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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Tex Avery’s Droopy (The Complete Theatrical Collection)

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on June 10th, 2007

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Synopsis

Hello, all you happy people. Growing up, many people of my generation when turning to classic cartoons turned to Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse or even Popeye. I wasn’t normal (who would have guessed?). I found my cartoon home when I wasn’t watching Transformers or He-Man in the old Tex Avery cartoons of yesteryear. My favorite character was Droopy, the little dog with the deadpan wit and a penchant for outsmarting the big bad Wolf or Spike/Butch the bulldog. Tex was fa…
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on June 6th, 2007

No more farming, No 360 Port for Ninja Gaiden & No sense in Zelda II – Welcome to the column that refuses to take no for an answer (but gets it anyway) known as Dare to Play the Game.

Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I’m kinda in limbo this week. I feel I’m on the verge of something but I’m not sure what the heck it is. Work is going okay for the most part but I still don’t have anything resembling a social life. I would j…
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Tom and Jerry Tales Volume 2

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on June 3rd, 2007

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Synopsis

Tom & Jerry cartoons used to be so much fun back in the day. The mayhem, the violence, the pursuit of one cat to vanquish one tiny little mouse (and never succeeding). I remember one episode very vividly that involved Tom destroying the whole house to get to Jerry and literally killing himself in the process (well the fake cartoon dieing anyway). They probably took that off tv these days with trying to sanitize children’s programming and all. However, without Tom & …
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Cagney & Lacey – The True Beginning (Season One)

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on June 3rd, 2007

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Synopsis

Groundbreaking is often a word that is simply used too much. People tend to sling it around whenever they find a movie or tv show that is just simply different. However, this is not the case with the groundbreaking show: Cagney & Lacey. It was to show two women in leading roles as police officers solving crimes and getting the bad guys. The show in its first season alone would explore such controversial women’s issues as date rape and burnout (which a lot of women du…
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Dante’s Cove – The Complete Second Season

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on June 2nd, 2007

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I must really love this job. That’s the only explanation as to why I keep reviewing for this site. Then I get across my desk a copy of Dante’s Cove – The Complete Second Season. (I guessed I missed the first one). On the cover they show three quite buff men (in the background two women, hey that’s Tracy Scoggins), all with pants being a little too low. Uh-oh. *flips to the back*; oh geez is that two men kissing, *sigh*, it is. From the here! network for openly gays and lesbians comes the guilty pleasure show; Dante’s Cove, a soap opera that let’s just say really pushes the envelope.
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¡Yo Soy Boricua PA’Que Tu Lo Sepas!

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on June 1st, 2007

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Synopsis

Most people don’t know where to place Puerto Ricans. Some would like to think they are Hispanic, some would like to think that they are African. To treat them as anything beside their own culture would be a mistake. They are Puerto Rican, proud and have been in the United States for almost a century. Puerto Ricans have been for the most part unfairly discriminated against and put into groups that they simply do not belong in. From Pedro Albizu Campos to Jennifer Lopez, there has …
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on May 30th, 2007

A Complete Lego Star Wars Set, Master Chief Gone Wild, and time for one more Party – Welcome to the column that will soon have a patch available to remove all explicit content (but then only consist of 5 words) known as Dare to Play the Game.

Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I spent Memorial Day on a pretty good note. I spent most of the time with a friend I hadn’t seen in roughly ten years. We went and saw a movie (Shrek 3…
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Catan (Xbox Live Arcade)

Posted in Game Reviews by Michael Durr on May 30th, 2007

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Opening

Board Games can be great experiences for families and friends to come together and enjoy themselves. A dice roll, a few spaces moved on the gameboard, and some money gained or paid are all sometimes a game needs. Up until May of this year there had not been any board games for XBOX Live Arcade. There had been a good handful of card games but nothing like Monopoly, Scrabble, or even Chess (there was Backgammon but who actually plays Backgammon?). That changed when …
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Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Xbox)

