DVD Reviews

The release of Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin’, which premiered on PBS’ acclaimed American Masters series earlier this month, is a magnificent journey through Hendrix’s multi-colored life.  It is a must-own for any fan or any lover of music as it contains some ...

The wait is over. The extended edition of The Hobbit is upon us.  The result, however, is more of the same.  The additional scenes still don’t slow down the headache-causing pace of the film and there’s still very little of the wonder and joy that sun-kissed Peter ...

This just in: Larry David has quit his job and lost a fortune (along with his razor)... Not really.  It’s just a movie.  The partnership between HBO and Larry David (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm) continues with Clear History.  And so do the dark themes of greed...

Writer/director Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) unleashes a heavy metal assault with Iron Man 3 and I couldn’t be happier.  He might not be the man inside the suit but that doesn’t mean Black (the writer of Lethal Weapon) isn’t the true hero of the...

The apocalypse gets Rogenized in this summer’s funniest (and most frightening) stoner comedy.  It’s a movie for anyone who thought Cabin in the Woods was righteous; for anyone who likes to see celebrities take shots – literally in some cases – at themselves; ...

When it comes to intelligence in zombie flicks, World War Z takes the undead crown.  It is indeed a compliment but – in a summer with a dumbed-down Superman as reigning champ of the box office – smarts just might be the film’s downfall.  Director Marc ...

Directed by Terence Fisher, Dracula, Prince of Darkness is Hammer Films' first sequel to 1958's Horror of Dracula to feature the return of Christopher Lee as the Count (who was absent from 1960's Brides of Dracula).  It also marks a sort of crossroads marker for ...

The Dead Walk! With no further explanation than that, writer/director and all around Horror Maestro George A. Romero returns for a third time to the zombie setting he famously started with Night of the Living Dead. This time he takes the genre to Florida where ...

With a series as long-running as Doctor Who, one finds it increasingly rare that there can be anything new offered to fans.  That’s just what The Ice Warriors is though.  Long thought a loss cause for fans and their collections due to the deletion of Episodes Two ...

Who’d have thought it?!  Grimm survived the Friday night kiss of death time slot and NBC’s TV show guillotine.  And it did it with so much fun and style that NBC executives had no choice BUT to embrace the Sean Hayes-produced creature-of-the-week show. Welcome back ...

DC’s animated movie onslaught continues with another adventure from the Man of Steel. This time out, fan favourite Brainiac is headed to earth to procure a city for his shrunken city collection, and then will torpedo the Sun and destroy the Earth. These movies ...

It’s a tough order to do a slasher movie these days and bring anything remotely original to the subgenre after decades and thousands of attempts. Scream tried the self-aware approach to great acclaim, but really, despite all producer rhetoric to the contrary, one ...

Kevin Costner’s highly successful version of the English tale of Robin Hood took much flak for his appalling attempt at a British accent (in those few lines he did actually attempt it). But decades before, Disney released its own version of the hero of Sherwood Forest ...

Writer/Director John Carpenter must really be a miracle worker.  He’s got some serious mojo working in his favor.  Or maybe he’s simply a smarter filmmaker than most give him credit.Other than the late great Howard Hawks, I can think of no other director ...

I wonder if, for filmmakers, there could there be anything more terrifying than helming a sequel to a beloved classic film 22 years after the original.  Or is such a task just plain stupid and flawed from its inception?  What if you could get some of the major ...

Anthony Perkins’ directorial debut arrives with his third appearance as Norman Bates in Psycho III.  While not as sharp as the first sequel to Hitchcock’s classic film, the third in the series proves that sometimes a leaner and meaner attitude is what’s best for a sequel ...

The most successful 3D film of the 1950s has finally arrived on Blu-ray.  André de Toth’s House of Wax brought Warner Bros a lot of fortune and fame during its original run in 1953 but the film is also known for something else: the rebirth of Vincent Price. Yes, there was ...

We've been told to get out already.  Allow me, then, to be the first to welcome you back to 112 Ocean Avenue. Scream Factory’s release of all three original Amityville films is, unquestionably, a must-own for any fan of horror.  Based on a supposed true haunting...

Oh, Poverty Row and its horror show thrills!  The Devil Bat has returned! Starring Bela Lugosi – who was in the middle of a comeback that would soon stall out – The Devil Bat is the ultimate statement concerning the ignored state of horror at the end of the ...

Levon Helm, that backbeat-keepin’ dirt farmer with a very recognizable voice, is still with us.  His fans know his struggles with addiction, bankruptcy, and throat cancer but, with the documentary Ain’t in It for My Health, we get to see the absolute joy and peace ...

Insanity.  Nuns.  Aliens.  Serial killers.  Possession.  The Devil.  Abortion.  And the Holocaust.  Is there anything that the second season of American Horror Story doesn’t include?  Created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, American Horror Story: Asylum opens ...

“Blessed be the New Founders! Blessed be the new America!” The Tea Party, born out of frustration from having their conservative voices and agenda ignored, finally have a movie they can offer as proof that no one is listening or at least those listening just don’t get their ...

Anyone who knows me or reads my reviews or has a brief conversation with me knows I cannot stand Michael “Mr. Awesome” Bay films.  His adolescent shenanigans just do little for me … except make me feel as if I suffer from PTSD.  This time out, Bay toys with ...

You could never accuse JJ Abrams of not having courage. Here is a near 50 year old franchise with more television and cinematic entries than most in the world, with a rich history, and a ravenous and supporting fan base, and he decides to remake it. 2009’s ...

Heads will roll.  Lots and lots and lots of 'em. Based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead continues its macabre assault on AMC with a mighty third season that continues the gory drama and the madness ...

Although never considered in the league of Snow White or Pinocchio, Disney’s adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book is one of the world’s favourite. It also marks a sad end of an era in the Disney Classics history, being the last animated film to be overseen ...

The old school blade of horror and suspense gets sharpened in heavy metal rocker-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem.  While it was much maligned by critics upon its initial release, the film – drawing inspiration from Rosemary’s Baby, Suspiria ...

As far as exploitation cinema goes, Hells Angels on Wheels is actually a solid offering of two-wheeled mayhem in the years before Easy Rider.  It was originally filmed when people and headline news were obsessed with motorcycles, motorcycle gangs, and the ...

Sharknado is a magnificent joke; a really, really splendid joke of a bad movie. Wait, your brain says, if it’s a joke then how is it worthy of all those stars?  How can it be considered perfect?  Because, dear reader, sometimes all it takes to save the day ...

Two full seasons have passed and finally the characters of Haven are given the chance to really flourish.  All the hidden powers have been revealed and, while more characters are added, there’s a certain confidence that kick starts its Third Season; a confidence that ...