Category: DVD Reviews

  • Red Dust DVD

    Cast: Hilary Swank Studio: HBO Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Produced by HBO, RED DUST stars Hilary Swank as Sarah Barcant, a human rights lawyer in South Africa. In the small town of Smitsriver, Barcant and her colleague, Alex Mpondo (Chiwetel Ejiofor), attend the trial of police officer Dirk Henricks (Jamie Bartlett), who is seeking to…

  • Animaniacs Vol. 1 DVD

    Cast: Animation Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Based on three animated characters–Yakko, Wakko, and Dot–ANIMANIACS made its debut on the WB in 1993. Yakko and Wakko are supposedly the original Warner Brothers, and Dot is their sister. Locked in a water tower since the 1930s due to the unbroadcastable nature of their cartoons,…

  • Dennis Miller: All In DVD

    Cast: Dennis Miller Studio: HBO Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: He’s made a career exposing artifice, excess and pretense. So what’s Dennis Miller doing cozying up with a bunch of high rollers and showgirls in Sin City? He’s headlining his all-new seventh HBO stand-up special. Live from Caesar’s palace, Miller tackles such hot topics as gay…

  • An Early Frost

    Cast: Gena Rowlands Studio: Wolfe Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: In AN EARLY FROST, it is 1985 and Michael Pierson (Aidan Quinn) is a successful young lawyer in Chicago who has just been made a partner at his law firm. But he lives a double life, keeping his boyfriend a secret from both family and co-workers.…

  • Thinking XXX DVD

    Cast: Documentary Studio: HBO Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s book XXX: 30 PORN-STAR PORTRAITS features a selection of photographs of prominent stars of adult films. The book contains two pictures of each subject, one nude and one fully clothed, and is peppered with quotes from a broad range of celebrities, among them author Salman…

  • Pink Floyd Pulse DVD

    Cast: Pink Floyd Studio: Columbia Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: This landmark DVD features the first ever film of Pink Floyd playing the band’s seminal album, The Dark Side of the Moon, live in concert. The set documents the 1994 Division Bell tour and was filmed at London’s Earls Court during a record-breaking 14-night residency. The…

  • Project Runway: The Complete Second Season DVD

    Cast: Reality Series Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Set in Manhattan’s Fashion District and hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum, PROJECT RUNWAY distinguishes itself from other reality shows by actually concentrating on talent. While shows like THE APPRENTICE may claim to pick winners on the basis of merit, the decisions of who is eliminated…

  • Carnivale: The Complete First Season

    Cast: Nick Stahl Studio: HBO Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Like a cross between TWIN PEAKS and THE GRAPES OF WRATH, HBO’s acclaimed television drama CARNIVALE sets an allegorical fable about the mythic battle between good and evil against the surreal backdrop of a Depression-era traveling circus. Having lost both his farm and his mother to…

  • The Matador DVD

    Cast: Pierce Brosnan Studio: Weinsten Company Rating: 7/10 THE LINE: Pierce Brosnan is outstanding as an international hit man falling apart at the seams in Richard Shepard’s dark comedy THE MATADOR. Brosnan, riffing on his success playing the very well groomed and genteel James Bond and Remington Steele, stars as Julian Noble, a no-longer-noble hit…

  • Commander In Chief: The Inaugural Edition Part 1 DVD

    Cast: Geena Davis Studio: BVHE Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Geena Davis lights up the screen as President Mackenzie Allen, earning a Golden Globe(R) award for Best Actress in the show’s inaugural season. Experience the first 10 thrilling episodes of the captivating drama, starring Davis, Emmy(R) Award winner Donald Sutherland, and an acclaimed cast. When the…