Archive for September, 2008
DVD Review: Eli Stone The Complete first Season
Starring Johnny Lee Miller, Natasha Henstridge, Victor Garber
Created By Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim
I was honestly not looking forward to watching this series when it landed on my doorstep. Much of the basic tropes of this series have been done many many times before and with only a few exceptions I hated those shows. Highway to [...]
News: New On DVD this Week
There’s some good stuff hitting shelves this week and it’s only going to get more expensive as the holidays approach. Iron Man is listed again this week for some reason, possibly due to some issues with the Blu-Ray release. At any rate, here’s the list of DVD/Blu-Rays that are for you and me:
Iron Man 2 [...]
Episode 15: Heroes, Hulk, Breast Milk, and Suckers
In this episode of the CineGeek podcast we talk about breast milk in Ben and Jerry’s, the return of Heroes, orgamic suckers, and all the normal stuff including new comics, DVD’s and Blu-Ray’s and much more!!
DVD Review: Private Practice: The Complete First Season
Series Created by Shonda Rhimes
Starring: Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Audra McDonald, Tim Daly
First things first: I am not a fan of Grey’s Anatomy. So, would I care about the spin off series, Private Practice? Private Practice: The Complete First Season was recently released on DVD by Buena Vista Home Video.
DVD Review: The Edgar Wallace Collection Volume Two: Curse of the Yellow Snake
Directed by: Franz Josef Gottlieb
Written by: Franz Josef Gottlieb and Edgar Wallace
To be honest, I never heard of Edgar Wallace when this DVD came by my desk. I did a quick search to find that Mr. Wallace was a rather prolific writer of crime in the early 1900s. In fact, Edgar Wallace wrote the first [...]
DVD Review: The Visitor
Directed By: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, Haaz Sleiman, Danni Gurira
Walter has been coasting for years. Work forces him to return to New York City and an apartment he has not seen in years. Instead of a musty,cold flat he finds fresh flowers and a beautiful young woman in his bath. No it’s not [...]
Episode 14: Urinal Cakes, Guilty Pleasures in Film, Bangkok, and more!
This week we give Foosh! Energy mints a go while we discuss five guilty pleasure films, the box office, comics, and the ever struggling Dollhouse television series.
On DVD: Child’s Play – Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition
Directed by Tom Holland
Starring Catherine Hicks, Brad Dourif
There are certain films, music, and TV from the 80’s that are iconic of the era and Child’s Play is one such bit of nostalgia. The challenge is whether the film, TV series, or piece of music should be relegated to that era as a fun memory or [...]
DVD Review: Cinematic Titanic presents The Wasp Woman (1959)
Directed by Roger Corman
Starring Susan Cabot, Fred Eisley
Cinematic Titanic is Joel Hodgson, J. Elvis Weinstein, Frank Conniff, Trace Beaulieu, Mary Jo Pehl
Boy oh boy, did I love Mystery Science Theater 3000 back in the day. Well, MST3K fans, they are back. Joel, Frank, Trace and the gang are back to “riffing” movies, the group now [...]
On DVD: Samantha Who Season One
Created By: Donald Todd, Cecelia Ahern
Starring:Christina Applegate, Jean Smart, Kevin Dunn, Jennifer Esposito, Barry Watson, Melissa McCarthy
Christina Applegate’s new vehicle finds her waking up from an eight day coma with retro grade amnesia. Luckily she has her parents, two friends and an ex-boyfriend to help her figure out who she is. Unluckily she’s figuring out [...]
