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CLASH OF THE TARTANS: PRAY

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Tartan VideoMSRP: $24.99RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 92 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Interview with director Yuichi Sato• The Making Of Pray• Trailers The Pitch "The audience craves twist endings. Why not build a movie entirely out of twists?" The Humans Katsuya Kobayashi, Fumiyo Kohinata The Nutshell It’s hard to summarize this … Continue reading

THE SPECIAL EDITION – 4.11.06

First off, an awkward heartfelt jab and Connery “punch the keys!” finger into the shoulder for all of those who threw their well-wishes at me while I was out battling the forces of real life. I’m much better now and the exo-skeleton fits nicely over what used to be fleshy manbits of underdeveloped mediocrity – … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Universal PRICE: $29.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 134 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • On Being a Cowboy• Directing from the Heart: Ang Lee • Interviews with writer/producers Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana• The Making of Brokeback Mountain The Pitch Two men fall in love in an intolerant rural mid-60s backdrop and struggle with … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DARK KINGDOM – THE DRAGON KING

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentMSRP: $24.96RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 132 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Five "making of" featurettes The Pitch "It’s The Ring of the Nibelung for cable viewers who don’t feel like sitting through Wagner’s opera." The Humans Alicia Witt (Alia from Dune!), Kristanna Loken (Bloodrayne), and Benno Fürmann (The Order nee … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Dreamworks Home EntertainmentMSRP: $29.99RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 99 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentaries by Julianne Moore and Jane Anderson• Photo gallery• Sneak previewsThe Pitch Suburban housewife helps her family survive by winning various prizes in jingle writing contests. The best part about it? It’s a true story! Please try to contain … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: WOLF CREEK

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: The Weinstein CompanyMSRP: $19.95RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 99 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: Available Subtitles: Spanish Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) Deleted Scene The Making of Wolf Creek Commentary Trailers Of all the wildlife in the Outback, none is more aggressive Down Under than Sebastian … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: GODZILLA – THE SERIES

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE AND HERE!STUDIO: Sony PicturesMSRP: $9.95 (Both)RATED: NR (Both)RUNNING TIME: 65 Minutes (Both) SPECIAL FEATURES: None (Both) The Pitch Let’s take an almost-universally-reviled movie remake, turn it into a semi-decent cartoon, but yet release it in shitty little three-episode packages for $10 bucks a pop. The Humans Voices of Ian … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $29.99RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 121 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Audio commentaries by Bill Paxton and Mark Frost• Featurettes• Sneak Previews The Pitch The inspirational story of how a young amateur won the 1913 US Open and made golf an everyman’s game. That is, if everyman has a course to play … Continue reading

CLASH OF THE TARTANS: MAREBITO

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Tartan VideoMSRP: $24.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 92 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Interview with director Takashi Shimizu• Interview with actor Shinya Tsukamoto• Interview with producer Hiroshi Takahashi• Original Theatrical TrailerThe Pitch You’d think finding a young naked girl who doesn’t mind bondage, never argues with you, and loves drinking blood would … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: LEAGUE OF ORDINARY GENTLEMEN, A

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: MagnoliaMSRP: $26.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 93 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Deleted Scenes• Skills Challenge Highlights• Dexter Approach: Tips and Techniques• PBA Event Clips• PBA TV Spots• Theatrical Trailer Disclosure: My boss co-owns this film’s distributor and appears in an early sequence. See if you can pick him out.The Pitch This ain’t baseball. … Continue reading