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DVD/Blu-ray Reviews Shot for Shot

January 16, 2011 0 46

I present to you the Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Motion Comic, which still hasn’t made a convincing argument for the format but does remind the viewer that this comic series is out there and very much worth reading.

Batman on Film: Batman Returns (1992)

Movies Reviews Shot for Shot

December 5, 2010 0 19

This clashes with much of the established fiction about the character and distinguishes the movie from so many other conceptions of Batman.

Mad Max (1979) Blu-ray Review

October 17, 2010 0 29

It’s also interesting that the trailer does a little bit of a bait and switch, underselling the nihilism of the movie.

Batman on Film: Batman (1989)

Charles Webb, Jason Sacks

Reviews

September 28, 2010 0 42

I’m kind of still in “like” with the movie to this day, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the subject of my next piece, 1992’s Batman Returns.

Dorian Gray (2009) Blu-ray Review

September 11, 2010 0 40

It was one of those movies I watch with my finger pressed on the fast-forward button.

Preview: SyFy’s Beast Legends

Reviews Shot for Shot TV

September 1, 2010 0 30

The show mixes anthropology, crytozoology, and creature design to ask what if creatures of myth and legend really existed.

Experiment in Terror (1962)

August 29, 2010 0 28

You can get in a full round of cultural archaeology with this movie if you’re willing to take the time. It reflects interesting (if outdated) thoughts on crime and criminals, and the role of law enforcement.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)

Movies Reviews Shot for Shot

August 15, 2010 0 35

I’m reading here and there that Scott Pilgrim will be a generational movie, but I’m not so sure.

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

February 23, 2010 0 16

The problems with the movie are again, multifaceted. Many of them are based in the movie’s failure to expand its scope beyond one-on-one dustups between mirror images.

Blade (1998) DVD Review

Movies Reviews Shot for Shot

February 12, 2010 0 52

Today we'll be looking at the film that turned around Marvel's cinematic fortunes, brought Hong Kong-style action (back) into the mainstream in a big way, and kept Stephen Dorff off the streets for another few months.

Immortel (2004)

January 9, 2010 0 30

Think of a more earnest and frankly sexual The Fifth Element and you have a sense of the final product.

Fist of the North Star (1986)

November 14, 2009 0 87

The plot is pretty frail, borrowing heavily from Mad Max. But the real purpose of this movie is to serve as a "greatest hits" for the series, showcasing fight scene after artery-busting fight scene.

Trick ‘R Treat

October 31, 2009 1 32

Let me see if I can make sense of what I just said there: the tension-building aspects work so well because Dougherty establishes early on that his cast can bite it at any time (even little kids).

Uzumaki (2000)

October 29, 2009 0 105

From the first sequence, director Higuchinsky lets us know the reality of our situation is not OUR reality.

Creepshow (1982)

October 17, 2009 0 65

And I credit this movie with not only making me a devout horror fan, but possibly a more dedicated fan of films in general.

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)