 | | 1. Spiderwick Chronicles (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Freddie Highmore Director: Mark Waters | | Format: DVD Release Date: 6/24/2008 | | Video Reviews Available: 4 |  | The Spiderwick Chronicles - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 6/13/2008 7:32 PM | |
It's time to declare the search for the next Harry Potter over and give J.K. Rowling and her boy wizard the title of ultimate family fantasy franchise in perpetuity. Perhaps that will keep audiences from suffering through more underwhelming wannabes like The Spiderwick Chronicles. After a year that saw Stardust, The Golden Compass, The Seeker: The Dark is Rising, and the anticipated arrival of another trip to Narnia, no one has yet to top Hogwart's or those who dwell inside its hallowed halls. Spiderwick is no different. It's all a big, implausible CGI payoff, lacking the necessary context to engage its audience. read the full review | |
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 | | 5. 10,000 B.C. | | | Starring: Camilla Belle Steven Strait Director: Roland Emmerich | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/19/2008 | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 4 | | 10,000 B.C. - DVD Review By: David Thomas - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 6/13/2008 7:32 PM | |
You'd think that with mammoths, saber-tooth tigers, and large, screeching birds you wouldn't need much more to deliver an entertaining romp through yester-epoch, but 10,000 B.C. proves that merely having an exotic setting as your premise won't get you over a mundane plot and more mundane characters. read the full review | |
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 | | 6. Street Kings | | | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/19/2008 | | Video Reviews Available: 3 |
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 | | 10. In Bruges | | | Starring: Ralph Fiennes Brendan Gleeson Director: Martin McDonagh | | Format: DVD Release Date: 6/24/2008 | | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 3 | | In Bruges - DVD Review By: Jarad I. Wilk - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 7/3/2008 10:48 AM | | Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Gleeson) are two hitmen who just completed a difficult job where Ray accidentally kills a child. Their boss, Harry (Fiennes), a family man who happens to be in the business of killing people, is not happy with the results of the hit, so he holes them up in Bruges, Belgium - which could be the last destination for one of the men. read the full review | |
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 | | 12. Vantage Point (Single Disc Widescreen) | | | Starring: Forest Whitaker Matthew Fox Director: Pete Travis | | Format: DVD Release Date: 12/23/2008 | | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 3 | | Vantage Point - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 6/20/2008 7:32 PM | |
When you hear that a film has been sitting on the shelf for a couple of years (since 2006, apparently), certain reactionary red flags go off in your head. Of course, the makers of the new political thriller, Vantage Point, could argue that it was the subject matter, not sloppy filmmaking or underdeveloped characters, that required some temporal displacement. After all, the narrative revolves around the attempted assassination of the U.S. President at an anti-terrorism summit in Spain. The argued novelty of writer Barry Levy's script and director Pete Travis' approach is the Rashomon-styled multiple perspective of the participants. We view this event from every possible point of view except a logical -- or entertaining -- one. read the full review | |
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 | | 13. American Gangster (2 Disc-Unrated Extended Edition) | | | Starring: Denzel Washington Russell Crowe Director: Ridley Scott | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/19/2008 | | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 2 | | American Gangster - DVD Review By: Chris Barsanti - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/8/2008 5:27 PM | |
There's something dead in Denzel Washington's eyes nearly all of the way through Ridley Scott's American Gangster, which takes what should have been a mesmerizing slice of urban historical grit and grinds it into roughly two hours of standard issue cinema. Washington is playing Frank Lucas, a real-life crime boss who for a period lasting from the late 1960s into the following decade, ran Manhattan "from 110th to 155th, river to river." A real slick character who doesn't need to strut his worth on the street, Lucas hates flash like a junkie hates rehab: It reminds him of all he truly is but doesn't want to be. read the full review | |
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 | | 14. 300 (Blu-Ray) | | | Starring: Gerard Butler Lena Headey Director: Zack Snyder | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 7/31/2007 | | Video Reviews Available: 2 | | 300 - DVD Review By: Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/20/2007 7:28 PM | |
Everything old is new again in 300, director Zack Snyder's account of the barbaric Battle of Thermopylae, a film that is ridiculously stylish and commendably substantive. I expected the former (Snyder's source material is a graphic novel from cult hero Frank Miller) and was delighted by the latter, as 300 winds up being far more original than I thought possible. read the full review | |
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 | | 16. Shooter (Blu-ray) | | | Starring: Michael Pena Mark Wahlberg Director: Antoine Fuqua | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 5/20/2008 | | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 2 | | Shooter - DVD By: Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 6/15/2007 3:34 PM | |
As the hero of Shooter, Mark Wahlberg narrows his eyes into a piercing stare, delivers his bite-sized chunks of dialogue under his breath, and maintains a constant state of muscle flex so that each vein in his ropy arms sticks up like a speed bump on an elementary school driveway.
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 | | 24. Apocalypto (Blu-ray) | | | Starring: Dalia Hernandez Mayra Serbulo Director: Mel Gibson | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 5/22/2007 | User Rating: 4 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Apocalypto - DVD Review By: Ed Perkis - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 5/20/2007 11:11 AM | | Mel Gibson presents an amazing recreation of the Mayan world for Apocolypto; at least, the viewer would have to think so, not really knowing much about that world. The obvious effort and skill that went into sets, hair, make-up, and costumes on what looks like thousands of lead and background characters is impressive. The technical and artistic crew has much to be proud about. They should also be a little pissed that Gibson-the-director turned their work into an uncensored episode of 'Cops: The Mayan Beat.' read the full review | |
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 | | 25. Condemned (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Steve ("Stone Cold") Austin Vinnie Jones Director: Scott Wiper | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/9/2008 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | The Condemned - DVD Review By: Jarad I. Wilk - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 9/23/2007 8:57 PM | | In order to try and enjoy The Condemned, you must go into the movie without any expectations - and I mean none. Do not expect an award-winning script, or anything resembling a plot. Do not expect anything more than choreographed violence, hypocritical viewpoints and a terrible love story - yes, love story. In other words, go in expecting exactly what you'd see in a WWE telecast: mindless violence performed by several alleged steroid-ridden monsters in tights, the degradation of women, laughable story lines and mediocre acting. read the full review | |
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