Trailers from Hell! Volume Two
Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on July 13th, 2011
Courtesy of the website of the same name (check it out at http://trailersfromhell.com/index.php) comes this collection of trailers of horror, SF and exploitation films. The collection is eclectic, following no particular theme (though there are several Hammer films present), and the era covered ranges from 1941 (The Invisible Ghost with Bela Lugosi) to 1998 (Trauma’s Terror Firmer). Present are the likes of The Devil-Ship Pirates, Gorgo, Donovan’s Brain, Deep Red, Flesh Gordon, and so on. Twenty altogether.
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Thundercats: The Original Series – Season 1 Part 1
Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on July 12th, 2011
My childhood was full of cartoons from all walks of life. There are classics such as the Jetsons and Daffy Duck (notice I did not say Bugs Bunny) and then more recent products of my time period like Transformers and X-Men. But I always had an eye out for those cartoons that were anything but conventional. I recently got the chance to review Thundercats and I hoped that my childhood memories would hold up. Thundercats, HOOOO!
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Mannix: Fifth Season
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 11th, 2011
It sounds like nothing new. Hard-boiled detective uses computers and other forms of technology to solve cases. It isn’t anything new, except the detective in question is Joe Mannix, and the series started in 1967. The computer that Mannix used took up an entire room and was queried using cardboard punch cards. This wasn’t science fiction. We’re not talking some newly discovered Irwin Allen series. Mannix didn’t go after aliens or robots.
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Dynasty: Season Five Vol. 1
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 11th, 2011
Oh, how the rich can get into mischief. This DVD set is smack dab in the middle of Dynasty’s successful nine season run. The mudslinging, both literal and figurative, was at its height in this fifth season, and no $200 haircut or $1000 outfit was left unruffled by the various scandals and plots set into the web of these wealthy Denver residents. In fact, this season was the one and only time this series won a Golden Globe for best TV drama.
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Curse Of The Faceless Man
Posted in No Huddle by Archive Authors on July 11th, 2011
Written by Bamboo
An old black and white movie made in 1958, Curse of the Faceless man has a familiar plot line. A stone-covered body is discovered in the ruins of Pompeii which turn out to be the remains of Quintilus Aurelius. While trying to flee Pompeii, the mummy was buried in volcanic ash and turned to stone. Carlo Fiorillo, Italian archaeologist, speculates the mummy may hold some life; medical researcher Paul Mallon dismisses the idea. But people left alone with the seemingly petrified “faceless man” keep dying of crushed skulls;
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Evil Things
Posted in No Huddle by Archive Authors on July 11th, 2011
Written by Bamboo
On January 9th 2009, five college students left New York City for a weekend in the country. 48 hours later they vanished without a trace. There were no leads and no evidence … until now. (Meaning the video we are watching was found.) You get to see the movie on a hand held camera from one of the people alone on this adventure. It’s Miriam’s 21st Birthday. Miriam’s Aunt Gail lends Miriam her beautiful country house for the weekend as her birthday present. This country house is surrounded by breathtaking mountains and miles and miles of woods. Interestingly enough there appears to be no cell phones anywhere in this movie
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Death at a Funeral (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on July 11th, 2011
The setting is a comfortably large house in the English countryside. Kin and friends have gathered for the funeral of the family patriarch bringing with them their foibles, eccentricities, and disasters waiting to happen. At the centre are the two brothers, Daniel and Troy (Matthew MacFayden and Rupert Graves). The former struggles under the shadow of his famous brother’s success as a writer, his plight encapsulated by the fact that everyone in attendance is disappointed that Troy will not be giving the eulogy. But his problems are about to become much, much greater, as the funeral descends into a chaos of unwelcome revelations, blackmail, drug freak-outs.
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Vera Cruz (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 8th, 2011
“As the American Civil War ended, another war was just beginning. The Mexican people were struggling to rid themselves of their foreign emperor – Maximilian. Into this fight rode a handful of Americans, ex-soldiers, adventurers, criminals, all bent on gain. They drifted south in small groups. And some came alone.”
