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Offspring	Andrew van den Houten’s film Offspring is an adaptation of the novel of the same name, which is a sequel to Jack Ketchum’s novel Offseason, the tome that introduced us to the clan of cannibalistic killers that make their return here.  A filmed adaptation of the first novel is in…	B. Bryant	11/17/09	0
Requiem For A Dream Blu-ray	Released in 2000 to critical acclaim and cementing Darren Aronofsky’s place as a strong director and visual stylist, Requiem For A Dream explores the lives of a cast of young drug addicts and one of their mothers as their lives spiral out of control over a short period of time. …	B. Bryant	11/16/09	0
Staunton Hill	I was very curious to see what Staunton Hill was all about, as the trailer I saw roughly a year ago hinted at something reminiscent of Texas Chainsaw Massacre or its hillbilly horror brethren, but as far as I’m concerned director Cameron Romero (son of George, as it’s almost obligatory…	B. Bryant	11/02/09	0
Seventh Moon	During the seventh lunar cycle the gates to Hell are opened and the dead are free to roam among the living, or at least that’s the Chinese Myth that Eduardo Sanchez’ film Seventh Moon opens with.  We follow an American couple on the touristy fun of their honeymoon, walking tours…	B. Bryant	10/30/09	0
Wrong Turn Blu-ray	Back in 2003, director Rob Schmidt took us on a creepy journey through the backwoods of West Virginia with Wrong Turn, which now hits Hi-Def courtesy of 20th Century Fox.  Hitting the ground running, an opening scene shows an ill-fated mountain-climbing couple’s encounter with unseen attackers within the woods, then…	B. Bryant	10/29/09	0
Red Velvet	The horror-comedy label is a hard one to live up to, as the balance is generally off in one direction or the other, leaving the viewer out in the cold as far as how they’re supposed to react to the film.  Happily this isn’t the case with Red Velvet, as…	B. Bryant	10/28/09	0
Triangle	Triangle is a film that was apparently the initial brainchild of Tsui Hark (Once Upon A Time In China, Time and Tide), who brought on board two of his old friends, Ringo Lam (City On Fire, Full Contact) and Johnnie To (Election, Running On Karma), who each directed a 30-35…	B. Bryant	10/23/09	0
The Hills Run Red	Playing with the same ideas as films like Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns and the more recent Midnight Movie, Dave Parker’s The Hills Run Red posits the idea that filmmaker Wilson Wyler Concannon (William Sadler) made a notorious slasher film of the same name in the early 80’s, which was only shown…	B. Bryant	10/21/09	0
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End Blu-ray	With Wrong Turn 2, director Joe Lynch successfully manages to elevate the film above the stigma of the ‘direct to video’ label, by sheer force of will and the over the top action contained therein.  The hook this time around is that a reality show is meant to start filming…	B. Bryant	10/07/09	0
Apres Lui	After on opening sequence in which both boys are shown dressed in drag, goofing around in her son’s room, director Gaël Morel’s Après Lui (After Him) brings us into the world of a woman who has her life shattered as her 20 yr old son is killed in a car…	B. Bryant	09/24/09	0
Tunnel Rats	In defiance of interweb critics everywhere, Uwe Boll continues to grow as a director. He has put together a very passable little war film with Tunnel Rats (or 1968: Tunnel Rats, as I’ve seen it listed in a few places).  Boll has long been the web’s whipping boy as far…	B. Bryant	09/17/09	0
Pop Skull	A film made for $3,000 that looks this good is an impressive feat in and of itself, but to have unknowns carry off fairly convincing performances is equally noteworthy, which is what gives Adam Wingard’s Pop Skull an advantage over other low budget fare that might be out there. The…	B. Bryant	09/09/09	0
G.I.Joe Season 1.1	The cartoons contained in this set offer a window into my adolescence that I haven’t enjoyed in many years, showing a warts and all portrait of an undiscriminating young boys entertainment ideal.  The story of G.I. Joe is that of an elite military group whose primary drive is to defend…	B. Bryant	09/08/09	0
