‘Shutter Island’ Scorsese’s latest masterpiece is a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, and Ben Kingsley, based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. Set on Shutter Island in Boston Harbor, 1954, the film begins with two Federal Marshals on a boat, heading to Ashecliffe Hospital to assist in finding an escaped patient. Teddy Daniels (Leonardo [...]
Universal Studios has announced the upcoming remaster and blu-ray release of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, ‘Psycho.’ It is the 50th anniversary of the classic film that drove everyone who saw it to sponge baths. The film will be in Blu-Ray high-def, and will feature a new 5.1 surround sound mix. Ever since entering the world of [...]
Robert Downey Jr. has to be among one of the most entertaining actors out there right now. His story is excellent, he came onto the scene strong, faded into the background, fought a battle with addiction, and now he’s back, and we are all better for it. ‘Sherlock Holmes’ is the latest from Guy Ritchie, [...]
If you’ve seen every episode of “The Cosby Show,” and are disappointed that you haven’t seen Dr. Cliff Huxtable shoot anyone down in cold blood, have I got a movie for you. 1972’s “Hickey & Boggs,” re-teams Bill Cosby with former “I, Spy,” co-star Robert Culp. (Culp also directed the film.) “Boggs,” is a typical 1970s [...]
Todd Phillips’ latest movie is the perfect one-sentence summary: three guys wake up in Las Vegas after a bachelor party, not knowing what happened the night before and find the future groom missing. What happens next is the plot of the movie. I’ll start off simply: “The Hangover,” is an incredibly fun night out at [...]
Converting J.K. Rowling’s novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, into a film was clearly going to be a challenge.
Futurama’s direct-to-DVD follow up to the direct-to-DVD release, ‘Bender’s Big Score’ will be hitting store shelves on June 24th. Titled, ‘The Beast with a Billion Backs,’ has something to do with a beast coming through to our universe and taking over Fry, making him the Pope of a new religion. ‘Bender’s Big Score’ was pretty [...]
The official trailer for the upcoming direct-to-DVD release of ‘Batman: Gotham Knight’ has hit the Internet. The film, comprised of 6 short, anime-style features, will be released on July 8th, 2008, about a week and a half before the theatrical release of ‘The Dark Knight.’ Is it me, or does Batman’s voice sound kind of [...]
Pirate DVDs? Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad) has got some words for you in this Anti-Piracy Ad. I love Funny or Die. “Piracy PSA” with Christopher Mintz-Plasse on FunnyOrDie.com
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation is 100% pure uncut 80’s awesome, plain and simple. You can just feel it right from the opening sequence of the movie, when we see several guys screaming along a windy road on their motorcycles—not just any motorcycles mind you—Ninjas! That sets the tone right then and there, because from [...]
Today I’d like to take a look at the recently released suspense/thriller, “Them” (originally titled Ils in France) by director David Moreau and Xavier Palud.
Finally, re-mastered versions of Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece films ‘The Godfather,’ ‘The Godfather, Part II,’ and, um, ‘The Godfather, Part III,’ (well, two out of three ain’t bad,) are being released on DVD. Before you race out to get in line to buy them, you should know that, right now, the discs are only coming [...]