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Michael Durr

About Michael Durr

Michael Durr has been reviewing movies for the better part of fifteen years now. He primarily enjoys thrillers, sci-fi, animation and even a little courtroom drama. His favorite films include Escape from New York, the Goonies and anything with Alyssa Milano. When he’s not praising Kurt Russell as the greatest actor of our time or scratching his head over a David Lynch flick, he’s spending time at home in Texas with his lovely wife, Lori and his amazing son. How they put up with him is a mystery, but even Basil Rathbone doesn’t have the time to solve that one.

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X-Men, Volume 1 & 2 (Marvel DVD Comic Book Collection)

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 30th, 2009

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The day of October 31st is usually Halloween to most people. However, back in 1992 it was the day one of the best cartoon superhero shows premiered on the Fox Network. It was simply called X-Men. The show would last seventy-six episodes and five seasons while rising to considerable popularity. I’m not one to toot personal bias, but this is probably my second favorite comic book related animated show next to Batman: The Animated Series. Most of us X-Men fans have been waiting for these episodes to be released for as long as the dvd format has existed. Finally that time has come and I couldn’t be more delighted to watch these again.

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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on April 29th, 2009

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The Fate of Fallujah, Square Enix takes too long and How do those rules for Xbox 360 achievements go again? – Welcome to the column that can make sense of anything except achievements and New Kids on the Block reunion tours known as Dare to Play the Game.

At this point of the column, you are probably wondering if I kept playing Leisure Suit Larry after my review (just go with it okay).
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Fight Night

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 27th, 2009

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At a point in time, women’s fighting was nothing more than usually a side show attraction. As the years went by, the concept of women fighting each other became more and more accepted. There is a women’s boxing league and there are serious women all over the wrestling circuit (and not just t&a shows). There are even rumblings of MMA females (that might be a bit too far though). So, a good plot line for movies would be to interject the female into a man’s fighting world and see how they do. Take underground boxing and the movie: Fight Night, this could be a great marriage.

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Spectacular Spider-Man, The: Volume Four

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 27th, 2009

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The title of Spectacular Spider-Man was once used to refer to a second-rate line of comics about the web-crawler. The Amazing Spiderman always led the way in sales but the Spectacular production always had its line of fans too. As well as the critics. The critics were often on the books because they had a more casual tone and sometimes didn’t even go along with the original book in terms of plot development. The comic eventually died off and in 2008, the Kids WB decided to use the name for their new animated show. Two seasons and 26 episodes later, this show has done quite well. Volume Four is now released and includes episodes 10-13.

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JCVD

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 27th, 2009

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Sometimes I feel like a broken record. Once upon a time, I adored the likes of Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme. I would spend many hours watching Above the Law or Bloodsport until I had nothing else better to do. When I matured, I left many of those movies behind. However, the spirit of those movies was still within the type of movies I would typically watch. The problem is that both of these starts pretty much went from feature film to direct to DVD. But Jean-Claude has tried to change his image by taking on more serious roles. His newest, JCVD; he takes on the role of himself the actor.

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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on April 22nd, 2009

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The Mystery of the E74, A Brand New Fallout, and Anti-Smoking Games for Soldiers? – Welcome to the column that smokes them if they got them and then sponges off of you for more known as Dare to Play the Game.

I finally did it. I played Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust for the Xbox 360 this weekend. I’m sorry I did.
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Street Warrior

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 20th, 2009

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Writing or directing a fighting movie is kinda like booking a wrestling card. In theory, you need to create a strong but flawed babyface who is fighting for a cause or fallen friend. The antagonist or main heel is usually completely evil and has the face of being completely untouchable. But in order to build up this reputation, he must also go through some minor good guys to get over his image.
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Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust (Xbox 360)

Posted in Game Reviews by Michael Durr on April 20th, 2009

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Puberty for me was an odd thing like many teenage boys. My dad threw a medical book into my lap when I turned thirteen and said if I had any questions to let him know. This was followed by more literature being thrown into my lap such as Playboy when I wasn’t any older than fifteen or sixteen years old. In addition to magazine publications, I was also allowed to buy some objectionable games and music. One of these games was the Leisure Suit Larry series.
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on April 15th, 2009

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Gamestop reviewing Sales Policy, Capcom swears RE5 Versus code is not on Disc, and Third Party Wii Development Not Justified? – Welcome to the column that swears that the content for this week is 100% new (except for the 20 year old one-liners) and unopened (well until you click the link anyway) known as Dare to Play the Game.
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Mask of the Ninja

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 13th, 2009

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Bradford May, oh Bradford May. I have a good history of watching movies directed by Mr. May from a couple of Darkman sequels to the more recent Ring of Death. His style is pure popcorn and an attitude of leave your brain cells by the door. It is only fitting that I was interested in seeing another flick with his name on it. This one was called Mask of the Ninja. Right away, it sounded like a classic Bradford May movie. However, after watching it, I realized that Bradford had broken some laws in his production. He had broken the sacred five rules of portraying a ninja.
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on April 8th, 2009

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Take-Two Shareholder Lawsuits, More Fable II DLC, & Nintendo weakening? – Welcome to the column that can predict to absolute certainty that the sun will set tonight (as long as they don’t have to prove it) known as Dare to Play the Game.

