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 | | 12. Harsh Times | | | Starring: Christian Bale Freddy Rodriguez Director: David Ayer | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/5/2008 |  | Harsh Times - DVD By: Brian Holcomb - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 3/17/2007 9:20 AM | | After witnessing a rather shocking murder in a South Central LA bar, Mike Alonzo (Freddy Rodriguez) is really shaken up. He asks his best friend Jim Davis (Christian Bale) why he's not affected by it as well. Jim has seen worse, as a Ranger in Iraq, where he did some expert butchering himself. Although Jim acts cool towards the violence around him, it's not because he isn't affected by it. On the contrary, Jim's psyche has been very much affected by the violent acts he has both witnessed and committed. There's blood on this young man's hands and even more depravity in his mind. read the full review | |
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 | | 14. Saw 5 (Unrated Widescreen) | | | Starring: Costas Mandylor Tobin Bell Director: David Hackl | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/8/2009 | | 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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 | | 24. History of Violence (Platinum Series) new! | | | Starring: Viggo Mortensen William Hurt Director: David Cronenberg | | Format: DVD Release Date: 11/10/2009 | User Rating: 5 | | A History of Violence - DVD Review By: Chris Barsanti - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/30/2009 4:47 PM | |
Those well schooled in the history of cinema (or who’ve just seen a movie or two in their time) cannot help but look at the scenes of idyllic content occupying most of the beginning of A History of Violence without knowing that something bad is coming to bust up this happy family unit. Of course, they’re helped along by the fact that the film opens on a chillingly calm scene – composed almost entirely of one tracking shot – in which a pair of laconic crooks on the lam execute a number of people in a small motel with about as much emotion as they’d use to pick up their dry cleaning. read the full review | |
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 | | 26. Alpha Dog (HD & DVD Combo) | | | Starring: Sharon Stone Emile Hirsch Director: Nick Cassavetes | | Format: High Definition DVD Release Date: 5/1/2007 | | Alpha Dog - DVD By: Margaret Williams - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 4/25/2007 10:06 PM | | There's not a single grammatical reason to use the F-bomb more than twice in one sentence, and these guys are spitting them out like watermelon seeds. If there was some more tweaking on the script side of things these young boys could have looked less like posers and more like gangsters. read the full review | |
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 | | 32. Envy new! | | | Starring: Lisa Raye | | Format: DVD Release Date: 11/10/2009 |
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 | | 33. Hannibal | | | Starring: Anthony Hopkins Julianne Moore Director: Ridley Scott | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/6/2009 | | Hannibal - DVD Review By: James Brundage - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 9/4/2009 5:42 PM | |
10 years ago to this day, Hannibal Lecter burned himself into our memory, our catchphrases, and our popular culture, and now, he sits at the head of the table once again, packing movie theatres, dominating dinner conversations, and prompting people to try fava beans. With the release of Hannibal, one of the most anticipated films in the past years, we’re forced to reassess a budding franchise -- much like we did with Star Wars: Episode I. Hannibal is not that refined, deeply charming, and psychological suspenseful yarn we met behind bars in Silence of the Lambs' Baltimore mental ward, three steps up from Bedlam. read the full review | |
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 | | 37. We Own the Night (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Joaquin Phoenix Mark Wahlberg Director: James Gray | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/26/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | We Own the Night - DVD Review By: Jesse Hassenger - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/1/2008 8:25 PM | |
James Gray has assembled what looks and sounds like a good, smart thriller with We Own the Night: a strong cast, serious aspirations, a specific time and place (Brooklyn, 1988). The story is shopworn, but not without dramatic potential: Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg play brothers on the opposite-ish sides of the law; Joseph (Wahlberg) has followed in the footsteps of their father (Robert Duvall) and joined the NYPD while Bobby (Phoenix) rebels by running a seedy nightclub. With a drug dealer inching into Bobby's territory, he's forced to reconsider his loyalties. Meanwhile, the movie forces me to reconsider my own, because it spends a lot more time seeming like a good movie than actually being one. read the full review | |
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