The Mist: Two-Disc Collector’s Edition–***1/2 DVD Review If you saw Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist in theaters, whether you liked it or not, you need to pick up the DVD. If you haven’t seen this horror throwback, then you’d do well to skip right to disc two of this Collector’s Edition DVD [...]

13 Game of Death (2006)–*** DVD Review 13: Game of Death is everything I wanted Saw to be. This psychological thriller/splatter film from Thailand is just topical enough, just perverse enough and just tense enough to make for an entertaining evening of blood, shit and satire. The film follows Chit (Krissada Terrence), a music instrument [...]

Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)–***1/2 DVD Review If there is anyone out there from Warner Bros. reading this, I have a request: please, please, please release Justice League: The New Frontier in theaters. I don’t want to live in a world where an animated film the caliber of this latest DC Universe release is [...]

Day Zero (2007)–**1/2 DVD Review Day Zero is more of a conversation starter than a watchable film. The drama, set in a near future where the draft is reinstated due to an escalated confrontation in the Middle East, languishes in the realm of politics for too long. In the early scenes, the tone is set [...]

Margot at the Wedding-*1/2 DVD Review Noah Baumbach’s characters have always been slightly maladjusted, but they never felt unreal. Margot at the Wedding changes that. In his latest film, he transplants characters from a Todd Solondz film into a movie that is too dramatic, tonally, when compared to its characters. One of those characters is [...]

Dedication (2007)–*** DVD Review I’ve often described movies as bipolar, but never in such a positive manner as I would describe Dedication. Seriously unhinged and better for it, this debut film by director Justin Theroux stirs together the best parts of Woody Allen circa Annie Hall to create a modern love-story for a generation of [...]

A seemingly ill-conceived festival re-branding campaign in season two of the three-season behind-the-scenes theater series Slings & Arrows uses lines from bad reviews to connect with a new audience. One such review reads “…theater has never made television looks so good.” Well, in the case of this Canadian TV import, I can honestly say television [...]

I used to do monthly interviews with indie filmmakers. Dance Party, USA is the type of indie I would seek out — small, rough around the edges, poignant, and lacking pretense. That’s how I like my indies. But this review isn’t going to focus on Dance Party, USA, which is part of a two-disc DVD [...]

The Ten (2007)–*** DVD Review So, you’re on Netflix or going to a video store, and you’re thinking, “Hey, why can’t I ever find a comedy about a woman having sex with a ventriloquist dummy?” Well, my friend, David Wain has come to your rescue. The Ten, comedy director/writer Wain’s most recent film, arrives on [...]