Ian Arbuckle

DVD REVIEW: ARISTOCRATS, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lion’s Gate Home EntertainmentRATED: Gloriously UnratedMSRP: $29.99RUNNING TIME: 107 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Feature Commentary w/ Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza• "Aristocrats do the Aristocrats" highlight reel• "Behind the Green Room Door" additional jokes• "For Johnny Carson" clip• "Be an Aristocrat" contest winners• Extended footage of comedians• Trailers Libertarians will love … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: CHUMSCRUBBER, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Dreamworks Home EntertainmentRATED: RMSRP: $29.99RUNNING TIME: 107 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Feature Commentary w/ Arie Posin and Zac Stanford• "Making-Of" featurette• 10 deleted/extended scenes Here’s a film sorely hampered by reductionist marketing. The tagline, synopses, and promotional imagery all paint it as American Beauty brought down a couple of generations, or … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: CORPSE BRIDE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.RATED: PGMSRP: $28.98RUNNING TIME: 77 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "Inside the Two Worlds"• "Danny Elfman Interprets the Two Worlds"• "The Animators: The Breath of Life"• "Tim Burton: Dark vs. Light"• "Voices from the Underworld"• "Making Puppets Tick"• "The Voices Behind the Voice"• Preproduction Galleries• Music-only track• Theatrical trailer (Read Devin’s … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DEAD POETS SOCIETY (SE)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Touchstone Home Entertainment MSRP: $19.98 RATED: PG RUNNING TIME: 129 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary by Peter Weir, John Seale, Tom Schulman • "Dead Poets: A Look Back" retrospective• Raw takes• "Master of Sound: Alan Splet" featurette• "Cinematography Master Class" with John Seale Arguably, no other single movie … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: VENOM

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Dimension Home VideoMSRP: $29.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 85 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Cast Auditions• "Voodoo Nightmare: The Making of Venom"• Storyboard-to-film comparison The Pitch "It’s like our other movies, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream, except with a bit of voodoo occultism in place of a villain." The Humans … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: GREATEST SUPER BOWL MOMENTS

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $19.98RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 155 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "In Their Own Words" interview featurette• "Road to Super Bowl XL" ad campagn The Pitch "On my mark, flood the market with promotional material for Super Bowl XL. Mark!" The Humans Just about everyone in the history of professional football. If … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: WALT DISNEY TREASURES – LEGENDARY HEROES

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $32.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 4 Hours, 42 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "The Nine Lives of Robert Loggia" featurette• "Heroes of the American Frontier" featurette The Pitch "Davy Crockett was more popular than we expected. Any other well-known historical figures we can pillage? No? How about obscure ones?" The Humans Leslie Nielson … Continue reading

MCP REVIEW: INFECTED

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: PSPESRB RATING: MDEVELOPER: Planet Moon StudiosPUBLISHER: Majesco I’ve been a fan of developer Planet Moon since their third-person shooter/eater Giants: Citizen Kabuto. That title blended three variants on the traditional run-and-gun formula into one cohesive package, and stood out from its peers thanks to a wicked, wacky sense of … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DARK WATER (UNRATED)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Touchstone Home EntertainmentMSRP: $29.99RATED: Unrated (but really PG-13)RUNNING TIME: 103 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Deleted Scenes• "The Sounds of Terror" featurette• Commentary on selected scenes• "Beneath the Surface: The Making of Dark Water"• "And Extraordinary Ensemble" featurette Pete Hammond, film critic for Maxim Magazine, has a quote right on the front … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: SIN CITY (RECUT, EXTENDED, UNRATED)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DimensionMSRP: $39.99RATED: Theatrical Cut: R; Everything Else: UnratedRUNNING TIME: Theatrical Cut: 124 Minutes; Extended Cuts: 147 Minutes TotalSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentaries by Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino• Audio track of Austin premier audience• "15 Minute Flic School"• "10 Minute Cooking School"• "The Long Take" of Tarantino’s guest segment• Cast … Continue reading