Insidious

I know I'll get butchered by some for the title, but the tension in this film was stupendous. At all the right times, in all the right places, the scares and thrills are there. Sure, it's a hodge-podge of Poltergeist, Exorcist and Paranormal Activity, but each aspect of those movies is accentuated...

The Company You Keep

The criticism of this movie was originally started by the press's talking heads, with them only knowing the movie's topic and Redford's politics.I am conservative who is organically suspicious of the press and it's motives, regardless of the side they come down upon. So I went to see it anyways,...

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CBS messing with time slot running this season's shows late. That messes with DVR recording. Now all this season's shows are recorded short the last 15 minutes! Would rather pay Amazon than CBS-TV (who wants to bill 5.99 per month to watch shows!) CBS...listen up! Why would I pay YOU on top of Cable/Satellite?...

The Mentalist Seasons 7

Only the first 2 episodes have aired so far of what will be just a half-season to wind up the series. This is promising to be an extremely memorable finale for a series that is head and shoulders above any I've ever seen. I have all the DVDs and look forward to the final set for Season 7. This is...

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches...their past. ...

Sophie's Choice

I watched "Sophie's Choice" not knowing at all what to expect. I assumed that the "choice" would be something commonplace in a film, like a choice between two lovers. When I found out what the choice really was, it made a very deep impression on me. It was the most gut-wrenching thing I have ever...

Major Crimes Seasons 3

I really try to like this show, but it seems that the writing staff must not have worked on The Closer, and maybe hasn't watched enough of The Closer to really know the characters. The magic that Flynn and Provenza had in The Closer is gone. Their charm was in the trouble they always got into and...

The Interview

Excellent movie! It met most and exceeded many expectations. I'm sure some people will think it's vulgar and crude (because it it). Yes, some of the humor is a little less than mature, but if you've seen Pineapple Express or This is the End, you should not be surprised. I think they accomplished...

Jack Reacher

I'm the first to admit that going into this film I had low expectations. Cruise is a decent enough actor and well suited for the genre, but the plot seemed derivative and overly pedantic, just another flick I'd catch because...well...I'm a dude and the preview mentioned something about guns and explosives.Surprisingly,...

Tromeo & Juliet (Region Free) [PAL] [Blu-ray]

The first film written by James Gunn, who went on to write 2004's Dawn of the Dead and write/direct Slither, Tromeo & Juliet moves Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed love from 16th Century Verona to a crumbling modern day New York, where young Tromeo (Will Keenan) and Juliet (Jane Jenson)...

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky [Blu-ray]

You MUST buy/rent/steal the video "the story of Ricki Oh"....An instant classic and quite possibly the most violent, gory, and graphic film ever made. Multiple gorings, eye gougings,stabbings, impalings, and dismemberments. Dudes get buried alive, encased in concrete, flayed, their tongues cut out,...

Stephen King's a Good Marriage

Great film! True to form, Stephen King is a great story teller. The tale unfolds slowly. This film is not for those who want car crashes and machine gun killings. When the wife discovers the secrets, her reaction suggests fear, but of what? And the seeming flashbacks - are they flashbacks or dreams,...

Red Vs Blue: Season 12 [Blu-ray]

If you found your way here on accident and don't really know what you're looking at - go to roosterteeth 's website and watch some of RvB (every episode is available to stream there), each season has a bunch of episodes and their seasons are grouped into series. Seasons 1-5 are a series, then 6-8,...

Banshee: Season 2 SD

From executive producer Alan Ball, creator of True Blood, this Cinemax action drama charts the continuing twists and turns that follow Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), an ex-convict who improbably assumes the identity of sheriff of the rural, Amish-area town of Banshee, where his former lover and partner-in-crime...

Shameless: Season 4

  Shameless is one of my favorite TV shows. It has consistently stayed well written and acted and directed through four seasons now. Season 4 might be the strongest and best season yet. How Emmy Rossum, William H. Macy, and Jeremy Allen White have been overlooked for the last three years for...

Elsa & Fred

ELSA AND FRED is the story of two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love. After losing his wife, Fred (Christopher Plumer) feels disturbed, confused and alone, so his daughter (Marcia Gay Harden) helps move him into a small apartment where he meets Elsa (Shirley...

Tusk [Blu-ray]

I honestly don't know how many stars to give this weird, creepy little movie. I love Kevin Smith, but this is Kevin Smith doing his version of the Human Centipede. (Though I guess if I think of it in those terms, it was much better than Human Centipede if only because in this alternative reality...

The Equalizer [Blu-ray]

McCall (Denzel Washington) has put his mysterious past behind him and is dedicated to living a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve...

Sons of Anarchy: Season 7

SOA is one, single work of art. It can't fairly or accurately be judged or critiqued based on an episode or a season. It is one story. I am so tired of reading about the violence of Season 7 and the lack of "emotional resonance". There is a reason that things are so different now. The decisions...

Game of Thrones: Season 4 (Blu-Ray+Digital Copy)

Game of Thrones is one of HBO’s signature series and a huge runaway hit for the network. This year, a plethora of compelling storylines will play out to their inevitable, and bloody, conclusions. As the season begins, encouraged by the Red Wedding slaughter in the Riverlands that wiped out many...

Masterpiece: Downton Abbey Season 5

Downton Abbey remains one of the most anticipated shows on both sides of the Atlantic, and with the UK shows already underway, those of us who are lucky enough to watch them know that the tribulations of the Grantham clan are already in full swingWe left season 4 with Carson and Hughes wandering...