Archive for October, 2009
On DVD: Palisades Tartan Terror Pack
Directed by Kim Chapiron, Koji Shiraishi, Frank van Geloven, Edwin Visser
Starring Vincent Cassel, Haruhiko Kato, Robert Eleveld, Victoria Koblenko
With Halloween right around the corner, a boxset of horror films from around the world is a treat you can give yourself, right? Palisades Tartan recently released Terror Pack, containing Sheitan, Carved and Slaughter Night on DVD [...]
On DVD: The Butcher
Directed by: Kim Jin Won
Not every Asian horror film features a creepy pale girl with long black hair. There are those ghost films but there are also some films that really push the boundaries of the genre beyond anything released in the United States. The Butcher is one such film.
The Movie
The Butcher is an extremely [...]
CineGeek Webcast Episode 85: Halloween Special!
We celebrate Halloween this week by discussing our favorite horror films along with Dollhouse dropping, Flash Forward, Vampire Diaries, this week’s box office, new comics, and videogames!!
In Comics: DC Universe Halloween Special 2009
Written by Jake Black, Adam Schlagman, Dunncan Rouleau, Michael Siglain, Art Baltazar, Franco Aureliani, Derek Fridolfs, Ariel Thomas, Amy Wolfram, Joe Harris, Mandy McMurray, Billy Tucci and Joshua Williamson
Art by Ibraim Roberson, Mark Bagley, Dunncan Rouleau, Kelley Jones, Sergio Carrera, Ductin Nguyen, Matt Triano, Pow Rodrix, Andrei Bressan, Jonboy Meyers, Scott Clark, Billy Tucci and [...]
On Blu-Ray: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Starring: Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, Clancy Brown
Talk about being different as night and day. The relationship between Batman and Superman takes that old saying to a literal degree. Batman is a vigilante when properly portrayed. He’s violent and he works on the fringes as much against authorities as with them. Superman is a traditional hero [...]
On DVD: Babes in the Woods
Directed By: Achem A. Krovek
Starring: Pat Bolin, Karen Moore, Vicki Miles, Mardge London,
Not quite a blast, here’s a puff of bad breath from the past. An “educational” film lost for forty years, meaning someone failed to bury it deep enough in the late sixties.
The Movie
A narrator starts out the movie setting the scene as [...]
On Film: Paranormal Activity
Directed by: Oren Pali
Starring: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat
Being a filmmaker myself when an $11,000 horror film gets wide distribution it demands my attention. The fear I had going into the theater is that I’m a huge, and jaded, horror film fan. I’ve seen too many horror films that are supposed to truly be scary that [...]
On DVD: Princess
Directed by Andres Morgenthaler
Featuring voices by Thure Lindhardt, Stein Fischer Christensen
I just have to confess my love for the good people over at Palisades Tartan. An animated Danish film about revenge and prostitution? Count me in. Princess was recently released on DVD by Palisades Tartan and I gave it a try.
The Movie
August (Thure Lindhardt) is [...]
In Comics: Booster Gold #25
Written by Dan Jurgens (Booster Gold) / Matthew Sturges (Blue Beetle)
Art by Dan Jurgens (Booster Gold) / Mike Norton (Blue Beetle)
With this 25th issue, Booster Gold volume two ties with where the first volume ended, and it’s not done yet. This issue wraps up the Day of Death arc while the Blue Beetle supplement finishes [...]
Contest: Win a Prize Pack from the Exciting New USA Series White Collar!
To solve the hardest crimes, hire the smartest criminal! USA NETWORK’s new series, White Collar, premieres Friday, October 23 at 10pm/9c. WHITE COLLAR, stars Matt Bomer (“Chuck,” “Tru Calling”), Tim DeKay (“Tell Me You Love Me,” “Carnivàle”), Tiffani Thiessen (“What About Brian,” “Fastlane”) and Willie Garson (“Sex and the City,” “John from Cincinnati”). WHITE COLLAR [...]
