Archive for the ‘On DVD’ Category

The original 1960’s series The Prisoner co-created by and starring the late Patrick McGoohan is long considered one of the great cult television series. Far ahead of it’s time and long reaching in its influence, the show combined elements of sci-fi and espionage with allegorical drama.

Long in development this “re-imagining” finally arrives on DVD with Jim Caviezel (Passion of the Christ) in the role of Number [...]

By on October 10, 2010

Richard Eyre’s The Other Man is one of those infuriating films that starts out with an engaging premise but fails to deliver on any of its promises.

Liam Neeson (Taken, The A-Team) stars as Peter, a successful software developer. He is happily married to Lisa (Laura Linney) and they have one grown daughter. When Lisa seemingly disappears, Peter is devastated to discover that she has been [...]

By on September 24, 2010

Give ‘Em Hell, Malone is yet another one of those straight to DVD pseudo noir action flicks trying to cash in on the style of much better films like Sin City but unfortunately comes off more like a carbon copy of other bad films like The Spirit, which were also trying to rip off the Sin City magic.

By on September 16, 2010

After decades of mistreatment, The Dark Knight Detective is finally getting his due.

Over the years the fans have been subjected to the campy and satirical 60’s TV series starring Adam West , Tim Burton’s uneven and pseudo psychological blockbusters and, worst of all, Joel Schumacher’s god-awful cheese-fests such as Batman and Robin, one of the worst reviewed films of all time.