Russ Fischer

DVD REVIEW: UPSIDE OF ANGER, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: New LineMSRP: $27.95RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 117 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• 8 Deleted Scenes• ‘Making Of’ Featurette• Commentary with Joan Allen and Mike Binder• Trailer Sometimes a movie totally broadsides the audience. Pulls right up, fires the cannon and just bobs in the water while guys with peg legs and knives in … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: SNL – BEST OF DAN AYKROYD, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lion’s GateMSRP: $19.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 92 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Original Screen Test• Rolling Stone article• ‘An Inside Look’ featurette• Photo gallery The Pitch "It’s Saturday Night Live with no commercials and one-fifth the bullshit!" The Humans Dan Aykroyd; John "Hey Gordo, gimme another shot!" Belushi; Gilda "I Really AM 12" … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: 1 ICHI

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Unearthed FilmsMSRP: $19.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 83 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Conversation with Takashi Miike and Masato Tanno• Trailers When Takashi Miike’s Ichi The Killer started making festival rounds in 2001, distributors gave it immediate notoriety by handing out barf bags at each screening. Four years later, I wish I had my … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: MILLION DOLLAR BABY (DELUXE)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Warner Home Video MSRP: $39.98 RATED: PG-13 RUNNING TIME: 132 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Full Soundtrack on disc 3 • Born To Fight • Producers Round 15 • James Lipton Takes on Three If I were living in a different time, Million Dollar Baby would probably become my … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DEAD MEAT

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Hart Sharp VideoMSRP: $14.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 80 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• International Trailer• Making Of• The Braineater (short film) The Pitch “With a pitch like The Mad Cow Zombie Movie, we don’t even need to write a script! This shit sells itself!” Eat mor chikin, bitch. The Humans Bessie The Acting … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT, A

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner BrothersMSRP: $29.95 RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 133 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary by Jean-Pierre Jeunet• 14 Deleted Scenes with Commentary• 3 ‘Making Of’ Ducumentaries Speak the name Jean-Pierre Jeunet and several images spring to mind. I see the montage from Delicatessen, where an entire apartment is synchronized to the sounds of … Continue reading