Ian Arbuckle

MCP REVIEW: TYCOON CITY – NEW YORK

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: PCESRB RATING: TDEVELOPER: Red DreamPUBLISHER: Atari Walk into any department store’s electronics section and you can see for yourself that tycoon games are a dime a dozen, or would be if publishers would charge anything less than thirty bucks for their stuff. What, if anything, sets Tycoon City – … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: IN THE MIX

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $27.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 95 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Deleted scenes• "25 Days and Not a Minute More" featurette The Pitch "It’s The Godfather as summarized by an intern at Seventeen Magazine." The Humans Usher, Emanuelle Chriqui, Chazz Palminteri. The Nutshell Darrell is a smooth operator, and man of contrasts. He’s … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: JOLLY BOYS LAST STAND, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON.CO.UK: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Spirit Level FilmsMSRP: £14.99RATED: 15RUNNING TIME: 88 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Director/Cast commentary• Cast auditions The Pitch "It’s Jackass meets Saving Silverman, with all the heart of Stand By Me. God, that sounds like an awful movie. Let’s just say it’s like Ricky Gervais in a younger generation. At least the … Continue reading

CLASH OF THE TARTANS: DOPPELGÄNGER

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Tartan VideoMSRP: $24.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 107 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "Making-of" featurette• Interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa• TV spots and trailers The Pitch "It’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde meets Frankenstein in Japan!" The Humans Director Kurosawa’s constant muse Koji Yakusho (who also appeared in Memoirs of … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: BUKOWSKI – BORN INTO THIS

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: MagnoliaMSRP: $26.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 113 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Director commentary• Peek at previously unpublished poems• Behind-the-scenes featurette• Bukowski’s home footage from 1992• Deleted scene• Extended interviews• Tom Waits and Bono read Bukowski The Pitch "The life and times of Charles ‘Hank’ Bukowski, who’s like Wordsworth meets Hunter S. Thompson in … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DEUCE BIGALOW – MALE GIGOLO (SE)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Touchstone Home EntertainmentMSRP: $19.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 88 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "Making the Deuce" featurette• "Fly on the Wall" featurette• Director’s video diary• Seven deleted scenes The Pitch "You know what’s great about comedy? Spontaneity. If you ‘review’ the script or ‘read’ a treatment, guess what you’ll be destroying. Spontaneity. Best … Continue reading

CLASH OF THE TARTANS: FACE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Tartan VideoMSRP: $24.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 88 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Interviews with Cast and Crew• Outtakes• Photo Shoots and Stills• Trailers for other Tartan releases The Pitch "It’s The Sixth Sense meets The Grudge: angry, sympathetic ghosts for everyone!" The Humans Shin Hyun-Jun, Song Yoon-Ah. Our feeble American tongues can’t possibly … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: CHOKE, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Velocity Home EntertainmentMSRP: $24.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 92 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Behind-the-scene featurette• Feature commentary w/ director and crew• Trailer gallery The Pitch "It’s a hip Ten Little Indians, but we ditched all that subtext shit." The Humans A bunch of lovable Spokanites (presumably) who haven’t appeared in anything else. Here … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $29.99RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 86 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "Behind the Microphone" featurette• Opening/closing animation w/o credits• TV spots and trailers• Feature-length storyboard sequence The Pitch "Let’s flip a coin. Heads I make a film that scares the pants off of children. Tails I make a film that charms the pants … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $29.99RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 119 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "Behind the Microphone" featurette• Interview with Pixar Animation Studios Director, Pete Docter• "Hayao Miyazaki Visits Pixar Animation Studios" featurette• TV spots and trailers• Feature-length storyboard sequence The Pitch "East meets West in a colossal battle for cinema magic and coherency! Everybody loses!" … Continue reading