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Zebra Lounge (2001) - DVD Review
Posted on 05.03.09 by ScottC @ 7:58 pm
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Film:
DVD:

Written by: Claire & Monte Montgomery
Directed by: Kari Skogland
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Stephen Baldwin, Brandy Ledford, Cameron Daddo

Features:

  1. Photo gallery
  2. Trailer

Released by: Fox Home Entertainment
Region: 1
Rating: R
Anamorphic: No, presented in 1.85:1 ratio

My Advice: Rent Real Porn

Alan (Daddo) and Wendy Barnet (Ledford) are the typical suburban couple: two careers, two kids, and two cars. They are also bored out of their minds. There is just no excitement in their lives, sexual or otherwise. They decide to spice things up a little and put out an ad in a swingers magazine for another couple to play with. Enter Jack and Louise Bauer. They're rich, fun, and charming. Not only do they have a hot sweaty time together, they all like each other. Things get a little uncomfortable when the Bauers' start showing up at soccer games and spoiling the Barnett kids rotten. Then there is the indiscriminate drug use and a business rival of Alan ending up dead. When the Barnets try to cool things down, the Bauers are more than insistent that they keep their foursome going. It seems that everyone is playing for keeps.

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I Like It Like That (1994) - DVD Review
Posted on 05.01.09 by ScottC @ 1:22 pm
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Film:
DVD:

Written and Directed by: Darnell Martin
Starring: Lauren Vélez, Jon Seda, Jesse Borrego, Griffin Dunne, Lisa Vidal

Released by: Sony Pictures
Region: 1
Rating: R
Anamorphic: Yes

My Advice: Rent It

Lisette's (Vélez) life is about being there for other people. She keeps reassuring the fragile Latino ego of her husband Chino (Seda) while keeping the neighborhood tramp Magdalena (Vidal) from "inflating" Chino's ego. She keeps her rowdy kids from killing each other and away from the temptations of the street. She keeps giving support to her "sister" Alexis (Borrego) and her decision to transition to a female. But Lisette has practically nothing for herself.

So when Chino gets himself locked up from stealing a stereo, Lisette has to rely on herself. With a bit of luck and gumption, she gets a job as the personal assistant of the music executive Stephen Price (Dunne). She finds that she's got talent and enjoying creating a successful life for herself. But does this change mean that she has to abandon the husband and family she loves to live her own life?

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The Same River Twice (2003) - DVD Review
Posted on 04.22.09 by ScottC @ 5:52 pm
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Film:
DVD:

Directed by: Robb Moss

Features:

  • Filmmaker and Crew Biographies
  • Filmmaker Q&A
  • Audio Commentary with Director Moss

Released by: New Video
Region: 1
Rating: NR
Anamorphic: N/A: presented in 1.33:1

My Advice: Rent It If You Want To Feel Old

In 1978, Robb Moss worked with a bunch of river guides in the Grand Canyon. Being an aspiring filmmaker, he filmed one of their last excursions of the summer. However, a planned documentary using that footage never came about. Fast forward to the 21th century, Moss finds the film and decides to check on some of the people in that party and see what's happened to them. Of course, many things have changed since that bucolic summer when they were all young, carefree, and mostly naked. Now they have careers, families, and a sense of responsibility and mortality. The Same River Twice explores how much has changed and how much stays the same over the intervening decades.

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Comments: 3 Comments



Truth in DVD Artwork: The Boys From Brazil
Posted on 04.07.09 by Widge @ 2:24 am

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Just a headsup, in case you were wondering: at no point during the film do Gregory Peck, James Mason and Laurence Olivier have their heads merge into some kind of cranial monstrosity as shown. Nor does Olivier experience the other two actors combined as some sort of head tumor.

I hope this does not interfere with your desire to see the film as it actually is.

Categorized as: DVD
Comments: 3 Comments



The Stepford Wives (2004) - DVD Review
Posted on 03.16.09 by ScottC @ 9:03 pm
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Film:
DVD:

Written by: Paul Rudnick, based on the novel by Ira Levin
Directed by: Frank Oz
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, and Christopher Walken

Features:

  • Commentary by Director Oz
  • Deleted/Extended Scenes
  • Gag Reel
  • Featurettes:
    • A Perfect World: The Making of The Stepford Wives
    • Stepford: A Definition
    • Stepford: The Architects
    • The Stepford Wives
    • The Stepford Husbands

Released by: Paramount
Region: 1
Rating: PG-13
Anamorphic: Yes

My Advice: Skip It

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Comments: None



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