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DVD REVIEW: HOWLING V & HOWLING VI

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Artisan Home EntertainmentMSRP: $14.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 99 Minutes/102 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Glorious scene selections The Pitch Sequels to The Howling couldn’t possibly get much worse after My Sister is a Werewolf and The Marsupials. Let’s give this franchise another try! The Humans A bunch of no-name actors who presumably never … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: CANNIBAL

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $26.98 RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 89 minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: A freakload of trailers and black and white screener copyrightingThe Pitch Fellatio used to be a good thing. The Humans Marc Paquet, Marianne Farley, Frederic Pierre, Jessica Malka. "Can I get fries with those?" The Nutshell Mousy Canadian college … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DEAD ZONE – SEASON 4

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $34.98 RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 504 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • The Production Design of The Dead Zone featurette • Commentary on 2 episodes • Deleted scenes The Pitch Same as the great King book, same as the excellent Cronenberg flick, only so far taking way longer to resolve. … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: MUSIC MAN, THE (2003)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney Home EntertainmentMSRP: $14.99RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 94 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES:• Behind-the-scenes featurette• Performance of "Till There Was You" The Pitch "It’s the Pied Piper of Iowa!" The Humans Matthew Broderick, Kristen Chenoweth, Victor Garber, Molly Shannon. The Nutshell Prof. Harold Hill (Broderick), known to his friends as "Greg," … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: GAMERS

BUY IT: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: SideshowMSRP: $15.99RATING: NRRUNNING TIME: 87 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:– Cast interviews– Commentaries– Deleted scenes THE PITCH “It’s Spinal Tap meets Free Enterprise, for throwers of 20-sided dice!” THE HUMANS Kevin Kirkpatrick, Scott Allen Rinker, Kevin Sherwood, Joe Nieves, Dave Hanson, John Heard, Beverly D’Angelo THE NUTSHELL Four supremely dorky chums (and another recent … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros. Home EntertainmentMSRP: $19.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 94 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: Theatrical trailer The Pitch "It’s The Godfather meets The Ladykillers!" The Humans Jerry Orbach, Robert De Niro, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young, Lionel Stander (1941), Herve Villechaize (Tattoo from Fantasy Island). The Nutshell Kid Sally Palumbo (Orbach) is … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: EIGHT BELOW

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney Home EntertainmentMSRP: $29.99 RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 120 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary by director Frank Marshall and producer Pat Crowley,• Commentary by director Frank Marshall, star Paul Walker and director of photography Don Burgess • Deleted Scenes with audio commentary by director Frank Marshall• Running with the … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DANGER AFTER DARK COLLECTION

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: TLA ReleasingMSRP: $29.99RATED: All Unrated In keeping with the steady offensive on Western pop culture, TLA Releasing has put together three promising Japanese films in one low-priced collection. The gamble here is that these three vastly different movies will all appeal to a potential buyer, or that the buyer’s … Continue reading

THE SPECIAL EDITION – 7.11.06

When you take a short break, getting back into the swing of things is almost like riding a bicycle. If it happens to be careening at unsafe speeds and on fire. Coincidentally, that also reminds me of the lighthearted tale in which I was conceived, but that’s for another column all together. In Utero Prolific … Continue reading