From Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) comes the powerfully uplifting true story of one man’s struggle to survive against mountainous odds. Aron Ralston (James Franco) has a passion for all things outdoors. But when a falling boulder traps him in a remote Utah canyon, a thrill-seeker’s adventure becomes the challenge of a lifetime. […]
This Week on DVD: Megamind and more
February 23, 2011 by
This weeks DVD pick is Megamind. "Megamind" is the most brilliant super–villain the world has ever known… and the least successful. Over the years, he has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way – Each attempt, a colossal failure thanks to the caped superhero known as "Metro Man," until the day Megamind actually […]
The Expendables DVD Review
February 9, 2011 by
“The shooting, fire play and blood letting is intermittently graphic, kind-of-like straight down your eye, yet spiritually operatic when it’s all done to save life.” DVD Review By Pete ©2011 **½ Out of 4 Stars The Expendables lives up to its namesake. Sylvester Stallone (Rambo) brings together hard men action staple hires from today’s Jason […]
This Week on DVD
February 2, 2011 by
This weeks DVD pick is Let Me In. Not your typical vampire flick, but a dark and violent love story that will haunt you long after it is over. From Matt Reeves – the writer/director of Cloverfield – comes the new vampire classic that critics are calling “chillingly real” (Scott Bowles, USA Today) and “one […]
DVD Pick: Secretariat
January 26, 2011 by
“entertaining and inspiring from beginning to end.” Disney presents an astonishing true story bursting with hope, heart, and courage. Diane Lane and John Malkovich lead a celebrated cast in this inspirational motion picture from the producers of Miracle, Invincible and The Rookie. Behind every legend lies an impossible dream. Witness the spectacular journey of an […]
This week on DVD
January 12, 2011 by
This week we get the two disc collectors edition of The Social Network as our DVD pick it doesn’t have a ton of special features, but the audio commentaries are well worth the $12.99 price for one of the best movies of the year. Audio Commentary with David Fincher Audio Commentary with Writer Aaron Sorkin […]
This week on DVD
January 5, 2011 by
Featured DVD: Machete Not a great week in DVD releases this week, some mindless comedy and horror abound. The only movie of interest is producer-writer-codirector Robert Rodriguez’s Machete which is, to us anyway in grindhouse parlance, one mean mother f’er. Machete is fun, funny, violent, way over the top and a must see for any […]
New DVD Tuesday features The A-Team
December 14, 2010 by
It’s Tuesday and that means DVD’s are out and we have been waiting for this one as our pick this week is the extended unrated cut of The A-Team Give it up to the A-Team: they’ve always been good at demolishing things in big, big ways. Freed from the confines of the 1980s TV series, […]
Shrek Forever After DVD Review
December 11, 2010 by
DVD review by Peter Veugelaers © 2010 ** Out of **** Shrek’s transported to a parallel universe – and let’s hope he stays there. The fourth Shrek installment goes towards proving that sequels do get worse for ware with a few exceptions (Star Wars anyone, if you include that unfortunate prequel trilogy, which proved the […]
New DVD Release Tuesday: Our pick – Inception
December 7, 2010 by
Inception DVD Review Science-fiction features often involve time travel or strange worlds. In Christopher Nolan’s heist thriller Inception, the concepts converge through the realm of dreams. With his trusty associate, Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, a fine foil), Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio, in a role that recalls Shutter Island) steals ideas for clients from the minds of […]