Archive for 26 October, 2009

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.

*Blu-ray Review* Eagles Over London

Posted: 26 October, 2009 in Movies/TV
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In case one serving of macaroni wasn’t enough, Severin Films has doubled-up the ratio of the so-called “Macaroni Combat” genre with Enzo G. Castellari’s Eagles Over London. The 1969 precursor to Castellari’s later The Inglorious Bastards has at long last found its way to DVD and Blu-ray courtesy John Severin and devoted crew. Apart from a few limited engagements back in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Enzo’s retro World War II flick has rarely been seen by American audiences — so this is your big chance to see the film that signore Castellari’s is perhaps most famous for in his native Italy.