Blu-ray Review: 28 Weeks Later

January 11th, 2008

One of the better horror sequels you’ll lay eyes on.
Important to this sequel's success is the believability of the scenario. 28 Weeks Later doesn’t bring any of the characters back, choosing to craft a new story around a band of survivors trying to cope after a deadly virus wiped out most of the population. As expected, the rage virus breaks out again, leading to some spectacular, brutal,…

Blu-ray Review: Rocky Balboa

January 11th, 2008

One of the greatest sequels you’ll ever see. Oh, and it’s an awesome Blu-ray too.
Some franchises deserve to go out on top. Rocky was one of them. Contrary to the jokes about how Stallone has nothing left and the franchise is dead, Rocky Balboa proves its worth and then some. This is the second best movie in the series, just behind the iconic original. Movies almost never achieve everything they set out to, making Rocky Balboa…

DVD Review: Get Smart – The Complete Series

January 11th, 2008

Would you believe mankind?s greatest discovery since fire?
Currently available exclusively through Time Life, the Get Smart – The Complete Series box set proves the existence of God. Would you believe mankind’s greatest discovery since fire? How about the best TV-on-DVD collection? A great amount of work went into this set that will have every Get Smart fan drooling, and it sets the gold…

Sea Monsters: a Prehistoric Adventure – Trailer

January 11th, 2008
  Sea Monsters: a Prehistoric Adventure - Trailer
Stunning photo-realistic computer-generated animation transports audiences back to the Late Cretaceous, when a great inland sea divided North America in two. The film follows a curious and adventurous dolichorhynchopsas she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs, giant turtles, enormous fish, fierce sharks, and the most dangerous sea monsters of all, the mosasaur. SEA MONSTERSweaves together a series of paleontological digs from around the globe in a compelling story about scientists working as detectives to answer questions about this ancient and mysterious ocean world. Viewers accompany modern and historical fossil hunters to remote locations as they excavate the remains of some of the most awe-inspiring creatures of all time, unearthing discoveries which shed light on exactly what happened to the film’s incredible cast of characters. Merging ultra-high-resolution 3D graphics with National Geographic’s trademark authenticity, compelling imagery and powerful storytelling, SEA MONSTERS is an unforgettable prehistoric adventure.
Directed by: Sean Phillips
Starring: John Benfield, Phil Davis, Colin Farrell, Sally Hawkins, Ewan Mcgregor

Postal – Trailer

January 11th, 2008
  Postal - Trailer
A religious charlatan (Foley), his mild mannered nephew (Ward) and a gang of bosomy commandos face off against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in an epic battle that will determine the fate of the world in POSTAL, the latest film from controversial director Uwe Boll (“BloodRayne”). Boll roasts an entire herd of sacred cows and smashes taboos to smithereens in this over-the-top and hilariously subversive critique of modern day America. Inspired by the notorious videogame of the same name, POSTAL is a jaw-droppingly original spoof of contemporary culture and an equal opportunity offender, lampooning religious extremists, minorities, bureaucrats, immigrants, cops, women, the Holocaust, gun nuts and more with evenhanded abandon.
Directed by: Uwe Boll
Starring: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Jackie Tohn, Verne Troyer

The Orphanage – Trailer 2

January 11th, 2008
  The Orphanage - Trailer 2
The Orphanage, presented by Oscar-Nominee Guillermo del Toro, centers on a Laura (Belén Rueda from The Sea Inside) who purchases her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. Once there, Laura discovers that the new environment awakens her son’s imagination, but the ongoing fantasy games he plays with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing. Upon seeing her family increasingly threatened by the strange occurrences in the house, Laura looks to a group of parapsychologists for help in unraveling the mystery that has taken over the place.
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Starring: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin, Montserrat Carulla, Mabel Rivera

Prom Night – Trailer 1

January 11th, 2008
  Prom Night - Trailer 1
Donna’s senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life. After surviving a horrible tragedy, she has finally moved on and is enjoying her last year of high school. Surrounded by her best friends, she should be safe from the horrors of her past. But when the night turns deadly, there is only one person who could be responsible…a man she thought was gone forever. Now, Donna and her friends must find a way to escape the sadistic rampage of an obsessed killer, and survive a night “to die for.”
Directed by: Nelson McCormick
Starring: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Jessica Stroup, Dana Davis, Collins Pennie

You Don’t Mess With the Zohan – Trailer 1

January 11th, 2008
  You Don’t Mess With the Zohan - Trailer 1
In You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, a comedy from screenwriters Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog), and Judd Apatow (Knocked Up), Sandler stars as Zohan, an Israeli commando who fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream: becoming a hairstylist in New York. Dennis Dugan directs.
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider

Beaufort – Trailer

January 11th, 2008
  Beaufort - Trailer
Winner for Best Director at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival, BEAFORT chronicles the final days of an Israeli army unit’s tense, painful withdrawal from a strategic 12th century fortress near the Lebanese border in 2000, marking the end of nearly two decades of controversial occupation. Based on a true story, director Joseph Cedar confronts the difficult questions raised by Israel’s military strategy in Lebanon but also, more broadly, the sacrifices of young soldiers and the futility of war.
Directed by: Joseph Cedar
Starring: Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, Eli Eltonyo

Little Chenier – Trailer

January 11th, 2008
  Little Chenier - Trailer
Living on a houseboat in the Louisiana bayou, Beaux Dupuis (Johnathon Schaech) and his mentally handicapped brother, Pemon (Fred Koehler), try to make ends meet at their local bait shop. The two live a simple life until Pemon is accused of a crime in the town and Beaux must protect his brother against all odds.
Directed by: Bethany Ashton Wolf
Starring: Johnathon Schaech, Fred Koehler, Tamara Braun, Jeremy Davidson, Clifton Collins, Jr.