DVD/Blu-Ray Reviews

DVD Review: ‘Higanjima: Escape from Vampire Island’ is a Tsunami of Vampire Freshness

by Brandon Kruter

Foreign movies aren’t for everyone. Especially when they are in a language you don’t know, thus reducing you to reading subtitles. I don’t mind reading a little bit while watching a movie and have been able to enjoy some...

13 Days of Halloween Review: ‘Scream 4’ Won’t Trick or Treat!

by Alissa LeClair

I followed the production of Wes Craven’s Scream 4 last year and all the hype about the multiple trailers for its April 2011 release, but when it came time to devote 111 minutes to the stab fest in theaters,...

Blu-ray Review: Federico Fellini’s ‘The Clowns’ (I Clowns)

by Alex DiGiovanna

This past Tuesday, what many consider to be Federico Fellini’s final masterpiece, The Clowns (I Clowns), has hit the Blu-ray shelves for the first time ever in the states, all thanks to the good and classically oriented folks at...

Blu-Ray Review: Álex de la Iglesia’s Clowns go Insane in ‘The Last Circus’

by Alex DiGiovanna

It’s hard for me to explain the madness that occurs in Álex de la Iglesia’s latest cinematic effort, The Last Circus, without giving away the good parts. Luckily, even if I tell you what happens you’ll still have problems...

DVD Review: Cameron Diaz is one ‘Bad Teacher’ [Unrated]

by Alex DiGiovanna

Today the unrated version of Bad Teacher hits the DVD shelves and with that so does a review of the potty mouth comedy. The film, which stars Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake and John Michael Higgins,...

DVD Review: ‘Buck’ Documentary Paints a Classic All-American Portrait!

by Alissa LeClair

The highly acclaimed documentary Buck is nothing short of an all-American portrait of Buck Brannaman, the heroic force leading the culture of “horse whispering.” I’m sure when you read that sentence, your mind goes straight to the Golden Globe...

DVD/Blu-Ray Review: Dante Lam’s ‘The Stool Pigeon’

by Alex DiGiovanna

Today, Dante Lam’s (Beast Stalker) informant thriller The Stool Pigeon hits the DVD/Bllu-ray shelves thanks to Well Go USA. The Nicholas Tse (Bodyguards & Assassins) and Nick Cheung (Beast Stalker) starring vehicle was nominated for eight Hong Kong Film...

Blu-Ray Review: Yuen Woo Ping’s ‘True Legend’ Tries to be Bigger than it Actually is

by Alex DiGiovanna

On Tuesday September 13th, Indomina Releasing will be bringing director and legendary martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo Ping’s latest film, True Legend, to Blu-Ray and DVD. Yuen Woo Ping is the man behind the action in The Matrix, Kill...

DVD Review: Michael Jai White’s ‘Never Back Down 2′

by Alex DiGiovanna

Straight to DVD films used to have some sort of negative connotation attached to them but over the past five years there has been a significant change in the quality of films released directly to video. It is possible...

DVD Review: ‘Clash’ is an Action Packed Piece of Vietnamese Cinema

by Alex DiGiovanna

Johnny Tri Nguyen and Veronica Ngô are back together after starring in Vietnam’s highest grossing film of all time, The Rebel. They return with an exciting and gritty movie packed with guns, legitimate reloading, and tons of martial arts...

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