Lost Season Two Blu-ray	This review for Lost: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray will obviously contain at least a few big spoilers for the ending of the first season, which it picks up directly from, so consider yourself warned.  That said, if you really don’t care about having things possibly spoiled for you, let’s…	B. Bryant	08/31/09	0
In Search Of The Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley	I have a bare minimum of knowledge about the wickedest man himself, so this DVD seemed like a great way to fill in some gaps. Unfortunately the overall presentation is a little stilted or corny with the combination of music, reenactment and the overly Photoshopped imagery used to tell the…	B. Bryant	08/20/09	0
Lost Season One Blu-ray	In keeping with my tendency to remain uninvolved with most things that have attained mainstream popularity (a genius tendency for a guy writing for numerous pop-culture related sites, I assure you), I had never watched a single episode of ABC’s hit series Lost until I popped the first disc of…	B. Bryant	08/17/09	0
Children Of The Corn Blu-ray	One of the earlier Stephen King adaptations, Fritz Kiersch’s Children Of The Corn isn’t exactly a great film, but it has some fun moments here or there and may provide some nostalgia for those of us who saw it in our youth. Burt (Peter Horton) and Vicky (Linda Hamilton) are…	B. Bryant	08/12/09	0
Crossing Over	First off, I have to say that I’m not sure why director Wayne Kramer’s Crossing Over has been raked over the coals as much as it has in virtually every online review I’ve seen. I found it more interesting than Oscar winner Crash, with which you can draw some easy…	B. Bryant	07/23/09	0
Wallander Sidetracked / Firewall / One Step Behind	The Wallander character has been previously adapted in several Swedish language incarnations between 2004-2007, the character played by two different actors during this period. This new series of films were produced in 2008, marking the first time that the Wallander novels have been adapted in the English language.  Set in…	B. Bryant	07/13/09	0
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete Blu-ray	I open with the comment/caveat that I’m not a gaming fan myself, but was rather interested in seeing this film because had enjoyed the previous Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within computer animated feature back in 2001, and was quite curious to see what new tricks a Blu-ray edition of a…	B. Bryant	07/09/09	0
The Town That Was	A quiet documentary from directors Chris Perkel and Georgie Roland, The Town That Was paints a solemn portrait of Centralia, Pennsylvania.  A controlled burn of the local garbage dump in preparation for a Memorial Day celebration in 1962 managed to get out of hand, working into the coal beneath the…	B. Bryant	07/02/09	0
High Hopes	Director Joe Eckardt’s film High Hopes was filmed under the name Nice Guys, and the production dates are from 2006, but it finally sees the light of day courtesy of Lion’s Gate. Tom (Corin Nemec) is a struggling actor who is dating an up and coming actress named Morgan (Jennifer…	B. Bryant	06/29/09	0
Jeeves & Wooster: The Complete Series	Set in an indeterminate period during the 20’s and 30’s, Jeeves & Wooster was adapted from P.G. Wodehouse’s series of short stories and novels, dramatized here by Clive Exton (who also brought Agatha Christie’s Poirot series to television in equally acclaimed adaptations) and produced by Granada in the early 90’s. …	B. Bryant	06/24/09	4	06/25/09
Passengers Blu-ray	Going into a viewing of Rodrigo Garcia’s film Passengers one might feel a sense of déjà vu, as it navigates some of the same waters that other thrillers have in recent years, only in more of a breezy fashion.  This isn’t a dark psychological territory you’re entering here, more of…	B. Bryant	06/10/09	0
The Machinist Blu-ray	Brad Anderson’s 2004 film The Machinist is a dark little thriller that receives much of its press due to lead actor Christian Bale’s extreme weight loss, but there’s a great deal to recommend this film besides Bale’s commitment to his craft. Trevor (Bale) is a frail man who works as…	B. Bryant	06/08/09	0