Ben Trane (Cooper) was one of those who came alone. He was a southern officer fresh from the defeat of the Confederacy. He’s come to Mexico to hire out for the Emperor in fighting the rebellion. Along the way he meets Joe Erin (Lancaster)
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Johnny Cool
Posted in No Huddle by Archive Authors on July 8th, 2011
Written by Bamboo
Johnny Cool is a black and white movie made in 1963 starring Henry Silva and Elizabeth Montgomery. The movie starts in a flashback of Sicily in 1943. Giordano, as a young boy, kills a solider in an attempt to save himself and his mother. This starts him on his path to become a local Robin Hood-like hero. Early in the movie he is chased down and appears to be killed by police and soldiers. Colini, an exiled American gangster living in Rome, fabricated Giordano’s death in order to exploit his bold, emotionless ability to take down the ones who took Colini down.
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Heaven & Hell: Radio City Music Hall — Live! (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on July 7th, 2011
A good friend of mine and I have had long-standing difference of opinion about Black Sabbath. He has no interest in anything post-Ozzy. I continued to buy Sabbath albums though all the band’s different incarnations, and while some releases did, I confess, require a greater degree of loyalty than others, the Ronnie James Dio studio albums (Heaven & Hell, Mob Rules, Dehumanizer) have always been favorites of mine.
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Wild Cherry (Blu Ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by William O'Donnell on July 7th, 2011
A high school football team has a longstanding tradition of bringing their team good luck by sleeping with virgins and then crossing their names off of a secret list. Three girls on said list figure out the football player’s plan and decide to strike back with pranks and some feminist rebellion that is supposed to be inspired by Lysistrata.
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New York, New York (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on July 6th, 2011
World War II has just ended, and the recently discharged Robert De Niro hits New York on the prowl for sex. He runs up against WAC Liza Minnelli, and the more she resists his advances, the more determined he becomes. There is more: he is a saxophonist, and she (of course) is a singer). So begins a tempestuous relationship between two artists whose enormous talents and equally enormous personalities mean they can neither live with nor without each other.
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Happythankyoumoreplease (Blu-Ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 6th, 2011
Happythankyoumoreplease is centered on a group of twenty something New Yorkers at various levels of transition: love, career, and growing up. The film is written, directed, and also stars Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother). Radnor’s directorial debut showcases a colorful side of New York and a variety of colorful characters. The group of young actors all put together solid performances which is essential for an ensemble cast. This is another festival friendly film with a solid group of actors that is definitely worth a look.
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Unknown (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 6th, 2011
Liam Neeson has always been somewhat of a versatile actor. From Oskar Schindler in Spielberg’s moving Schindler’s List to a Jedi master in the rebirth of Star Wars, there don’t appear to be very many types of films he hadn’t tried. Taken introduced us to a tough-guy character that we hadn’t really seen before, even in the film reboot of The A-Team. There he played an intelligence officer trying to rescue his kidnapped daughter. It was a rather powerful performance, so I can’t say I was very surprised to see him play the one-man army role once again in Unknown. It’s another very fine performance by Neeson
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Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 6th, 2011
Monster mash-ups have been with us for almost as long as there have been monster movies. Universal gave us Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. The Japanese delivered Godzilla vs. King Kong. Dracula’s taken on Jesse James, and Universal brought the whole band together for two House Of movies and an Abbott And Costello romp. In recent years we’ve been treated or subjected to, depending on your own point of view, Freddy vs. Jason and Alien vs. Predator and its rematch. Lately, SyFy has been attempting to create an entire subgenre out of the monster mash-up idea. One of those movies happens to be Mega Python vs. Gatoroid.
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Hall Pass (Blu Ray + DVD combo)
Posted in Disc Reviews by William O'Donnell on July 6th, 2011
A pair of serial “gawkers” are getting into awkward spots in their marriages until their wives offer them a 6-day “Hall Pass” that grants them freedom to act as single men for that time. As each couple go their separate ways, each do battle with the temptation to act on their freedom, versus learn some sort of lesson about the virtues of domestic monogamy.
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Jackass 3.5 (Blu-Ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by William O'Donnell on July 6th, 2011
There is hardly any differentiation between the Jackass series and its films, aside from a few more celebrity cameos and bigger budget stunts as the years have gone by. A testament to this is the “.5” editions of each film, which are literally cobbled together using rejected sketches and stunts from the original release.
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Dear John
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 5th, 2011
Dear John centers around a soldier, John Tyree (Channing Tatum) who falls in love with a college student, Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) while he is back home on leave. This film is adapted from the Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name and directed by the melodramatic romance aficionado Lasse Hallstrom. If you are looking for a romance tale that offers very little surprises, look no further.
