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The motion picture studios send us vermillions of DVD releases for the purpose of review. More titles than you can shake a stick at, unless you have a lot of time and a particularly sturdy stick. Unlike most sites [and weirdly a source of nitpicking from some detractors who we’ve discovered are dumb and lonely asexual prick assholes], we review everything we’re sent. Even the gay vampire program Lair (from the makers of Dante’s Cove). We have a wide array of reviewers, all with functioning nervous systems and all ready to entertain YOU with their puns and prose. You. Are. Welcome.

DVD REVIEW: BIG BAD MAMA (SE)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Buena Vista Home EntertainmentMSRP: $19.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 84 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Mama Knows Best: A Retrospective• Commentary by Roger Corman and Angie Dickinson• Original Trailer Ah, Roger Corman. Even if you don’t love many of the hundreds of films he’s produced or directed over the past 40 years, you … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: MAN, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: New LineMSRP: $27.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 84 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Behind the Scenes featurettes• Bloopers and Deleted Scenes• Trailers The Pitch“Samuel Jackson and Eugene Levy have become typecast to the point that they’ve practically transformed into their on-screen personas. We’ll just throw them together and let them do their thing … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: KRONK’S NEW GROOVE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DisneyRATED: GMSRP: $29.99 (My ass!)RUNNING TIME: 75 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:– Kronk’s Brain Game– Pyramid Scheme Game– "How to Cook a Movie" Featurette The Pitch "Okay…we’ve released The Emperor’s New Groove on DVD three times – what else can we do to milk the life out of this property? SPIN-OFF BABY!" … Continue reading

THE SPECIAL EDITION – 1.24.06

I was thinking the other day, something I rarely do, about Harrison Ford’s downward trajectory into the abyss. It seemed like just last week he was befriending little Amish children, killing Terrorists with the flick of his wrist, and seducing Julia Ormand in a piss-poor Wilder remake. Above all, he was a man for his … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: 42ND STREET FOREVER, Vol. 1

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Synapse FilmsMSRP: $19.95RATED: NR (Adults Only)RUNNING TIME: 128 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Two hours of amazing trailers The Disney Store is out of Times Square, but its spawn remain. The area, once known as the seediest place on Earth, is a Blade Runner-esque landscape of billboards and neon, and the squalor … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DISNEY TREASURES – THE CHRONOLOGICAL DONALD – VOL. 2

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DisneyRATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 230 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Introductions by Leonard Maltin• "A Day in the Life of Donald Duck"• Various interviews and featurettes• War Years Timeline The Pitch Does Donald Duck really need a pitch? Most popular Disney Character…hell…one of the most popular cartoon characters ever. "I’ll be a damn … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: MAJOR DUNDEE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Warner Brothers MSRP: $19.94 RATED: PG-13 RUNNING TIME: 136 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary by Nick Redman, David Weddle, Paul Seydor and Garner Simmons • Alternate 2005 score• Riding For A Fall — stunt featurette (2 versions)• Excerpt from Mike Siegel’s ‘Passion and Poetry’ documentary• Trailers (This is … Continue reading

THE SPECIAL EDITION – 1.17.06

There’s really not much I can say this week. The courage I’ve mustered up in weeks past is all dried up and sitting all gooey-like next to my dignity. So in order to vomit all of this DVD craziness onto your platter, we might as well get down to it. They Broke And You So … 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: UNDISCOVERED

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Live / Artisan MSRP: $27.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 97 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Deleted Scenes• Music Videos• Behind-the-Scenes featurette The Pitch "It’s Rock Star with some of the rock and none of the stars." The Humans Pell James, Steven Strait, Kip Pardue, Carrie Fisher, a slumming Peter Weller and a … Continue reading