Archive for December, 2008
On Blu-Ray: Traitor
Directed By Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Starring Don Cheadle, Guy Perce
Did you ever see a film that you wanted to be great but it just wasn’t? Traitor is a very slick film with a fantastic actor in the lead role but it’s just missing that special something that would make it a great film.
The Movie
Don Cheadle [...]
On DVD: Visits: Hungry Ghost Anthology
Directed by: Low Ngai Yuen, James Lee, NG Tian Hann, and Ho Yuhang
Asian inspired horror is still a huge draw for many genre fans and even casual movie goers. However, the source is always the best place to go for these films since Hollywood notoriously messes with the original vision of the director. [...]
On Blu-Ray: The Duchess
Directed by Saul Dibb
Starring: Keira Knightly, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper
I enjoy “costume” or period dramas. Okay, that is not easy to say among my film fanatic friends as they give me a hard time for liking Dangerous Liaisons, The Age of Innocence, Howard’s End and many more. So, The Duchess looks like it [...]
Episode 45: Christmas Eve talk of Comics and Little More
Alan, Brian, and Stephen are at a Christmas Eve party so what do they do? Hit record and start talking about whatever comes to mind, which this week is mostly comics. There’s a bit more of this and that in the mix but the focus is on comics for sure.
Happy Holidays from the Official CineGeek [...]
On DVD: Van’s Warped Tour ‘07
83 punk bands, 45 cities. A compilation of the 13th year of Van’s Warped Tour. This disc includes performances and interviews with Bad Religion, Coheed and Cambria, Fishbone, Chiodos, Killswitch Engage and several others.
The Movie
I’m not a huge punk fan. I don’t mean that I don’t like it that much I mean that I’ve [...]
In Comics: Push # 1
Adam Freeman & Marc Bernardin, Writers
Bruno Redondo, Penciller
Sergio Ariño, Inker
Aaron Minier, Flashback Sequence
Published by: Wildstorm
I have to admit, I never grow tired of storylines featuring mutants, delinquents, or underdogs taken in by a secret government agency and trained to be assassins. Something about it appeals [...]
On Blu-Ray: Event Horizon
Directed By Paul W.S. Anderson
Written by Philip Eisner
Starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neil, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard T. Jones
Event Horizon did one thing right away when I dropped the blu-ray into my Playstation 3; it made me wonder what happened to the epic space movie. It seems that the only space movies being made these days [...]
Episode 44: The ADD Edition featuring The Crow, Videogame Awards, 10 Buzz Words of ‘08 and much more, much much more!
Brooke Williams returns to our merry band as Brian Curtis had to be away this week. She comes to an off the rails episode where the discussions go everywhere and nowhere! We try pita chips and discuss the 10 buzz words of 2008, the X-Men, the videogame awards, and the new Stargate series.
On Blu-Ray: Old School Unrated and Out of Control!
Directed by : Todd Phillips
Starring: Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn
Old School is a movie in the teen sex comedy vein, but with adults trying to take part in the festive debauchery. If you are looking for upscale humor and dry wit, this is not the movie for you. [...]
On DVD: Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 & 1979
Directed By: Walter C. Miller
Starring: Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Kris Kristoferrson, Rita Coolidge, Steve Martin, Tom T. Hall, Anne Murray and Andy Cauffman
These two seventies Christmas specials, one filmed in Los Angeles and the other at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, are the perfect prescription for some nostalgic Christmas spirit.
The Movie [...]