The Burrowers	I’m always excited to see a variation on the typical horror film, and this was a nice change of pace: a monster film set in the Old West, easily upping the ante for tension as the characters must deal with a supernatural threat without the aid of modern weapons. Director…	B. Bryant	05/21/09	0
Porn-O-Rama	Produced, written and directed by veteran adult film director Paul (Edward Penishands) Norman, Porn-O-Rama was made in the days before the interweb took over the adult world almost entirely, so watching this is almost like a rose-colored look back at a simpler time.  Y’know, with people rutting left, right and…	B. Bryant	05/20/09	0
What Just Happened	Directed by Barry Levinson and based on the book by Art Linson, What Just Happened follows the typically troubled life of producer Ben (Robert De Niro), who isn’t having the best week.  His test screening of Fiercely hasn’t gone well, as his auteur director Jeremy (Michael Wincott) insists that the…	B. Bryant	05/13/09	0
Mean Girls Blu-ray	As a man about to turn 30 the year in question, I wasn’t exactly in the market for a teen dramedy in 2004 when this film first came out, so it definitely flew under my radar until recently.  Having become more of an avid Tina Fey fan via 30 Rock,…	B. Bryant	05/04/09	0
Ron White: Behavioral Problems	Ron White has long been a favorite comedian of mine, as he manages to balance the Blue Collar shtick well with a more urbane approach to his craft, at least moreso than his fellow Tour mates. Ron White: Behavioral Problems opens with White expounding the joys of his fancy hotel,…	B. Bryant	04/28/09	0
A Galaxy Far Far Away 10th Anniversary Edition	I’m not sure what director Tariq Jalil believes he’s accomplished with A Galaxy Far, Far Away, as the scattered nature of the documentary doesn’t give the viewer any clear through line except for the people standing in line for tickets, but how compelling can you really make that?  You’re not…	B. Bryant	04/27/09	0
The Hairdresser’s Husband	Patrice Leconte, director of such acclaimed films as Man On The Train and The Girl On The Bridge first would first draw attention with the critically acclaimed The Hairdresser’s Husband in 1990.  A quick search of the web reveals a recurring theme of infatuation and obsession in the man’s films,…	B. Bryant	04/27/09	0
The Venture Bros Season 3	Adult Swim’s resident pulp action fan favorite show The Venture Bros. begins as a satire of the Johnny Quest style of boy adventure shows, but quickly encompasses an amazing landscape of pop culture, cartoons and film references, becoming quite a strange mix, especially in this 3rd season that continues to…	B. Bryant	04/16/09	0
Transporter 3	The little series that could, the Transporter series of films plugs along in the latest installment, this time courtesy of director Olivier Megaton.  The casual fan (like myself) will probably be pleased with Transporter 3, but I doubt Megaton will win over any new converts with the now standard shirtless…	B. Bryant	04/09/09	0
Chocolate	Chocolate comes to us from Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong (AKA The Protector) director Prachya Pinkaew and features more of the same gritty violence of those films, but the twist here is that the action is being performed by a teenaged girl.  So if you can get comfortable with…	B. Bryant	04/09/09	0
Vinyan	Director Fabrice Du Welz previously brought us the equally unsettling film Calvaire, which maintains a creepy and unwelcoming vibe from start to finish.  This time around, Vinyan flounders in the middle act, which pulls most of the punch of the truly disturbing final moments. Paul (Rufus Sewell) and Jeanne (Emmanuelle…	B. Bryant	04/08/09	3	04/22/09
Quarantine	In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I’ve yet to track down a copy of the film on which this one is based, [Rec], from directors Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, so I can’t compare the two. But I found John Erick Dowdle’s Quarantine to be an…	B. Bryant	04/07/09	0