Posted in Game Reviews by Michael Durr on May 24th, 2007

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Opening

ROUND ONE, FIGHT. I’m something of a Mortal Kombat junkie especially in my younger days. I started playing the original arcade game when I was very young and played 2 (still the best to date), 3, dealt with 4 and even dabbled in Deception. I adored the movies, though for obvious reasons I was poed at some parts of the second movie but still liked it. I even bought one of those silly MK controllers for the Playstation 2 (Scorpion naturally). So when I heard that the…
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on May 23rd, 2007

Metroid Prime 3 to the Wii, Xevious to the XBLA & GTA IV takes me to the poorhouse – Welcome to the column that is available now for only $.99 (plus a small fee) known as Dare to Play the Game.

Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. A rather brisk week for me, a lot of organization on my part. I took the liberty of cleaning up the house a bit since the assumption process was approved last week. My house could really be worth something in a few years but I’m…
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The 4400 – Season Three

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on May 21st, 2007

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Synopsis

The 4400 Season Two left us on quite the cliffhanger. The returnees had been taken off the promicen inhibitor, thus enabling their abilities to return to normal strength. Ryland (played by Peter Coyote) was exposed as the one behind the cover up and went straight to trial. Isabelle (played by Megalyn Echikunwoke); infant daughter of Richard & Lily Tyler(played by Mahershalalhashbaz Ali and Laura Allen respectively), had grown up quite quickly as she was found in Shawn Farrell’s (played by Patrick Flueger) office.
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Aegis Wing (Xbox Live Arcade)

Posted in Game Reviews by Michael Durr on May 21st, 2007

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Opening

I guess I’m a sucker for old school shooters. When I was a little chap, it was about the vertical shooters like Galaga and Centipede. As I grew older, I found myself starting to lean towards the horizontal shooters as well including R-Type. However, I did not find myself playing a shooter from start to finish until I came upon a game for the Turbo Duo (Turbo Graphix 16 w/super cd attachment). Actually it was the pack-in for the system. That game was Gates of Thund…
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Constellation

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on May 20th, 2007

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Synopsis

Interracial relationships in movies tend to be hit or miss. If treated fairly, it can make the movie an uplifting picture, one that will make people stand up and cheer for a satisfying ending. Misused, and it just becomes an ugly context for the movie to hide around. Constellation starts out with the love story between Carmel Boxer (played by Gabrielle Union), an african-american lady and her white boyfriend & solider Bear (young version played by …
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Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, The

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on May 18th, 2007

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Synopsis

My life has been a strange journey. Recently I found myself divorced after a three year marriage. Needless to say I’m probably need a bit of soul searching. Perhaps I need to cleanse my spirit before setting back out into the world from which I came. Now I’ve never been a religiously deep person but I do take myself on as a spiritual one. So to see a surprise title in my queue with the words The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success would bring at least a little …
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on May 16th, 2007

Catering to the Casual, Free XBLA & Marvel UA goes Golden – Welcome to the column that always provides entertainment for the lowest common denominator known as Dare to Play the Game.

Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. As of May 14th, 2007 @ 10:00am, I am officially single. So to all of the women that have been waiting for that once in a lifetime opportunity, please step forward. I’m waiting *tap tap*. Story of my life eh? I did happen to see Spiderman…
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Mickey’s Great Clubhouse Hunt

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on May 14th, 2007

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Synopsis

Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse! (tell me you just didn’t say that) So what happens to a 31 year old adult who sits through a show alone that is geared towards children who might not even be in grade school yet? Besides binge drinking & wondering why he doesn’t have a date this weekend? Apparently some good wholesome family entertainment. I was actually a little surprised how decent this was after twenty minutes into the program.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is a fairly…
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Motives 2 – Retribution

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on May 14th, 2007

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Synopsis

Stereo-typing is a nasty business and unfortunately happens a lot in Hollywood. Certain actors play certain types of characters, certain movies always have the same themes, certain Uwe Boll movies (all) get bad ratings, etc. One of those unfortunate stereo-types is african-american movie making. Quite often you see an urban setting, a rise from the ghetto, or something related to basketball or football. Dominant african-american stereo-typing at what everybody thin…
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Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC) – Season Two