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Hijos Del Carnaval
Posted in Disc Reviews by William O'Donnell on July 4th, 2011
The story begins with the immediate validation of superstition. Anesi Gebara is the head of an illegal lottery and so numbers are crucially linked to his life, both in his work and in the aforementioned superstitions that haunt his life.
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Capadocia: Primera Temporada
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 3rd, 2011
Capadocia: Un Lugar Sin Perdon is an HBO Latin America Original that showcases both the political and social angles of an experimental penitentiary in Mexico City. The penitentiary exploits the inmates as a form of cheap labor for the government. A riot begins that uncovers the violent truths behind the experimental prison and viewers are thrust into the lives of these female inmates. This series depicts the complexities of prison life as well as the political posturing that takes place. There is plenty of emotion in this series and it is executed at a very high
level.
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Contest – Win A Copy Of Duke Nukem for PS3 by 2K
Posted in Contests by Gino Sassani on July 2nd, 2011
2k has brought back an old classic game hero with it’s new game Duke Nukem Forever. The foul mouth/kick butt and take names hero is back on the job. Now you can win a copy for your PS3 thanks to our good buddies over at 2K. Please be sure that you have a PS3. Check out Michael Durr’s review for the XBOX version. Bang it here to learn more, Duke Nukem Forever Review . To enter to win this high adventure video game, follow these instructions:
- Fill out your name and email address in the comment form below – your email address will remain private and visible only to us.
- Do not post your address as an actual comment! Instead – Tell us why Duke Nukem should come to your house. (Keep it clean)
- Only those comments that answer our question will be considered.
Contest is now closed Winner was Jaydee Dusenberry
Winners are notified by E-mail. If you did not get a confirmation E-mail from us, check your Spam filter and contact us. Any prize not claimed in 2 weeks will be forfeit and be placed in the end of year contests next Holiday Season.
Contest: 4th Of July Giveaway – America: The Story of Us
Posted in Contests by Gino Sassani on July 2nd, 2011
To help us celebrate Independence Day with style, our very good friends over at A&E/History are at it again. They have given us another great collection of DVD’s to give away. From the series America: The Story of Us comes 6 separate DVD releases. The Titles are: Rebels, Westward, The Civil War, Rise Of A Superpower, Boom and Millennium. To win one of these documentaries follow these instructions.
- Fill out your name and email address in the comment form below – your email address will remain private and visible only to us.
- Do not post your address as an actual comment! Instead – Tell us in order your top three choices from the offered DVD’s. If you win, you will get one of your choices.
- Only those comments that answer our question will be considered.
Contest is now closed Winners are
Charlie Merritt – Rebels
Mary Sullivan – Westward
David – The Civil War
Heather Harding – Rise Of A Superpower
Kristian – Boom
Gerald Zielman – Mellenium
Winners are notified by E-mail. If you did not get a confirmation E-mail from us, check your Spam filter and contact us. Any prize not claimed in 2 weeks will be forfeit and be placed in the end of year contests next Holiday Season.
Medium: The Seventh and Final Season
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 1st, 2011
And now we enter the final year of The Medium. The final season has several bright spots. On Bring Your Daughter To Work Day, Paulie Walnuts, Tony Sirico, plays a mob guy ghost that keeps haunting Allison. It’s a rather nice episode, and Sirico gets to provide some wonderful moments that remind us of his days with The Sopranos. Scanlon gets to be a ghost, for a short time. Allison has a vision of the future. John Glover even gets to play a devilish character that reminds us of his short-lived days on Brimstone. The final episode is a fitting send-off for the series.
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The Sweet Life
Posted in No Huddle by Archive Authors on July 1st, 2011
Written by Bamboo
The Sweet Life is a very low-budget, poorly produced romantic comedy lacking comedy and romance. It has a talentless cast complete with terrible acting. The movie is about two brothers, Michael and Frankie, both very different from one another. Michael is a sensitive, unsuccessful New York magazine writer, basically a pushover who lets everyone walk all over him. His brother Frankie is a shallow, very confident, much more successful womanizer.
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Welcome New Writer Bamboo
Posted in Site News by Gino Sassani on July 1st, 2011
I’d like to welcome our newest reviewer Bamboo to the Upcomingdiscs family.
He’s a martial arts expert and I’m sure he’s going to be an informative voice to the site.