DVD Reviews
Gonzo: The Life and Times of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The recorded moments and events of others as seen through his skewed, cockeyed view of a world he never trusted, and never quite was comfortable with.
August 21st, 2009
The Soloist
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Julliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper. The journalist comes to find that the musician has been suffering from the profound effects of long term schizophrenia.
August 21st, 2009
Cadillac Records
Polish immigrant Leonard Chess wanted a better life, and he built it on the talented backs of some pretty good musicians, like Muddy Waters, Etta James, Howl'n Wolfe, Willie Dixon and Chuck Berry.
August 15th, 2009
Watchmen
In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.
July 29th, 2009
The Visitor
Middle-aged widower Walter Vale finds richness to his life by discovering that he matters, that others matter. Walter is a miserable man who admits, "I pretend at life. I pretend to work, but, in fact I haven't done any real work for some time." Walter learns to live a little because of his newfound friendship, and discovers that there is one thing he can enthusiastically commit to...
July 17th, 2009
Wall - E
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
July 15th, 2009
Knowing
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
July 10th, 2009
Phoebe in Wonderland
Confounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a little girl seeks enlightenment f rom her unconventional drama teacher.
July 9th, 2009
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The reality of Adolf Hitler's final solution (the extermination of the Jews) is explored through the eyes of an eight year old German Boy, Bruno.
June 29th, 2009
Crossing Over
This film about immigration: legal and illegal is set in southern California, and involves representatives of many of the nationalities that inhabit this multicultural city.
June 28th, 2009
Revolutionary Road
"Revolutionary Road" deals realistically with the issue of mental illness and how it is most often unsuccessfully integrated into society.
June 26th, 2009
The International
The complexity of international intrigue, in regards to the funding the some truly bad people, has the intermittent light of truth shown upon it, and nearly all remain blind to the evil.
June 19th, 2009
Gran Torino
Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino.
June 12th, 2009
Defiance
Tuvia was a Jew, who had just lost his family in the initial genocide perpetrated by the Waffen SS in Belorussia. As he, and his three brothers struggled to survive in the forest, they encountered other Jews, dispossessed of their homes and their families, and in dire need of aid.
June 7th, 2009
Valkyrie
"Valkyrie" is an indispensable component in the historical puzzle that was the 20th Century, and must be considered as such.
May 25th, 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reversal of the Natural Birth to Death Process Offers a Curious Perspective In "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" a rejected infant overcomes overwhelming obstacles to live a purposeful life in reverse. The natural order of "youth being wasted on the young" is in conflict with the unnatural p
May 14th, 2009
Doubt
The priest, Father Flynn, took interest in the first "negro" child, a boy named Donald Miller, in that Catholic School, and Sister Aloysius may have been guilty of imagining too much.
May 13th, 2009
Frost / Nixon
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
May 12th, 2009
The Reader
In the melodrama "The Reader," the choices made by the two central characters, when both were in their young twenties, greatly influenced the lives of others, and consequently, their lives as well.
May 11th, 2009
Yes Man
When Carl reluctantly begins saying yes, he finds that he can't stop, especially when his hum drum life takes a turn for the better. He makes new friends, gets a big raise, revitalizes old friendships and gets a new, and very cute girl friend.
April 30th, 2009
The Wrestler
A near remake of The Champ is an important film in the measure that it examines the life of the lost and the forgotten, after enjoying a small piece of the American dream. Randy The Ram Robinson, has tasted professional wrestling fame and now knows the depth of despair as a washed up, has been.
April 26th, 2009
W.
With Oliver Stone Directing a Controversial Subject, I Sometimes Expect the Worst Understandably so, due to the fact that Director Stone is decidedly, vocally and irrevocably ultra liberal in his views, political and otherwise. Also understanding that ultra liberals have spewed so much venomous rage
April 23rd, 2009
Seven Pounds
Not unlike the dying process, Ben Thomas' emotional well being is shutting down, and the only way he can resurrect it is to surrender to the penance, that he believes he owes humanity.
April 21st, 2009
Twilight
A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire. The first film of the "Twilight" series.
April 17th, 2009
Let the Right One In
An overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.
April 13th, 2009
