Parkland
November 19, 2013
Oliver Stone’s JFK (1991) reignited the American public’s fascination with the John F. Kennedy assassination, spawning several other films that took a look at either the peripheral figures involved (Ruby) or its impact on society (Love Field). In...
Faster
February 25, 2011
After retiring from professional wrestling to pursue a career in movies, it seemed like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was destined to follow in the footsteps of Arnold Schwarznegger and become a bonafide action star with films like The Scorpion King (2002)...
Eagle Eye: 2-Disc Special Edition
January 5, 2009
Eagle Eye (2008) sees Shia LaBeouf reunited with director D.J. Caruso and producer Steven Spielberg, both of whom helped put him on the map with Disturbia (2007). That film liberally ripped off Rear Window (1954) and this new one takes on the paranoid...
Bad Santa: Director’s Cut
November 7, 2006
Already released on DVD with a theatrical version and a raunchier, unrated version, Bad Santa (2003) is enjoying yet another DVD release, this time the Director’s Cut. This is an anti-Christmas movie that gleefully thumbs its cynical nose at the fake...
Bad News Bears: Special Collector’s Edition
February 21, 2006
If fans of Richard Linklater’s films were nervous when he entered the mainstream with School of Rock (2003), a Jack Black vehicle with kids, then they must’ve freaked out when it was announced that he was remaking The Bad News Bears (1976) with Billy...
Friday Night Lights
January 29, 2006
If phrases like “4th and 10”, “quarterback” or “state championships” don’t stir pride and honor into running through your veins, and unless your a NFL fan or from Odessa, Texas in 1988 – it probably won’t. Catering for a niche market,...
The Ice Harvest
December 12, 2005
The Ice Harvest (2005) is a pitch black comedy set in Wichita, Kansas on Christmas Eve. Charlie (Cusack) is a mob lawyer who has stolen $2 million of his boss’ (Quaid) money with the help of Vic (Thornton), a local pornographer. Charlie has a thing...
Bad Santa: The Unrated Version
December 13, 2003
Bad Santa (2003), like The Ref (1994) before it, is an anti-Christmas movie. They both gleefully thumb their cynical noses at the fake cheer and manufactured mirth of the holiday season. However, where The Ref betrayed its own misanthropic tendencies...