Stiletto	Director Nick Vallelonga uses a lot of B-level actors to good effect in Stiletto, which is a watchable tale of a sister’s revenge, even if it doesn’t exactly cover any new ground. The film jumps right into the thick of things, as Raina (Stana Katic) targets and kills both her…	B. Bryant	03/30/09	0
Red Mist	Amid the many lessons that horror films have taught me (including don’t go in the woods, avoid summer camps and leave puzzle boxes alone) is this little chestnut: If you ever tease or torment your local outcast, the odds are good that he’ll end up killing you, sometimes within 90…	B. Bryant	03/24/09	0
Band Of Brothers	I’d never watched a single episode of this series before the Blu-ray set arrived for review, and I have to admit to being pretty blown away by the series, particularly as a person who isn’t necessarily a history buff.  The events are presented in an interesting and easily accessible way…	B. Bryant	03/11/09	0
Bottle Shock	From director Randall Miller, Bottle Shock fills in some of the history around the evidently infamous 1976 blind taste test that saw a selection of California wines win out over their French counterparts at a contest held outside of Paris. This film opens with Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman) a Brit…	B. Bryant	02/24/09	0
Towelhead	From writer/director Alan Ball, who also wrote American Beauty (which explored similar themes), Towelhead is set during the Gulf War and revolves around a young girl of mixed race struggling with her Lebanese American background and budding sexuality in a largely whitebread neighborhood in Houston. Jasira (Summer Bashil) is sent…	B. Bryant	02/18/09	0
Mirrors	I’d heard many dicey reports about this flick before popping it in, but I’ve enjoyed director Alexandre Aja’s previous efforts and wanted to judge for myself, and I’m glad I did.  Mirrors isn’t a terrible film, it’s just an average one from a director you’d expect much more from.  It…	B. Bryant	02/16/09	0
Drifting Flowers	Drifting Flowers comes to us from ‘out ‘director Zero Chou and is split into three segments that all share characters, bridged by dreamlike scenes of the leads riding an otherwise empty train car and seemingly oblivious to one another on their journey. The first segment is about two sisters, Jing…	B. Bryant	02/10/09	0
Against The Dark	I haven’t watched a Seagal film in ages, so when I saw a trailer for this and realized he was dipping his toe into my beloved horror genre, I was very interested in seeing this film as soon as I could.  What I wasn’t expecting was the decidedly dull results…	B. Bryant	02/09/09	1	02/12/09
Garden Party	A somewhat interesting slice of life type tale, Garden Party comes to us from writer/director Jason Freeland, who also wrote and directed a James Ellroy adaptation called Brown’s Requiem about 10 years ago.  I recall that film being a perfectly serviceable film noir and this is a perfectly serviceable indie…	B. Bryant	02/03/09	0
Lower Learning	Lower Learning is written and directed by Mark Lafferty, and tells the tale of Tom Willoman (Jason Biggs), a vice-principal who has lost any zest he has for his job, working under eccentric nutjob principal Harper Billings (Rob Corddry) who is embezzling school funds and waiting to be shut down…	B. Bryant	02/03/09	0
Encounters At The End Of The World	Filmed in 2006 and narrated by the mad German himself, Encounters At The End Of The World is director Werner Herzog’s exploration of the Antarctic and the interesting assortment of people who live and work under such extreme conditions.  Inspired by the beautiful footage shot from beneath the Ross Ice…	B. Bryant	01/28/09	0
Resident Evil: Degeneration	First time feature director Makoto Kamiya brings us the first CG installment of the Resident Evil franchise. Resident Evil: Degeneration bridges the gap between the older games and the new one slated for release later this year. Opening with a montage of newscasts to bring the viewer up to speed…	B. Bryant	01/21/09	0
In The Folds Of The Flesh	Director Sergio Bergonzelli brings us this odd mixture of sleaze and pop psychology from 1970, released in the States for the first time in its uncut form.  It’s brought to DVD courtesy of Severin, who have found a nice little niche for themselves releasing some of the more obscure Euro-horror…	B. Bryant	01/14/09	0