Category: DVD Reviews

Cast: Carrie Flemming Studio: Anchor Bay Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: The innocent childhood fantasy of the tooth fairy gets a macabre twist in this horror film from director Chuck Bowman and writer/producer Stephen J. Cannell (21 JUMP STREET, HUNTER). Starring PJ Soles (HALLOWEEN) and several actors from FREDDY VS. JASON, THE TOOTH FAIRY begins when…

Cast: Molly Shannon Studio: Weinstein Company Rating: 4.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: What do you get when you mix fearless comedic genius with the latest box-office blockbusters? You guessed it. On April 14th, the Scary Movie gang is back with the most hilarious and irreverent installment yet! Scary Movie 4 is set to invade a theatre near…

Cast: Andy Garcia Studio: Lions Gate Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The Lost City is actor/director Andy Garcia’s bittersweet lyric celebration of Cuban culture that took him 16 years to make. Using music, literature and dance, City captures Havana in full tropical bloom during the late 1950s. Where Buena Vista Social Club commemorated an era of…

Cast: Denzel Washington Studio: Universal Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: It all starts out simply enough: four people dressed in painters’ outfits march into the busy lobby of Manhattan Trust, a cornerstone Wall Street branch of a worldwide financial institution. Within seconds, the costumed robbers place the bank under a surgically planned siege, and the 50…

Cast: Nick Stahl Studio: HBO Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: The stunningly creative cable-television series CARNIVALE stepped up the pace in round two of its mythic tale of good and evil set against the surreal backdrop of a Depression-era travelling circus. By the beginning of the second season, carnival roustie-cum-Christ-figure Ben Hawkins (Nick Stahl) has grudgingly…

Cast: Tim Allen Studio: Disney Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Directed by Brian Robbins (VARSITY BLUES, THE PERFECT SCORE), this updated spin on THE SHAGGY DOG and THE SHAGGY D.A. features Tim Allen as Dave Douglas, a Deputy District Attorney who spends way too much time at the office and way too little time with his…

Cast: Soleil Moon Frye Studio: Shout Factory Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Punky is back and growing up fast! Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster) and George Gaynes (Henry Warnimont) star in another season of the unforgettable hit show. Punky is faced with a new set of dilemmas, including boy problems and all that goes with them.…

Cast: Hayden Panettiere Studio: Universal Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: “Bring It On 3” is a sassy and spirited production with new moves, new music and eye-popping dance sequences. Britney Allen (Hayden Panettiere) is living the dream — the cheerleader’s dream. At the elite seaside campus of Pacific Vista High School, Britney is captain of the…

Cast: Wentworth Miller Studio: Fox Rating: 8.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Most men would do anything to get out of Fox River Penitentiary, but Michael Scofield will do anything to get in. His brother Lincoln has been sentenced to die for a crime he did not commit, and the only way to save him is from the…

Cast: Larry The Cable Guy Studio: Lions Gate Rating: 4.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Sporting a cut-off flannel shirt and armed with a truckload of one-liners, Larry the Cable Guy is America’s reigning king of blue-collar comedy. Now, after two #1 comedy tours (out-selling both Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock), two hit concert films, a best-selling book,…