – for the first time ever on DVD – all thirteen episodes of the Saturday morning cartoon, “Return to the Planet of the Apes.” Hell, I never even SAW the cartoon!

Plus…it comes packaged like this:

Go Ape

Of course, even as a pre-order through Amazon, it’s still gonna be $125.99, so I’d have to take out a small loan to be able to afford it…and since I can’t conceive of anyone else in the country willing to sit through a marathon (though I do know a fellow in Saskatchewan who wouldn’t require much arm-twisting), it may never make it into my collection. Dammit.

Action Movies, Movie Dramas, Movie DVDs, Movies

Disney officially now only producing animated sequels so critics can, after the “2,” add, “Electric Boogaloo”

January 11, 2006 / Will Harris

Disney is preparing to release “Bambi 2” as the latest addition to its best-selling series, How To Tarnish Your Childhood Memories For Only $19.99*!

(*$16.99 at Sam’s Club and Costco.)

C’mon, Disney, this is just ridiculous. Make “The Thumper Movie.” Make “The Adventures of Flower the Skunk.” But don’t sully the name of a perfectly good classic film by unnecessarily sequelizing it. And don’t give me that crap about how it’s not really a sequel because it’s a heretofore-untold tale from a time period that falls within the range of the first film (sometime, apparently, during Bambi’s awkward adolescence). It’s still a freakin’ sequel. We’d rather you go through the motions with that whole “after a few months the print is going back into the vaults and will be unavailable in stores” schtick every five years than see you try to wring more money out of a flick this way. (Then again, you know those deer; they’re all about the buck.)

Plus, what else needs to be said about Bambi’s life? Is the subtitle of this one going to be “Mother’s Revenge”…?

“Hunters beware! Bambi’s mom is back from the dead, and she’s pissed…!”

Actually, come to think of it, we might…just might…be up for seeing that.

But if that’s not the plot of “Bambi 2,” count us out.

Movie DVDs

A movie you must see…COBRA!

January 11, 2006 / Jason Thompson

Suddenly I feel like I’m writing a review for that dumping ground of consumer reviewing, Epinions with my title for this piece, but I must insist if you have never seen Sylvester Stallone’s Cobra, then by all means put it at the top of your to-do list. I had never seen it myself until my brother got me the DVD as a joke gift (it was a Stallone two-fer that also includes Tango and Cash). I had remembered seeing news for it when it first came out ages ago, on something like Entertainment Tonight, with Sly’s response to a mad bomber threatening to blow up a supermarket being, “Go ahead, I don’t shop here.” ZING!

Cobra is a movie so shitty that it’s worth watching for its unintended comedy. It certainly ranks at the top of Stallone’s flicks as far as I’m concerned. Plus, you also get to see what Brigette Nielsen looked like before she turned into a walking chimney-stack saddle bag. Yeah, I know she was in other flicks before this one, but here’s one where she’s looking relatively normal. She plays a fashion model in Cobra and the part where she’s doing a photo shoot with robot props that looked like they were designed in the ’50s and slapped together in two minutes is hysterical. But so are Stallone’s grunts of dialogue in this, such as “You’re the disease and I’m the cure,” and “This is where the law stops and I start…sucker!” it’s pure HOLLYWOOD GOLD.

Plus, Cobra sports one of the coolest cars ever to appear in any film ever. A custom Mercury, this is the kind of car that outcools even Starsky’s ride. Never has there been a cooler car in a movie. And never will there be again. So there you go. Have a look at this movie, and if you’ve already seen it, see it again. Dammit, just go buy the damn thing and love it as much as I do. Stallone hasn’t made a good movie since, and everything he did before this was just bullshit. Cobra RULZ.

Actors, Actresses, Movie DVDs, Reviews

DVD shuffle: 01/10/06

January 10, 2006 / Jason Zingale

Out on DVD this week:

1) Transporter 2 – RENT: Fans of Jason Statham will definitely want to check out the sequel to his U.S. breakout film, but it’s nothing worth owning. The special features are brief and not very interesting, but it’s an enjoyable popcorn flick perfectg for a rainy day.

2) Hustle & Flow – BUY: Terrence Howard proves that he’s the next Denzel Washington with his performance in this Sundance favorite, while the DVD offers tons of behind-the-scenes material that is actually worth watching.

3) Red Eye – RENT: I never got a chance to see Wes Craven’s latest entry, but fellow Bullz-Eye critic David Medsker gave it rave reviews and I can’t help but trust his opinion.

4) The Constant Gardnener – RENT: Yet another political thriller that’s not all that thrilling, but it’s a good story nonetheless.

Also out on DVD this week are re-releases of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Dead Poets Society,” “Good Morning Vietnam,” and “The Return of the Pink Panther.” And availble now in stores are the latest installments of the Disney Treasures rollout that includes volume two of “The Chronological Donald,” “Disney Rarities,” and “The Adventures of Spin & Marty.” These two disc sets are perfect for kids and any fan of Disney’s early work.