Michael Douglas: Triple Feature [Blu-ray]

Good Michael Douglas Film Collection
3-disc set (2013) includes: Fatal Attraction, Disclosure and A Perfect Murder. There is roughly 82 minutes of bonus content along with an audio commentary for Fatal Attraction and 2 audio commentaries with an alternate ending for A Perfect Murder that has been ported over from DVD releases.

Fatal Attraction is about Douglas getting trapped in an affair with a psycho who wants to have his baby.
Disclosure is about Douglas getting sexually harassed by his female boss while the company tries to cover it up.
A Perfect Murder is about Douglas plotting to kill his wife after finding out about her affair.

This could almost be called the "Michael Douglas Affair Collection". All are worth watching. Fatal Attraction made a huge impact with audiences when it was released. Disclosure reversed traditional gender roles. A Perfect Murder has now been added to the Fatal Attraction/Disclosure 2-pack also on Blu-Ray. These are three good films starring Michael Douglas...





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Popeye Cartoon Collection: Volume 2 (Famous Studios Era)

Request for information
I am interested in Popeye Cartoons that have Eugene the Jeep in them, Such as Popeye Presents Eugene the Jeep (1940), Hag Way Robbery (1960) and Jeep-Jeep (1960), I Wants Me Mummy (1978) or Jeep thrills (1980) Please help me locate any of these.





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In the Mouth of Madness [Blu-ray]

Great work by Carpenter and Cast
Before I get into my review of the film itself, let me say that one of the other reviewers is quite correct. The commentary on this DVD is hands-down the most mind-numbing exercise in boredom ever. "So, you used a soft focus back lighting here to deepen the shadows, right?" "yep". Not a real quote from the commentary, but it gives you a taste of the tedious nature of their conversation.

The movie, on the otherhand is anything but boring. I had been a Carpenter fan for quite some time when I went to see this in the theater. Most of Carpenter's films seemed to be centered around a certain atmosphere. IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS is wrapped around a concept. If enough people believe something, does it become reality?

Sam Neill plays John Trent, an insurance investigator who specializes in smoking out con artists. He is hired to find Sutter Cane (played with relish by Jurgen Prochnow), the world's leading author. The search leads to a town that shouldn't...

Carpenter's Tour de Force
Much more than a simple horror movie, In the Mouth of Madness takes the viewer on the twisted tale of insurance fraud investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) sent to find world famous pulp horror writer Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow of Das Boot, Dune). Carpenter's cinematic style reaches its pinnacle in this wild ride and his self-composed score completes the masterpiece. Full of outstanding introspective scenes juxtaposed with Carpenter's trademark wit, ITMOM delves into the core of reality and, more importantly, the perception of reality. What is reality but what the mass populus believes it to be? Sutter Cane's twisted books have become more believable than the Bible in the world of ITMOM and John Trent finds himself an unwitting pawn of Cane's warped apocalypse. A visually astounding, thought provoking movie that is not to be missed.

My favorite horror movie bar-none
If you're a horror fan this is the movie for you. If you're like me and you love supernatural horror more than slasher horror, than this is THE movie for you. Scares and a deep, strong story, through and through. A superb ending. Can't be beat. This should be in any horror fans library to watch whenever you they can.

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Drug War

Johnnie To's aggressively superb crime film
"Drug War" begins with Choi behind the wheel of a car, puking out of a window, driving recklessly, and crashing into a restaurant. That's a hell of a way to start a film. You're thrown into the drug operation in Jinhai currently run by Anti-Drug Squad leader Captain Zhang. Zhang's team is always going undercover with Sun Honglei portraying at least five different characters over the course of the film. Honglei is a chameleon and mimics body movements, facial expressions, voices, and stories of other characters in the film to near perfection.

Zhang impersonates Haha in one of the best scenes of the film during their meeting with Chang. Haha is eccentric, always boasting and bragging about his accomplishments, and has this booming laugh. Seeing Zhang, who's usually soft-spoken and laid back, take on this personality with ease, is incredible. The confrontation with Chang is intense thanks to cocaine making an appearance. The entire sequence has similar tension established in...





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Jug Face [Blu-ray]

Creepy flick.
Jug Face reminds me why I don't go into the woods. It's a creepy thrill ride that left me equally uncomfortable and entertained. It's a wonderfully-acted and twisted backwoods horror that seems believable in a way that should scare everybody. Check it out.

The Pit Wants what the Pit Wants
and so does the movie viewer!

We were looking through a list of movies available On Demand on our TV. We watched, oh, I don't know, perhaps a dozen previews. They all seemed to be a conflagulation of every other movie in that genre that came before it. Like just a really bad knock off. I'm sure those movies would have been just fine, but just as easily forgettable and predictable.

