ReviewsJul 04, 2007
CAMELOT - DVD review
The knock on "Camelot" when it first came out in 1967 was that it was overblown. It was too long, too busy, too opulent, too fussy, too gaudy, too sprawling, too unfocused, and too slow. Well, it is t
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ReviewsJul 02, 2007
MORAL OREL, VOL. 1, THE UNHOLY EDITION - DVD review
What can one say about Dino Stamatopoulos' "Moral Orel"? As a claymation kid, he's a mixed up, confused, little do-gooder trying his best to please God. As a TV show "Moral Orel" is a twisted, sometim
ReviewsJun 30, 2007
HIGH NOON - DVD review
"Do not forsake me, Oh my darlin', On this our weddin' day-ee, .... " Tex Ritter, 1952. The song became as popular as the movie. "High Noon" is one of those landmark films that stand out in memory fo
ReviewsJun 28, 2007
MISS POTTER - DVD review
There is a generous portion of films that never needed to be made and a huge percentage of those are the dreaded biopics of entertainers. Let's not kid ourselves about these films: The majority of the
ReviewsJun 17, 2007
GHOST RIDER - Blu-ray review
Even in the scenes where he screams and shouts as he transforms from the human stunt biker Johnny Blaze into a creature with a flaming skull known as Ghost Rider, Nicolas Cage looks like he's having o
ReviewsJun 14, 2007
MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH, THE - DVD review
The first thing you're probably going to ask is, Didn't Disney just release this movie on DVD? Yes, there was a 25th Anniversary Edition just a few years back. But a whole new generation of kids has s
ReviewsJun 11, 2007
BLOOD DIAMOND - Blu-ray review
I must bow in admiration for Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio. He could have sold out and used his good looks and early success to become a huge box office star. Instead, DiCaprio has chosen the righteous path a
ReviewsJun 03, 2007
FAIL SAFE - DVD review
I'd guess that when most people think of the movie "Fail-Safe," they think of the 1964 Sidney Lumet film starring Henry Fonda; you know, the one with the hyphen in the middle, and the one that became
ReviewsMay 18, 2007
JOHN WAYNE FILM COLLECTION, THE - DVD review
Big John made over 170 films in his career, many of them in the late 1920s and 1930s featuring the actor in bit parts or starring in low-budget B-movie Westerns until his breakthrough in John Ford's "
ReviewsMay 08, 2007
LAST SAMURAI, THE - Blu-ray review
Regardless of what has happened over the past two years with Tom Cruise and his TomKat behavior and involvement with the cult religion of Scientology, he is still a big star. He is a very talented act
ReviewsApr 20, 2007
DESCENT, THE - Blu-ray review
The absolutely most horrific moment of the Neil Marshall directed "The Descent" happens quite early in the film. In fact, it occurs before the monsters crawl from the darkness of the caves. The moment
ReviewsApr 04, 2007
SPIDER-MAN 2 - DVD review
I don't know about you, but I'm no great fan of making decisions--especially coin-toss ones. But I've certainly wrestled with what I'll buy and add to my DVD collection, and what I won't. If it's a si