Category: DVD Reviews

With a fine cast and fun in-jokes, Disney’s ENCHANTED is sure to cast a spell over both children and adults. It begins with a 2-D animation sequence reminiscent of the company’s beloved past.

Cast: Title Studio: Title Rating: 0/10 CORPORATE LINE: In X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, the final chapter in the “X-Men” motion picture trilogy, a “cure” for mutancy threatens to alter the course of history. For the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their uniqueness, though it isolates and alienates them, or give up their powers…

Cast: Cerina Vincent, Dominic Zamprogna, Greg Kean, Eric Schweig, Samaya Jardey Studio: Anchor Bay Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: “It Waits” is a suspenseful, horrifying tale of a Native American legend come to life. A creature trapped in the bowels of hell has been awoken and unleashed on the world. It prowls the wilderness, hunting a…

Cast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks Studio: Anchor Bay Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Originally released in 1987 and now an essential part of the contemporary horror film landscape, both casual and die-hard fans know the story of Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn like the back of their still-attached hand! Bruce Campbell returns as…

Cast: Seth MacFarlane Studio: Fox Rating: 7.5/10 THE BREAKDOWN: A national phenomenon, “Family Guy” Volume Four picks up in the second half of the fourth season, featuring the same formula of outrageous, sometimes offensive but always hilarious storylines that will satisfy any fan of the Griffins and their cohorts from Quahog. Highlights include Peter starting…

Cast: Justin Long Studio: Universal Rating: 4/10 THE STORY: High schooler Bartleby Gaines (“B” to his friends) is on his way to scoring a perfect eight out of eight college rejection letters-which isn’t going to go over big with his parents. At least, he’s not alone-several of his posse of oddball friends are in the…

Cast: Will Ferrell Studio: Fox Rating: 7.5/10 THE STORY: One morning, a seemingly average and generally solitary IRS agent named Harold Crick begins to hear a female voice narrating his every action, thought and feeling in alarmingly precise detail. Harold’s carefully controlled life is turned upside down by this narration only he can hear, and…

Cast: Roger Moore Studio: MGM Rating: 9/10 THE STORY: Newly restored and re-mastered with optimal sound and picture quality and presented with an arsenal of never-before-seen bonus materials, The James Bond Ultimate Edition Volume 1 and The James Bond Ultimate Edition Volume 2 arrive on DVD November 7 from MGM Home Entertainment. Featuring some of…

Cast: Christian Bale Studio: MGM Rating: 6.5/10 THE STORY: From the creator of TRAINING DAY comes HARSH TIMES, a gritty look at friendship, loyalty and ambition set on the extremely rough streets of south central Los Angeles. Jim Davis (Christian Bale) is an ex-Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares…

Cast: Macaulay Culkin Studio: Fox Rating: 8/10 THE STORY: 8-year-old Kevin McAllister is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday season. Once he realizes they’ve left him home by himself, Kevin learns to fend for himself, and eventually has to protect his house against bumbling burglars…