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 | | 2. Underworld-Evolution (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Kate Beckinsale Director: Len Wiseman | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/28/2007 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 |  | Underworld: Evolution - DVD Review By: Joel Meares - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 5/3/2009 5:39 AM | |
If current cinema is to be believed, everywhere we humans are not looking, vampires, werewolves, advanced machines, and other nightcrawlers are living in alternative societies. Underworld brought such a society to the fore, shining a torch (and some flattering designer light) on a leather-clad group of vampires embroiled in a feud with an ancient race of werewolves known as Lycans. In Russia just last year, Night Watch took us into the gloaming to witness similar shenanigans. Perhaps fearing that six months is too long between gothic, O-negative drinks, the makers of Underworld have offered us its unnecessary, unanticipated, and unexpectedly OK sequel, Underworld: Evolution. read the full review | |
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 | | 4. Kung Fu Hustle (Blu-ray) | | | Starring: Wah Yuen Qiu Yuen Director: Stephen Chow | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 12/26/2006 | | Kung Fu Hustle - DVD Review By: Nicholas Schager - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/20/2007 7:28 PM | |
Stephen Chows Shaolin Soccer was a unique genre potpourri in which sports films, The Matrix, and science fiction anims all irreverently coalesced into a frantically funny tale of victorious underdogs. The filmmakers signature cartoon craziness an idiosyncratic mixture of Buster Keatons physical comedy and Dragonball Zs lunatic action likewise permeates Kung Fu Hustle, a similarly ridiculous medley of gangster pictures, musicals, and martial arts films. read the full review | |
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 | | 5. Resident Evil-Apocalypse (Blu-ray) | | | Starring: Milla Jovovich Sienna Guillory Director: Paul Anderson | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 1/16/2007 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Resident Evil: Apocalypse - DVD Review By: Annette Cardwell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 8/24/2007 8:31 PM | |
Anyone whos a fan of the Resident Evil series of video games can't help but get a little twinge of excitement seeing the trailer for this second RE film, even if you thought the first Resident Evil was atrocious. Why? This flick has some of your favorite game characters: Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory) and the horrific Nemesis monster. Dude!But while I'll admit that I felt that twinge (since I am an old fan of the games), I can't say that this equally lame sequel does anything to prolong that twinge into real enjoyment. Resident Evil: Apocalypse rots as badly as its zombie costars. It has a few cheap violent thrills, but none of the true suspense or chills that you'll crave. read the full review | |
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 | | 7. Resident Evil Degeneration | | | Director: Makoto Kamiya | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/26/2009 | | Resident Evil - Degeneration - DVD Review By: Fitz - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 12/18/2008 6:54 AM | | Though this movie follows the traditional Resident Evil plot of showing normal life or survivors, setting the T-virus in motion and releasing the zombies, and then fighting the big baddie at the end, I am shocked and amazed that a totally CGI movie that focuses on human characters actually works and works well. read the full review | |
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 | | 9. Frozen River coming soon! | | | Starring: Melissa Chessington Leo Misty Upham Director: Courtney Hunt | | Format: DVD Release Date: 7/28/2009 | | Frozen River - DVD Review By: J.D. McNamara - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 2/19/2009 7:18 PM | | Ultimately, Frozen River is an uncompromising look at what people pushed to the edge of financial survival will do to stay afloat. That it involves children and single mothers makes it all the more poignant. The conclusion of the film is simple and bleak, yet rewarding in a way because it doesn't deviate from the rest of the movie like so many endings do. Frozen River is a film that's going to be criminally under-seen, so do yourself a favor and give it a chance. read the full review | |
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 | | 21. Waltz with Bashir new! | | | Director: Ari Folman | | Format: DVD Release Date: 6/23/2009 | | Waltz with Bashir - DVD Review By: Chris Cabin - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 6/11/2009 5:39 AM | |
