Archive for October, 2009

Steven Seagal: Lawman (?) heats up A&E TV December 2

Posted: 31 October, 2009 in Event, Movies/TV, TV
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A&E presents “Steven Seagal Lawman,” a new Real-Life series that will chronicle martial arts expert and international film star Steven Seagal’s extraordinary life in law enforcement on Wednesday, December 2nd at 10PM ET/PT on A&E with back-to-back episodes.

Seagal’s movies have grossed more than $2 billion worldwide. He is an expert martial artist with a 7th-degree black belt in aikido. Along with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, he is considered one of the film industry’s greatest action stars. But it turns out that Steven Seagal isn’t just an action hero in the movies. For almost 20 years, Seagal has been working as a fully-commissioned deputy with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana. In fact, in addition to going out on patrol, Seagal is an expert marksman who has worked with their SWAT team and has instructed Jefferson Parish officers in firearms and hand-to-hand combat.

*DVD Review* Zombie Strippers

Posted: 30 October, 2009 in Movies/TV
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With its thong planted firmly between its cheeks, the aptly titled horror comedy Zombie Strippers first strutted onto home video in late 2008 only a few short days before Election Day. Normally, the aforementioned fact would had little to no significance whatsoever — but, seeing as how the movie took a lot of punches at the Bush Administration, Zombie Strippers managed to date itself in a matter of days.

*Music Review* The Definitive Horror Music Collection

Posted: 29 October, 2009 in Movies/TV, Music
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OK, so how many of you can recall the not-too-distant days when horror movies had entirely original scores? No, I don’t mean the modern soundtrack kind (that which amounts to little more than a mixtape of various recording artists whom record labels are keen to promote). I mean the Guy-Sits-Down-And-Writes-Music-Specifically-For-The-Movie kind that are usually performed by whole orchestras by conductors. Sometimes even with choirs. Other times, said scores are written and performed by progressive rock groups from Italy, or composed by the filmmaker himself with a synthesizer.

Harvey Keitel, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Miguel Ferrer team up for Wrong Turn At Tahoe

Posted: 29 October, 2009 in Movies/TV
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The road to revenge is filled with twists and turns in the action-packed thrill ride WRONG TURN AT TAHOE, arriving exclusively on DVD November 17, 2009 from Tapestry Films presented by Paramount Famous Productions. Starring Academy Award® winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Miguel Ferrer (“CSI”) and Academy Award® nominee Harvey Keitel (Bugsy), the original feature film tells the story of Joshua (Gooding Jr.), a tough-as-nails collector for mob boss and mentor, Vincent (Ferrer), who one fateful day gets caught in the middle of a double-cross involving the biggest drug lord in the business (Keitel). When revenge becomes Joshua’s sole purpose, his life takes a series of very wrong turns. The WRONG TURN AT TAHOE DVD includes a making-of featurette taking viewers behind-the-scenes of this gripping and suspenseful film.

October ’09 Releases from Alpha Video

Posted: 29 October, 2009 in Movies/TV, TV
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Well, here we are at the heels of another month, and so it’s time for a new batch of rarities from Alpha Video. October starts out with one of the generally “ignored” genres, the jungle adventure. Long before Americans discovered that Africa wasn’t an entire continent of jungles, cannibals, and tigers, Hollywood churned out one jungle gem after another.

*DVD Reviews* Rifftrax – Planet Of Dinosaurs & Voodoo Man

Posted: 28 October, 2009 in Movies/TV
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Bad movies are like zombies: numerous and relentless. No matter what you do, they always manage to come back bite you. Now, whereas George A. Romero would advise you to fire a bullet into the head of your would-be undead assailant, the fellers over at Rifftrax have a different approach: humiliate it. Yes, nothing throws off an attacker quite like an insult. Trust me, it’s something I found out way back in high school. My point? Well, none really — except that Michael J. Nelson and Rifftrax have teamed up with Legend Films to release two more Rifftrax titles for us to add to our DVD collections.

*Capsule Reviews* CSI vs. NCIS

Posted: 28 October, 2009 in TV
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Once upon a time, a producer named Jerry Bruckheimer introduced American television audiences to the concept of a weekly TV cop drama that focused on forensic investigations of a crime rather than the usual “Book ‘em, Danno” approach. Although CSI wasn’t the first show to center on forensics, it certainly became one of the most popular, inspiring rip-offs and spin-offs galore. Years later, the original CSI is still going strong, as are its competitors and offshoots. Today, we take a look at a few recent home video releases from CBS/Paramount, showcasing the many, many forensics series out there.

Eddie Izzard: Live From Wembley hits DVD November 3

Posted: 26 October, 2009 in Event, Movies/TV
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Salient Media brings multiple Emmy Award-winner Eddie Izzard’s long-awaited Live from Wembley special to DVD on November 3, 2009. Filmed during his sold-out world tour, Live from Wembley will first air on EPIX in early October. The hour-long special serves up Izzard at his inimitable best.

Izzard transcends labels as his stream-of-consciousness stories chock-full of evolving characters in increasingly absurd situations captivate audiences. Recognized for his role in Oceans 12 and Producing and starring in FX’s “The Riches,” only Izzard’s intelligent improvisational style is capable of seamlessly weaving together such disparate topics as the Greek Gods and Medusa’s hairstylist, similarities between transvestites and superheroes and the plight of rabbit-chasing greyhounds.

*DVD Review* Gothkill

Posted: 26 October, 2009 in Movies/TV
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Sometimes I wonder what sort of dark, malevolent forces are at work within the already questionable realm of Do-It-Yourself Cinema. Especially when the DIY film in question has the word “Goth” in the title. Some people, such as the timid and God-fearing Christian types, will automatically associate “Goth” with “Satan.” As for me, I don’t give a shit one way or another if a title has the word “Goth” in it: I’m just as inclined to roll my eyes over the thought of pretentiously-artsy kids filming their own cheap, cheesy, dark fairy tale complete with bad acting and lousy music as I am to roll my eyes at anything that is overly Christian in nature. I think my biggest issue with DIY films with “Goth” in the title is, much like Christianity itself, everyone has their own idea about what “Goth” really is.

*DVD Review* Stan Helsing

Posted: 26 October, 2009 in Movies/TV
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Crikey. Even the worst Scooby-Doo outing had more dignity than this.

From Bo Zenga, one of those hapless Tinseltown schmucks that brought us such twaddle as Soul Plane and several of the lesser Scary Movie entries (read: any Scary Movie entry), comes one of the dumbest horror/comedies of all time. The amusingly-titled Stan Helsing musters up all the incompetence of an Ed Wood/Michael Bay collaboration, fueled by a script that most SpikeTV writers wouldn’t even want to claim.

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