ReviewsDec 21, 2008
STILL LIFE - DVD review
If you ask me to pick my favorite under-50 director today, with only a slight hesitation, I would choose Jia Zhang-ke. Not yet 40, Jia is perhaps the most prominent member of the Sixth Generation of C
ReviewsDec 15, 2008
HEARTBREAK KID, THE - Blu-ray review
The Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby, make comedies. Some of them, like "Dumb & Dumber" and "There's Something About Mary," are funny. Some of them, like "Kingpin" and "Fever Pitch," are only so-so;
ReviewsDec 10, 2008
COACH CARTER - Blu-ray review
"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. " --Marianne Willi
ReviewsDec 05, 2008
BAM MARGERA PRESENTS: WHERE THE #$&% IS SANTA? - Blu-ray review
Here's the thing: I was sitting in my living room staring up at the ceiling when the FedEx guy delivered this new video from Warner Bros. That forced a decision: Should I watch the movie or continue t
ReviewsNov 30, 2008
HIGHLANDER - DVD review
Sean Connery does for "Highlander" what he did for "The Avengers": He makes a few minutes of an otherwise monumentally mediocre movie sparkle. Without him "Highlander" has to be one of the most witles
ReviewsNov 19, 2008
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE - Blu-ray review
"Put your trust in the Lord. Your ass belongs to me. " --Warden Norton At the time of this writing, November 2008, "[The Shawshank Redemption](http://moviemet.com/review/shawshank-redemption-dvd-revi
ReviewsNov 18, 2008
SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, THE: THE CRITERION COLLECTION - DVD review
By the early 1960s, the spy movie had begun to supplant the Western as America's genre of choice a transformation prompted largely by the staggeringly successful screen debut of James Bond in "Dr. No"
ReviewsNov 17, 2008
BAND OF BROTHERS (SERIES, THE) - Blu-ray review
Note: In the following joint review, Henning and Eddie provide their opinions on the film, with Jason writing up the Video, Audio, Extras, and Parting Thoughts. Henning Molbaek´s Thoughts: Firs
ReviewsNov 16, 2008
BLACK CHRISTMAS - Blu-ray review
Before "Halloween" there was "Black Christmas," an early slasher entry that features all the conventions you've come to know and love (or hate): the isolated setting, the group of college-aged student
ReviewsNov 10, 2008
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN - DVD review
This is one of those legendary films where, if you haven't seen it, you watch expecting something epic, just because of all the people you've heard talking about it. That's because "Kiss of the Spider
ReviewsNov 08, 2008
HULK - Blu-ray review
I had so much anticipation for Ang Lee's big screen adaptation of Marvel's "Hulk. " The film starred Eric Bana, an actor I had been telling my friends would be one of the next great ones. I had watche
ReviewsNov 07, 2008
KUNG FU PANDA - DVD review
Note: In the following joint review, John and Jason provide their opinions of the movie, with John also writing up the Video, Audio, Extras, and Parting Thoughts. The Film According to John: Pe