Posted in Game Reviews by Michael Durr on January 28th, 2007
Opening The Rainbow Six series of console and pc games has always been about realistic tactical warfare. These games are not for the faint of the heart as with any Tom Clancy shooter. In their latest offering: Rainbow Six Vegas; they take that realism and then put it in the anything but real land of […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on January 28th, 2007
The relationship between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor appeared to blossom when they were both on the set of Cleopatra. The epic film was famous, not for the success of the film but more for the near bankruptcy of the studio and for the romance that blossomed between the two. Warner Brothers has recently been […]
Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on January 24th, 2007
Halo 3 Beta, Wii at a Loss, and a Link to the Past – Welcome to the mortgage that’s been refinanced too much and drowning fast known as Dare to Play the Game. Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I’m your host that is having a rough week, but the looks […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on January 19th, 2007
Having previously only seen the theatrical trailer for Derailed, I was pleased to finally get a chance to watch it. The movie seemed to be filled with a lot of suspense, but the redundancy of this type of affair movie sort of detoured me. Ultimately, I went into this with expectations of an impressive thriller. […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on January 18th, 2007
Alexandra Holden is a big-time TV reporter who is traumatized when an intruder breaks into her home and kills her fiancé. (Does this set-up remind anyone of The Howling?) She retreats to her old home-town, moves back with her parents (Sid Haig and Leslie Easterbrook!) and starts work at a local TV station. Her first […]
Posted in Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on January 5th, 2007
William Peter Blatty might seem a slightly odd candidate for discussion in this space. After all, he wrote and produced The Exorcist, whose enormous mainstream success makes it rather suspect as a cult film. Ditto for another of Blatty’s screenplays: A Shot in the Dark, which is arguably the best of the Pink Panther movies. […]
Posted in Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on December 30th, 2006
The serial is an extinct form of movie-going experience. Right up to the fifties, your movie ticket got you not only the main feature, a B-feature, cartoons, a newsreel and other shorts, but an episode of a serial. Usually running 12 or 15 chapters, the serial would unspool in 15-20-minute units, each ending in a […]
Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on December 27th, 2006
360 Warranty Extension, Plasma Recommended Viewing, & Star Wars the Christmas Edition? – Welcome to the Christmas column that spiked the holiday writing punch known as Dare to Play the Game. Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. Here is hope that you gave more than you received this christmas. I tried […]
Posted in Game Reviews by Michael Durr on December 17th, 2006
Opening If you ever visit my house, you might be a bit underwhelmed from the outside appearance. It is a simple three bedroom place with a few trees and a handful of assorted plants. If I can concentrate on growing something I do fine, but since I’m not really used to the space, things can […]
Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on December 13th, 2006
Plasma, Protecting Children from themselves & PS3 pipe dreams – Welcome to the column that never discloses whether or not it is rated M for Mature (just assume it) known as Dare to Play the Game. Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I’m your host that made the big jump this […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on December 6th, 2006
I remember that this film was all the rage when I was a kid growing up in the early 80’s. I always assumed that the reason that I didn’t care for the film at the time was that I was just too young to fully appreciate it. Turns out, it’s just not a very good […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on November 27th, 2006
Alice (Lina Romay under her blonde pseudonym “Candy Coster”) is haunted by erotic nightmares involving the Princess Obongo (the Amazonian Ajita Wilson). She therefore has her misgivings when she is ordered by her boss to travel to a remote island and sell some real estate to that very person. Doubts notwithstanding, off she goes (got […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on November 23rd, 2006
I’ll come right out and say it. I don’t see what the big deal is with actor Owen Wilson. Sure he was funny in Wedding Crashers, but he always seems to play that super annoying character in his films that you just want to hate, but seemingly can’t sometimes feel sorry for. Such is the […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on November 15th, 2006
The Shawshank Redemption is a film that didn’t do much at the box office. However, home video, word of mouth and countless airings on TNT have made it an enormously popular film in the time since. Director Frank Darabont returned to prison with The Green Mile, another film based on a story by acclaimed writer […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 29th, 2006
Synopsis Of all the Bond films and the various images and gadgets that have come from it through 20 films, the one that probably crystallized most of these images is Goldfinger. You have the awesome Aston Martin car with the ejector seat, machine guns, and the like. You had the female who could kick ass […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 28th, 2006
OK, let’s just get this out of the way at the start. Hellbent is a film from a cable network called Here!, which is America’s foremost gay and lesbian television network. Consequently, this made-for-TV film is based solely around homosexual couples, as is all of the programming on the network. They make all manner of […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 21st, 2006
Written By Jeff Mardo TNT is slowly becoming the poor man’s HBO. Their programing quality has improved dramatically over the past couple of years, and even their original films are starting to look more like features than made-for-TV time wasters. More often than not, they provide quality programming that is a step above what you […]
Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on October 18th, 2006
Vectors, PS3 Linux, and Knights not being squire – Welcome to the Sword that lost its edge a long time ago known as Dare to Play the Game. Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I’m your host that is a little happier this week. Why? I don’t know. And no I […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 18th, 2006
The Break-Up tells the story of the relationship of Gary (Mr. And Mrs. Smith’s Vince Vaughn) and Brooke (Friend’s Jennifer Aniston. As the film begins, we see Gary at a baseball game as he attempts to ask Brooke out on a date by endless asking her. The film skips forward roughly two years, to a […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 8th, 2006
One of the nice side effects of the popularity of DVD is that the general public is seeing many films that they would not have seen before. The more people that have DVD players in their homes, the more budget titles hit store shelves. Therefore, people are more apt to pick up a title sight-unseen, […]
Posted in Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on October 6th, 2006
Big Bug movies. How can one not love them? They have bugs. They’re big. What else do you need to know before you hand out the Oscars? They heyday of the Big Bug flick was, of course, the 1950’s, the era of the great SF boom in the cinema. The first, and best, of these […]
Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on October 4th, 2006
Not Morgan, some great ToeJam & spinning the Rainbows – Welcome to the not trying to phone it in but I’ve got two cans and a string known as Dare to Play the Game. Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. Well last week I was in Baton Rouge on a business […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on August 19th, 2006
Written By Jeff Mardo This disc certainly had me fooled. I though I was in for another one of those lame teenage “comedies” where the emphasis is on lame and cliché jokes and the occasional glimpse of gratuitous nudity. What I wound, however, was a wonderful movie that is the very definition of an indie […]
Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on August 16th, 2006
Condom Jokes, Gaining that Ground, and Spewing forth a collection for the masses – Welcome to the gym sock that you used to catch your deposits known as Dare to Play the Game. Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I’m your host that is kinda down this week. Yes, you read […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on August 13th, 2006
I’ve said it before, and as long as Warner Brothers keeps putting these classic discs out, I am going to keep on saying it. No studio respects their classic film catalog like Warner’s. They have done marvelous things with their special editions of classic films, such as their fantastic 2-disc tin box release of King […]