I would describe the last week as preparation for something better. I really didn’t play any games. Sure I did the usual World Series of Poker 2k8, Rock Band and even some Rocket Bowl but I didn’t really start anything.
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Side Effects

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 6th, 2009

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My paying job in life is spent as a computer system administrator (unfortunately it is not writing reviews and columns). Often, I have wondered why I’m in the cubicle jockey life and not tried to find some job where I could use my writing skills more effectively and get paid for it. There is also a lot of bs and chicanery in the corporate world that annoys me to no end. It is little wonder that I was interested in the movie Side Effects which deals with the pharmaceutical sales industry. I wasn’t interested in pharmaceuticals but I was interested to see how one deals with the corporate crap that does go on. It made for an interesting experience.
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on April 1st, 2009

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Fable is Little Big Planet, Farting Infringement & No More Consoles? – Welcome to the column that passed up an opportunity on trade marking the phrase: Why So Serious? known as Dare to Play the Game.

I did it, I did it! Whoop! 1000 points has become mine in Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection. This weekend I tried E-Swat once again.
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Fling

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on March 31st, 2009

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Open relationships have never really been in my repertoire. I’m a pretty committed guy. I find a girl or she finds me and we stick it out until one or both of us feel otherwise. Some people will argue that it is not natural to simply have one mate, instead we have to find multiple people to share relationships and intercourse with. In the movie Fling, it deals with an open relationship between Samantha & Mason. My money is on the fact that one of them goes too far in their openness and the relationship becomes strained. Let’s see how good my guesses are today.
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Revenge of the Boarding School Dropouts

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on March 30th, 2009

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Risk taking has never been my specialty. I tend to keep things pretty conservative and never really tried anything out of the ordinary, at least nothing I would consider dangerous. However, I have been interested by many forms of extreme sports. There is skateboarding, motocross, and of course, snowboarding. This beautiful sport combines flawless riders and picturesque snowy landscapes. So how would I take to a movie that tries to make a comedy out of snowboarding? Hopefully well. But then I saw that it included Tom Green and one of the guys from Jackass. This is not off to a good start.
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Battle in Seattle

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on March 26th, 2009

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The WTO or World Trade Organization came into being on the 1st of January in the year of 1995. It was the successor to GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and was designed to supervise and liberalize international trade. In their ministerial conference of 1999, they decided to have the conference on US soil. The site chosen was Seattle, Washington. The WTO had drawn criticism from protestors around the globe that proclaimed that the WTO was pursuing commercial interests ahead of human principles.
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on March 25th, 2009

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Netflix on the Wii, Drugs & Guitar Hero: Metallica & Call of Duty Dogs vs Nintendogs – Welcome to the column that think this is the gateway drug to Benny Hill episodes & Jerry Springer reruns known as Dare to Play the Game.

I mentioned last week that I didn’t think I was actually going to complete Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection. My defining sentence is that honestly I don’t think I’m going to get the achievement for Mean Bean Machine. I was wrong.
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on March 18th, 2009

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Sony Are Their Own Bosses, Stranglehold without Chow-Yun Fat & Capcom hates complaining – Welcome to the column that thought they were in the charge of their own destiny until they met Miss Dare to Play the Game known as Dare to Play the Game.

My gaming this week has consisted solely of beating the crap out of Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis collection for 360. If you remember, I was at about 360 achievement points last week. This week? 710.
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A Good Day to be Black & Sexy

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on March 16th, 2009

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A “sexy” movie is more than a movie that just has two people performing the horizontal mambo with heavy breathing. There needs to be passion, there needs to be raw emotion and even sometimes there needs to be love. If there are words to be spoken between the two beings, they need to have strength and feeling.
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on March 11th, 2009

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Extinction of Xbox 360 Elite, Van Halen Hero & Is there anybody left who can break EA’s NFL Monopoly – Welcome to the column that is considering releasing Gaming Column Hero where you write bad jokes, deliver second hand news and post pictures of hot women known as Dare to Play the Game.

My gaming week was taken up by Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection for my 360. Even after my review was posted on Thursday, I spent most of the weekend exploring every sort of Genesis game I wanted to try out.
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Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection

Posted in Game Reviews by Michael Durr on March 6th, 2009

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There haven’t been many compilation discs out for the 360 yet. There were the Orange Box and a few Xbox Live Arcade compilation discs. There was also Namco Museum Virtual Arcade which despite the plethora of titles wasn’t much more than a bunch of Xbox Live Arcade games and some retro titles thrown in for the nostalgia factor. Most of us retro purists were waiting for a compilation title that put together not only classic games but blended it with the new technology into an invigorating harmony. Our time has come in the form of Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection.
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on March 4th, 2009

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Nintendo does not compete with cell phones, EA did not make Hits in ‘08 & Midway wants to sell off Mortal Kombat – Welcome to the column that does intend to play something besides Lego Star Wars in the near future known as Dare to Play the Game.

So, I did say I was going to be done with Lego Star Wars last week. Well I was right and I was wrong.
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Chocolate

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on March 2nd, 2009

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Autism is commonly defined as a brain development disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. Sometimes, due to that lack of social interaction and repetitive behavior, the people affected develop a special skill or heightened senses. The results can be amazing. However, in film, autism is rarely shown as what it truly is, a disorder. To find a film that not only embraces the special skill as well as show the difficulty it takes to exist and function normally is pretty rare.

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Videogame Theater

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on February 26th, 2009

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Most of you know that video games are very near and dear to my heart. When it comes to video games on my TV, I’m usually restricted to G4’s X-Play or perhaps somebody got a hold of a license and turned it into a bad movie. Sure, there are times when they try to turn video game comedy into a sitcom of some sort. Game Over even though it was awesome, only lasted six episodes.
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on February 25th, 2009

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Overpaid Severance, Everquest 2 Server Logs & Xbox Live Hackers on the Rise – Welcome to the column that promises to not knock anybody off-line unless they are on a 14.4k baud modem known as Dare to Play the Game.

This past weekend I finally beat Lego Star Wars Complete Saga for the Xbox 360. The game came to a satisfying conclusion and many achievements were gained. I found my way to 620 achievement points out of 1000.
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