Despite its blaring phantasmagoria and hallucinatory nostalgia, the central image of Ari Folman's utterly spellbinding Waltz with Bashir is one of brilliant, serene calm. Bathed in street-lamp-yellow glow, three rail-thin soldiers emerge from a starless-black ocean, stark naked, and begin walking onto the shores of West Beirut. Accompanied only by the sustained synths and strings of Max Richter's ominous score, the image reemerges throughout the film, eventually leading to the film's shattering finale. read the full review | |
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 | | 22. Curse of the Golden Flower | | | Starring: Gong Li Jay Chou Director: Yimou Zhang | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/26/2008 | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Curse of the Golden Flower - DVD By: Chris Barsanti - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 3/16/2007 8:05 PM | |
A pageantry of pageantry that would put Bertolucci or Lean to shame, Zhang Yimou's The Curse of the Golden Flower piles spectacle upon spectacle, and tragedy on top of tragedy, until the whole contraption fairly disintegrates under the fervid weight of it all. Normally this wouldn't really be an issue, as late period Yimou films like House of Flying Daggers and Hero have been perfectly acceptable as period-piece baubles, rife with dynamic wuxia action sequences and dashing costumes -- things that Golden Flower has in abundance. read the full review | |
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 | | 26. Superbad (Blu-Ray) | | | Starring: Jonah Hill Seth Rogen Director: Greg Mottola | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 12/4/2007 | | Superbad (2-Disc Unrated Extended Edition) - DVD Review By: Franck Tabouring - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 12/7/2007 6:26 PM | | From what I've learned from interviews and commentaries, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were 13 years old when they first started working on the script for Superbad. I certainly don't know how it looked back then, but the story seems to have a certain truth to it, and I am sure many people out there will find it easy to somehow relate to what Evan and Seth are experiencing. read the full review | |
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 | | 27. Resident Evil: Extinction (Special Edition Widescreen) | | | Starring: Milla Jovovich Director: Russell Mulcahy | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/26/2009 | | Resident Evil: Extinction - DVD Review By: Jesse Hassenger - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 12/22/2007 12:57 AM | |
I can't say I remember what exactly happened in the first two Resident Evil movies, other than I watched them and didn't dislike them enough to take a pass on Resident Evil: Extinction, a potential trilogy capper or, more likely, part three of five or eight. This series, based on a popular videogame, is one of those second-tier franchises that, in a sneaky and undemanding way, can be more enjoyable than its classier counterparts. It's also the kind of franchise lacking the faux dignity to pretend that three is a magic number. Russell Mulcahy, the newest director in the fold, knows from exhaustible cult franchises, having made the original Highlander. read the full review | |
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 | | 34. Kung Fu Hustle | | | Starring: Stephen Chow Wah Yuen Director: Stephen Chow | | Format: DVD Release Date: 3/25/2008 | | Kung Fu Hustle - DVD Review By: Nicholas Schager - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/20/2007 7:28 PM | |
Stephen Chows Shaolin Soccer was a unique genre potpourri in which sports films, The Matrix, and science fiction anims all irreverently coalesced into a frantically funny tale of victorious underdogs. The filmmakers signature cartoon craziness an idiosyncratic mixture of Buster Keatons physical comedy and Dragonball Zs lunatic action likewise permeates Kung Fu Hustle, a similarly ridiculous medley of gangster pictures, musicals, and martial arts films. read the full review | |
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 | | 46. Quarantine | | | Starring: Jennifer Carpenter Director: John Erick Dowdle | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/22/2009 | | Quarantine - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/6/2009 5:25 PM | |
With innovation such a scarce commodity, Hollywood should really stop remaking foreign films. Aside from their almost universal track record for underachieving, there is something so basic about experiencing a movie in its native tongue that no translation (or poorly scripted dubbing) can match. This past August, the sensational Spanish thriller [REC] -- as in the "record" button on a video camera -- caused an uproar in New Zealand when one beleaguered audience member soiled themselves during a screening. Naturally, Tinseltown already had its version -- relabeled Quarantine -- ready to jump on such publicity. As found footage/first person POV style shockers go, its pretty good. You can leave your adult diapers at home, however. read the full review | |
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