Then we saw the preview for Jug Face.

And so it appeared we had not only found a movie sure to entertain us with messed-up characters, but we also found something unique. Something we hadn't felt as though we'd seen a thousand times before.

The paranormal element was so beautifully handled that for the first part of the story I wasn't sure if the pit TRULY wielded any power, or if these people were just crazy! (Or both!) You'll have to see the movie for yourself to find out.

Chad C Kinkle really captured the spirit of paranormal horror in its finest...

Glad I gave it a chance!
When I saw the title of the film, I really wondered if I should watch it or not. But, the positive reviews it received pushed me to give it a chance. And I'm glad I did! While the situation surrounding Ada's pregnancy is a tad uncomfortable, the whole situation isn't far-fetched nor are the characters. The actors, many of which I'd never heard of before, really did a wonderful job. Sean Young (the only one I had heard of) did quite the job of playing a mother I'd never wish to have. The ending was heartbreaking but didn't leave me crying foul. It's not a movie for everyone and not every horror fan will like it, but I definitely don't think this one is a dud.

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Slap Shot (Blu-ray + Digital Copy + UltraViolet)

Fantastic, Funny, a CLASSIC for ANY Hockey Fan
Slap Shot is a great hockey comedy. It's a hilarious, vulgar, completely wild joyride through the trials of a failing 70's steelmill-town based, utterly amateur hockey team. Failing, that is, until their players resort to pure violence in an attempt to keep their franchise alive.

Paul Newman plays the womanizing player/coach who, after a series of embarassing losses (including one to a visitng team's center who's flat drunk) needs to work with a 3 brother gang of misfits, who all look alike and have an incredibly aggressive style of playing.

Chaos insues when Newman's character decides to finally play these "goons" with his other teammates, and he watches as the fan base increases when they proceed to physically demolish - without any love for the game - the opposing teammates in an series of hysterical scenes that combine the best in hockey photography with hilariously explicit dialouge and violence. The shot of the goon's nonchalanty skating past the...

Maybe the greatest sports movie ever
Ask hardcore hockey fans (the kind that are familiar with the Montreal Maroons or that understand that present-day hockey is virtually figure-skating compared to the seventies) what their favorite sports movie is, or ask hockey pros what their favorite sports movie is; probably more than half the time, you'll hear "Slap Shot". Some "serious" sports films suffer from self-importance or a lack of realism; try watching a good war documentary for actual life-and-death situations. Thankfully, "Slap Shot" doesn't take itself terribly seriously yet still manages to paint an accurate, believable picture.

Sure, the humor is rude and crude, but necessary to paint a somewhat accurate picture of `70's minor league hockey (surely these guys weren't discussing Plato or speaking in blue-blood accents). It may be offensive to uninitiated people (e.g. people who don't watch hockey or team sports in general), but the humor is oft-hilarious for hockey fans.

Paul Newman plays...

At last, the original version is saved
I have just received (and watched) the DVD version of "Slap Shot", and I thank the powers that be for restoring the original sound track to the movie. The generic music that was released on VHS took the heart out of the movie. With the restoration, and the excellent digital quality of the movie, my favorite film is complete. Now, a full 5 stars only because I can't give it 10.

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Hate Crime

Can't Hate on Hate Crime
In my line of work... I've seen a lot of films. They are normally repetitive, same scripts with different casts and takes forever for the action to pick up. Not this James Cullen Bressack film! Hate Crime could be the most significant film and socially relevant film that Bressack has made to date. It displays and tackles racism in a way I've never seen before on film. The interesting thing about the film is that the gore doesn't solely drive it... it's the story. The characters ill fated family trip gone ballistic is truly frightening frankly because it COULD happen. Bressack's great pacing thankfully keeps the film moving quickly even though at times you want a moment to process the heinous acts you've seen. But that's apart of the grandiose direction of the young director... dive in the water head first and check for the sharks along with its temperature later! Clearly it's a winning formula because Hate Crime along with ALL its actors' believable (and at times disturbingly gross)...

Excellent Film
This film is exactly what you would expect a home invasion to be, SCARY and DISTURBING as only upcoming Director James Cullen Bressack can bring! If you like YOU'RE NEXT you will love HATE CRIME, get your copy today!

Jacked up
Feels real. Call me sick but i laughed a few times. It's simultaneously disturbing and entertaining. The villains are creepy and unsettling, needing no motive other than blind hate. The victims come off as victims, you feel for them. Great acting, great concept, well shot and edited. Applause to the whole cast and crew. Nice to see boundaries being pushed.

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