DVD Review: Friday the 13th, Part 2 – Deluxe Edition
Buoyed by the success of Friday the 13th, Paramount wanted a sequel and wanted it fast. Friday the 13th, Part 2 hit theaters in May of 1981, less than a year after its predecessor. Having served as an associate-producer on the first film, Steve Miner took over the producer/director role for the sequel. The film […]
Blu-ray Review: Space Buddies
Space Buddies is the third film in the Air Buddies series. Like its predecessors Air Buddies and Snow Buddies, this movie was released directly on DVD and Blu-ray. Space Buddies finds Buddha (Field Cate), Mudbud (Henry Hodges ), B-Dawg (Skyler Gisondo), Budderball (Josh Flitter) and Rosebud (Liana Mumy) taken on an unexpected adventure into space. […]
Blu-ray Review: Friday the 13th – Uncut Deluxe Edition (1980)
It’s about time Paramount brought the uncut version of Friday the 13th to Blu-ray. Fans can rejoice; the horror classic looks better than I could have ever imagined. Inspired by the success of John Carpenter’s Halloween two years before, Friday the 13th was made on a budget estimated to be $550,000 and went on to […]
DVD Review: Cheech & Chong, Still Smokin’ – I Love the ’80’s Edition
Cheech & Chong may not have invented “stoner” comedy but they sure perfected it. With the exception of their 1985 album, Get out of my Room, I’ve never been a huge fan of their drug based humor. But for their legions of fans, the duo’s routines based on folks who toke the smoke, Richard “Cheech” […]
DVD Review: Friday the 13th – Uncut Deluxe Edition (1980)
Inspired by the success of John Carpenter’s Halloween two years before, Friday the 13th was made on a budget estimated to be $550,000 and went on to gross over $39.7 million at the box office in the United States and went on to become one of the most profitable horror films in the history of […]
DVD Review: Flashdance – I Love the ’80’s Edition
Flashdance arrived in U.S theaters on April 15, 1983. Critics hated the film but the public loved it. At Just ten years-old, I can remember how torn sweatshirts and leg warmers became must-haves. Because the movie was rated R, I didn’t get to see it in theaters but rented it a couple of years later […]
DVD Review: Pride and Glory [Two Disc Digital Copy Edition]
Pride and Glory doesn’t deliver anything moviegoers haven’t seen countless times before; good cop, bad cop and lots of conflict. My first instinct was to dismiss this film completely. However, I figured since the picture starred Edward Norton and Colin Farrell, it might not be half bad. Turns out I was right, While Pride and […]
Blu-ray Review: Mirrors [Rated/Unrated Digital Copy Special Edition]
Apparently, there has been some confusion as to the origins of this film. The director of Mirrors, Alexandre Aja, has claimed the project was not a remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film Into the Mirror, though there are some definite similarities. Those similarities must have been close enough to make Mirrors distributors nervous, […]
Interview: Dexter’s Julie Benz
I recently had a chance to email Julie Benz some questions. She discussed what interested her in “Saw V,” the film that was recently released on DVD, her thoughts on working with Sylvester Stallone on the latest “Rambo” installment and Rita’s growth on “Dexter” among other things.
Blu-ray Review: Babylon A.D.
Based on the novel Babylon Babies by Maurice Georges Dantec, Babylon A.D. was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine), who worked on an English language adaptation of the film for five years, until it finally hit theaters in August of 2008. Kassovitz wrote the screenplay, along with screenwriter Éric Besnard. It has been widely reported […]