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Music DVD Review: Grateful Dead – Dawn of the Dead
Music DVD Review: Grateful Dead – Dawn of the Dead Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 12:02 p.m., Saturday, May 19, 2012 In addition to being a fairly cleverly titled Grateful Dead documentary, Dawn of The Dead…
Chronicle DVD Review
Gaining super powers is something we’ve all probably fantasized about at one time. Super strength, invulnerability, the power to fly…Chronicle attempts to explore that scenario as a found footage film with mixed results. The film presents three students, each from a different rung of the high school social classes system……
DVD review: 'Late Spring'
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) This is a Blu-ray upgrade to the Criterion Collection's 2006 release, with a new high-def transfer and the same wealth of extras (including Wim Wenders' feature-length Ozu tribute documentary,… (get the story…) Related items DVD Review: World on a Wire – The Criterion Collection DVD Review: Three…
DVD review: Lon Chaney collection
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Lon Chaney was the most popular male movie star of the second half of the 1920s. Think about that: In an era that valued youth and jazz, the most popular actor in the country was a middle-aged… (get the story…) Related items DVD review: 'The Simpsons Movie';…
DVD Review: Mutant Girls Squad [DVD/Blu-ray Combo]
“Mutant Girl Squad” is an absolutely insane splatter film that will delight many people. It’s inspired by the “X-Men” comics and films. Although the word ‘mutant’ is in the title it’s not used in the film. Those different from society are known as Hiruko. (get the story…) Related items Chronicle…
DVD Review: ‘Red Tails’
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American aviators ever trained by the U.S. Air Force. Formed in 1940, the historic squadron was stationed on the campus of the Tuskegee Institute in Macon County, Alabama, since the Armed Forces were still racially segregated at the time of its creation. (get the…
This week’s DVD review
YOU were probably too self conscious to see Shame in the cinema earlier this year, so now is your chance to catch Steve McQueen’s visceral story about a sex-addict whose life is put on hold when his troubled sister comes to stay with him. (get the story…) Related items DVD…
WWE DVD Review of 'Randy Orton: Evolution of a Predator'
WWE is known for producing several DVDs each year outside of its normal PPV release schedule, but few are ever as well done and poignant as the DVD which chronicles Randy Orton's career. When it comes to creating a documentary about one of its talents, WWE is second to none….
DVD review: 'The Simpsons Movie'; 'Once'; 'Stardust'
Everybody told me "The Simpsons Movie" is like a really good TV episode, only 90 minutes long. I beg to differ. The first 30 minutes feel inspired. The dare contest atop the roof, the "Spider-Pig" and Bart's penis are hilarious. (get the story…) Related items DVD review: Lon Chaney collection…
DVD Review: One for the Money
Katherine Heigl plays the lead role of Stephanie Plum in this Janet Evanovich book brought to the big screen. Plum is a spunky gal who has hit a string of bad luck. After she moves back to her parent's home in New Jersey, she finds a job with her cousin's…