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on May 13th, 2007

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Synopsis

It’s fairly common to bring ideas from other cultures and bring them into American television shows. We have done it with gameshows (Lingo) and we have done it with movies (Ring). However, sometimes we simply wish to recreate shows in our image. Rarely, we just go ahead and use the same show and edit it to suit our tastes. Enter Most Extreme Elimination or MXC. This show (part of SpikeTV’s late night lineup) is simply the Japanese show; Takeshi’s Castle peace me…
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on May 9th, 2007

I See Wii People, Double Dragon on Live, & Taito Legends 2 conspiracy – Welcome to the column that has died many times over and still kicking it known as Dare to Play the Game.

Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. This week has been particularly rough on me. Why may you ask? Well some of you know, some of you don’t..and I’m usually a pretty open guy. So…*waits for dramatic effect*. I’m getting a divorce; actually it’s been going on for quite sometime….
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on May 2nd, 2007

Halo 3 grublings, A fine Wine, & Centipede – Welcome to the column that earns its living as a backup to the Tequila worm known as Dare to Play the Game.

Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. My air conditioning busted on Saturday and my house got up to 82..83 at one point. Thank goodness it wasn’t the summer yet but it wasn’t fun either. I took quite a few cold showers so I could store up my energy. I also went out on Saturday night, by myself and spent m…
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Venture Bros – Season Two

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 29th, 2007

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Synopsis

*Booming Voice*, “When we last left the Venture Bros season 1, the incredible arch-villain Monarch had been imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit and the Venture Bros were suffering from the loss of their boys Hank and Dean, Meanwhile…” *Monarch voice*, “Where the heck are my cue cards, can’t an arch-villain get some normal cue cards for once and how come there is nothing about the sweet Dr. Girlfriend anywhere in here, I mean who really cares about the f****ng V…
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Pure

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 29th, 2007

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Synopsis

Drug addiction is scary. It can take an otherwise decent person and turn them in a messy pool of hate, disgust and worthlessness. When the drug you are addicted to is heroin; amplify that by ten. Enter Paul (played by Harry Eden(Oliver Twist)), a ten year old trying to take care of his younger brother Lee (played by Vinnie Hunter) and his heroin addicted mother Mel (played by Molly Parker(Wicker Man, Deadwood)). The father of th…
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Gamebox 1.0

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 28th, 2007

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Synopsis

Video game movies tend to fall into two groups; those that are based on video games (The Tomb Raiders, the Resident Evils) and those that follow video games and usually speaks on how it affects a person, driving their addiction. Often the latter pick it as a device of social commentary. Some do it in humor (Grandma’s Boy) but more often than not they manipulate it as something that will take over your brain and kill you. Enter in Gamebox 1.0. Gamebox 1.0 is the story of a video …
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Loonatics Unleashed – The Complete First Season

Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on April 28th, 2007

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Synopsis

When I heard about Loonatics Unleashed the cartoon show, I like many heard it from the web critics. “We can’t stand it”, “It’s ruining the image of the Looney Tunes”, or just simply “It sucks” were their cries. However, what I also found interesting in my research is that these comments mostly came before the show even aired. So, the web critics sport superhero abilities I see. They should be villains on this show. Anyhow, needless to say I was a little worried when I saw it at t…
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Dare to Play the Game

Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on April 25th, 2007

Panzer Dragoon Orta on 360, Pinball Live style and a GTA Lawsuit dropped – Welcome to the column that is compatible on Colecovision’s and Apple IIc’s but not the Odyssey known as Dare to Play the Game.

Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. In addition to redheads, I realized this week I have a thing for Eastern European accents. My mom was born in Poland but to be truthful, her accent is rather Americanized. My grandmother (bless her soul, may she rest in …
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