Jeremy G. Butler

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ANCHOR BAY UPFRONT – 10-21-07

And we’re back-uh! Welcome once again to another edition of the Anchor Bay Upfront. Oh, and now this bitch is weekly! We’ve got a lot of discs to cover and..well…all the time in the damn world to cover them, but we’re gonna get right to it anyway. So, without further ado… Masters of Horror – … Continue reading

ANCHOR BAY UPFRONT – SEPTEMBER ’07

Back in February, one Ian Arbuckle launched a new feature that was to be a companion-piece to our kickass Special Edition Column and kickass DVD Reviews, letting you kickass readers know about kickass releases from a kickass distro shingle. The Anchor Bay Upfront was born. And it kicked ass. Well now I’m here to pick … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL SE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: Click HERESTUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $16.99RATED: TV-GRUNNING TIME: 98 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:•Regular and Sing-Along Viewing Options•Learning the Moves Featurette•“I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” Music Video•Dance-Alongs•“Breaking Free” Remix Music Video•“We’re All in This Together” Remix Music Video•“Eres Tu” Music Video•High School Reunion Interview Featurette•Premiere BTS Featurette•BTS Featurette•“We’re All In This Together” Music … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: STICK IT

BUY IT AT AMAZON: Click HERESTUDIO: TouchstoneMSRP: $19.99RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 103 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:•Blooper Reel•Deleted Scenes•Missy Elliot Music Video•Jeannie Ortega Music Video•“Hard Corps” Featurette•Full Gymnastics Routines•Slow-Mo Uneven Bars Routines•Commentaries: Director/Actors; Director/Filmmakers The Pitch My guess is that it’s Bring it On with gymnasts. The Humans Jeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies Even with her trusty Motion … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: ZODIAC, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: THiNKFilmMSRP: $29.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 96 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:•Commentary with writer Kelly Bulkley and Alexander Bulkley•“Behind The Zodiac” Featurette•The Zodiac Letters and Ciphers•Chronology of The Zodiac Killings•Theatrical Trailer The Pitch “Okay, I wanna make a crime drama, but all I can come up with is generic crime-drama stuff, I need to … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: BEYOND DREAM’S DOOR

BUY IT AT AMAZON:  Click HERESTUDIO:  Cinema EpochMSRP:  $27.98RATED:  TV-PGRUNNING TIME:  91 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:•Commentary with cast and crew•Short Films (w/ optional commentary)•Various Featurettes (w/ optional commentary)•Deleted Scenes•Production and FX Galleries•Trailers•Promotional Maerial•Blooper Reel•Local News Stories on the production•Short-to-feature scene comparison The Pitch “It‘s A Nightmare on Elm Street meets Videodrome.” (Which is to say that it … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: SCOOBY-DOO – PIRATES AHOY!

BUY IT AT AMAZON:  Click HERESTUDIO:  Warner Bros.MSRP:  $19.98RATED:  TV-GRUNNING TIME:  46 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:•Set-Top Game The Pitch “It’s Scooby-Doo…with pirates!” The Characters Mystery, Inc and various other ancillary characters. The Nutshell Scooby and the gang go on a vacation mystery cruise and soon find themselves swept away in a high-seas mystery, complete with ghost-pirates, robots, … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: BAH, HUMDUCK – A LOONEY TUNES CHRISTMAS

BUY IT AT AMAZON:  Click HERESTUDIO:  Warner Bros.MSRP:  $19.98RATED:  TV-GRUNNING TIME:  46 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Deleted Scenes• Set-Top Game• Music Video• Trailer The Pitch “Okay gang, we need a new original Looney Tunes Movie, preferably centered around Christmas.”  “Um, what if, OH – Daffy Duck is a grumpy old miser who, I dunno, gets visited by … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: HARD CANDY

BUY IT AT AMAZON:  Click HERESTUDIO:  LGFMSRP:  $27.98RATED:  RRUNNING TIME:  105 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary with writer Brian Nelson and Director David Slade• Commentary with actors Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page• Deleted and Extended Scenes• “Creating Hard Candy” Making of Doc• “Controversial Confection” Featurette The Pitch So I sat here for a good 4 minutes and … Continue reading