 | | 1. Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest | | | Starring: Johnny Depp Keira Knightley Director: Gore Verbinski | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/15/2008 |  | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - DVD By: Matt Paprocki - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 1/13/2007 9:51 AM | This is how Hollywood should make all of their sequels. Given the immense success of the first film in 2003, the inevitable Pirates of the Caribbean sequel received an $80 million boost to its budget. The film definitely looks the part. Both immense in scale and fun, Dead Man’s Chest is easily on par with, if not better than, its predecessor.
Johnny Depp owns his character, a sly pirate named Jack Sparrow. Everything about his performance makes him a perfect centerpiece for the film. read the full review | |
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 | | 17. Punisher-War Zone | | | Starring: Dominic West Ray Stevenson Director: Lexi Alexander | | Format: DVD Release Date: 3/17/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Punisher: War Zone - DVD Review By: Jesse Hassenger - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 3/6/2009 6:39 PM | |
As superheroes go, Frank Castle, also known as The Punisher, doesn't seem like the most worthy candidate to warrant three different movie adaptations in 20 years. His mission is vengeance, and his superpower is just a van full of guns. Someone like Spider-Man or Batman requires a rich yet relatable backstory, explaining the relationship between his fate- or self-given powers and how he chooses to use them. The Punisher's logline is comparably simple (bad guys killed his family; now he kills bad guys), and no one needs to explain where he got his van or guns (probably Wal-Mart). read the full review | |
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 | | 18. Repo the Genetic Opera | | | Starring: Anthony Head Alexa Vega Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/20/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Repo! The Genetic Opera - DVD Review By: Blake Matthews - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 1/21/2009 2:48 PM | | Repo! The Genetic Opera is a rock opera with horror and science fiction themes. The film takes place in the near future, where GeneCo offers organ transplants to the masses after an epidemic of organ failures threatens the world's populations. But there’s a catch – if the patients don’t make their payments then GeneCo can repossess the organs. GeneCo uses Repo Men to collect their property, by literally cutting the person open and yanking out the organ or organs the person has defaulted on. The head Repo Man is Nathan Wallace played by Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) who works for CEO Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino) and his three children Luigi (Bill Moseley), Pavi (Nivek Ogre) and Amber Sweet (Paris Hilton). read the full review | |
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 | | 19. Hills Have Eyes 2-Unrated | | | Starring: Daniella Alonso Director: Martin Weisz | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/15/2009 | | The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Unrated) - DVD Review By: Franck Tabouring - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 7/19/2007 10:29 PM | | The movie kicks off with nine candidates, and we get to watch them die one by one as they tiptoe through some old mines in the hopes of finding a way down the hills. I know that's not necessarily original or innovative, but it gets worse. The degree of violence rises with the number of victims, and culminates in a number of torture scenes that are mostly too disgusting to watch. I'm not talking about decapitations and severed body parts, but rather about despicable rape scenes. read the full review | |
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 | | 20. Saw 5 (Unrated Widescreen) | | | Starring: Costas Mandylor Tobin Bell Director: David Hackl | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/20/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Saw V - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/9/2009 4:44 PM | |
At this point in the Saw series, reviews really don't matter. Frankly, this is one of the few fright franchises where audiences don't care about character development, directorial flair, or narrative invention. Instead, they want more Tobin Bell as Jigsaw, more illogical puzzle kills, and a reverse referencing that makes unimportant characters major players in later installments. To that extent, Saw V is definitely no different. Unfortunately, whatever made the first four films tolerable has been whisked away by unimaginative writing and even more pedestrian direction. read the full review | |
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 | | 23. Friday the 13th Part 2 | | | Starring: Adrienne King Amy Steel Director: Steve Miner | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/3/2009 | | Friday the 13th - Part 2 (Deluxe Edition) - DVD Review By: Bill Sherman - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 2/18/2009 5:40 PM | | For many slasher film aficionados, the Friday the 13th franchise doesn't truly take off until its second entry: when Jason Voorhees takes charge. Sean Cunningham's initial Friday, after all, only featured the iconic killer as a young boy dream creation; it's the first sequel that imagined him as full-grown, "some sort of demented creature, living in the wilderness" of New Jersey. The Jason that we meet in Part Two hasn't been fully tweaked into the hockey-mask-wearing murder machine that we know from later installments, though. This half-formed Jason wears a burlap sack with one eyehole (must not do much for his depth of vision) and a surprisingly fresh pair of boots over his large feet. read the full review | |
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 | | 24. 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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 | | 31. Saw 2 (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Donnie Wahlberg Lyriq Bent Director: Darren Lynn Bausman | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/23/2008 | | Saw II - DVD By: Matt Paprocki - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 1/17/2007 2:24 AM | | As brutal as they come, along with a shocker ending. This is an incredible series. Saw II is loaded with cringe worthy deaths, masterminded by the insane "Jigsaw." Like any true horror film, it doesn't sell itself on the gore. It's the gripping plotline, constant guessing, and suspense that keep it moving. read the full review | |
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 | | 39. Saw IV (R-Rated Widescreen) | | | Starring: Tobin Bell Betsy Russell Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/27/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Saw IV - DVD Review By: Jesse Hassenger - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/21/2008 5:25 PM | |
The Saw films will doubtless continue and soon enough Saw IV will probably be relegated to the same blur with which I now see the other sequels. But for now it's the odd movie out -- as cheap and cheesy as its brethren, but oddly boring for long stretches. By now, these Saw characters have been having a very bad couple of murder-packed weeks. Maybe it would be best if the filmmakers skipped ahead and put this behind them.
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 | | 40. Saw IV (R-Rated Fullscreen) | | | Starring: Costas Mandylor Tobin Bell Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/27/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Saw IV - DVD Review By: Jesse Hassenger - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/21/2008 5:25 PM | |
The Saw films will doubtless continue and soon enough Saw IV will probably be relegated to the same blur with which I now see the other sequels. But for now it's the odd movie out -- as cheap and cheesy as its brethren, but oddly boring for long stretches. By now, these Saw characters have been having a very bad couple of murder-packed weeks. Maybe it would be best if the filmmakers skipped ahead and put this behind them.
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 | | 45. An Inconvenient Truth | | | Starring: Al Gore Director: Davis Guggenheim | | Format: DVD Release Date: 11/21/2006 | User Rating: 5 | | An Inconvenient Truth - DVD By: Rafe Telsch - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 11/21/2006 2:43 AM | | The concept of global warming is nothing new to me. I grew up in a part of the country surrounded by flower-child communes dedicated to returning to a more natural way of life to help save the planet. Somehow, hearing about the risks of global warming from the former Vice President of our country carries a lot more weight than hearing about it from people who preferred to bathe in their own sweat rather than water and smelled distinctly of marijuana most of the time. read the full review | |
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