Wow! That is the only thing that comes out of my mouth when I see this collection, UFC: Ultimate Fight Collection 2012. If you are any sort of UFC fan, then this is the box set you must own! It includes 50 hours of footage plus 75 fights not previously available on DVD. When they say [...]
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back and badder than ever in this new trailer for The Last Stand. The film is directed by Kim Jee-Woon and stars Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzman, Peter Stormare, and Genesis Rodriguez.
The most epic love stories often demand that characters pay a price for love. This is particularly true for many female characters set in times past, who would lose children, social standing, and economic security upon choosing love over duty. Many who discuss Leo Tolstoy‘s famed novel Anna Karenina focus on the infamous and torrid love affair of the [...]
Here is the official trailer for Steven C. Miller’s Silent Night. The film is a loose remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night. Anchor Bay films is releasing the film on November 30th in select theaters. It arrives on Blu-ray™/DVD combo and DVD in time for the holidays on December 4th. We also have a poster and stills to check out.
This weeks biggest release is definitely The Amazing Spider-Man. It was a surprisingly great film – taking the franchise in a different and pretty cool direction. Andrew Garfield makes a lovely Peter Parker! Here’s a clip from the film: [springboard type="youtube" id="gviTpf3AJKU" player="scin001" width="560" height="315" ] And as usual, please don’t hesitate to share [...]
I had the chance to see Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or-winning Amour (Love) over the weekend. It also played the AFI Fest – and we’ll be talking about that in a bit – but I saw it here on the East Coast. The French-language aspect might hinder its chances at Oscar glory, but the critics – [...]
With the recent disaster along the United States’ Northeast from Hurricane Sandy, and the following television coverage and talks of the possible natural causes creating this storm, it only seems appropriate to take a closer look at environmental issues causing these harms. Coal Country is a film that takes a look at the coal industry [...]
One of the first scenes in Roger Michell’s Hyde Park on Hudson features Laura Linney’s Daisy giving Bill Murray’s Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s a hand-job in the seat of his modified car, away from the prying eyes of security and, perhaps more importantly, his wife Eleanor. Its awkward and humorous, yet perfectly sets the scene for [...]
Berberian Sound Studio is a horror film like no other you will see this year. Resembling a nail-biting fusion of The Conversation and Mulholland Drive, the sophomore effort from Katalin Varga director Peter Strickland is both a tribute to a by-gone era of horror cinema and a haunting study of how life imitates art. Toby [...]
2012 is starting to feel very presidential. Not only is the real election just a week away (get out there and vote, American readers!), but the executive branch has also been inspiring Hollywood: both Steven Spielberg‘s Lincoln and the Bill Murray-as-FDR farce Hyde Park on Hudson hit theaters before the end of the year, not to mention this past [...]
The overwhelming natural forces that separate a family are no match for the emotional forces that keep their hopes of reconciliation alive in The Impossible, a harrowing survival tale based on the true story of a beleaguered Spanish family during the devastating 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Southeast Asia. Henry Bennett (Ewan McGregor) and wife [...]
The case of the “West Memphis Three” is well-trod ground. Not only was it exhaustively examined by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky in their Paradise Now trilogy, but it’s also the subject of a new documentary, West of Memphis, directed by Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil) and co-produced by Hollywood mogul Peter Jackson. But unlike [...]
One of the most anticipated movies this winter is Les Miserables. With that coming out on Christmas Day, you’ll know just want to get your friends and family excited for it’s release – another musical movie on DVD or Blu-Ray! Even if you’re not a musical fan traditionally, there’s such a wide variety out there now that [...]
For the longest time I’ve had an affection for the kind of films most people would consider, weird, odd and downright freaky. There is something wonderfully intriguing and just inexplicably exciting about the world off kilter film. Whether it’s high concepts, quirky dialogue, macabre metaphors or just out there imagery. If it’s done right, bizarro cinema can [...]
While Brave had mixed reviews (mostly positive, but definitely lackluster compared to previous Pixar efforts), the short before it was universally praised. Featuring gorgeous animation, the seemingly simple story of a boy helping his dad and grandpa at work was truly stunning and far out shined the main feature. And now, it’s available online for those who skipped Brave to enjoy. [...]
This week we mark the return of Bond….James Bond by reviewing his latest adventure Skyfall. We also dig into the whole Disney & Star Wars thing that happened this week too. Download Episode THIS WEEKS REVIEWS Dan – Skyfall, Ruby Sparks Gwen – Skyfall Mal – Ruby Sparks, The Myth of the American Sleepover TALKING [...]
The topic of the declining state of cinema has been talked to death in the movie blog community. Big studios aren’t gambling on unknown, untested properties, everything’s a sequel or remake, blah blah blah this is not what this post is about. I was recently watching Disney’s Fantasia on Blu-Ray and was blown away at the quality and production of [...]
Road trip movies almost always line up with an emotional journey that parellels the physical one. In the The Most Fun I’ve Hever Had With My Pants On, the film follows two childhood girlfriends named Andy, played by the writer-director Drew Denny, and Liv (Sarah Hagan) as they reunite to scatter Andy’s father’s ashes from LA to Austin where [...]
I made sure that I went into this film with an open mind after reading numerous reviews. I can tell you now that I am glad I did, because it was definitely worth the ride. After three years, director Robert Zemeckis is back with probably his most intense movie to date. Flight is going to be talked about [...]
Christmas is soon approaching but with it comes the ever perplexing annual question- what on earth am I going to buy for people? Of course you want to be thoughtful, perhaps a little bit quirky and original. The classic Christmas gift for those who have no idea what to get each other is of course [...]
The Big Lebowski is a huge cult classic nowadays so it’s hard to remember that it wasn’t that big a deal when it hit theaters. We’ve seen it so many times on DVD, Blu-ray, streaming, summer screenings under the stars, and every which way but loose. Now that the movie’s basically been memorized, the best way [...]
This week we have two big releases! I’d say the biggest one is The Campaign with Safety Not Guaranteed as the other big release. The Campaign was one of the big comedies that came out during the summer and Safety Not Guaranteed definitely got some buzz as a great film. Here’s a clip from the [...]
There are a LOT of things that I don’t particularly enjoy about having to take a flight. I don’t like being ordered to arrive at the airport ridiculously early, I don’t like being charged an expensive premium for the privilege of taking luggage (god forbid, right?), I don’t like being crammed into a small seat [...]
So, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, and Lana Wachowski’s bold ensemble piece Cloud Atlas hit theaters this weekend, and audiences are showing little interest. For whatever my $0.02 is worth, the film is spectacular. It’s a film that stumbles quite often in its individual threads – there are six different stories to follow and one of [...]
