The Last Days of Left Eye is a documentary that originally aired on VH1 and attempted to break down the course of events that culminated in the April 25th, 2002 death of “Left Eye†Lopes, whom individuals will remember from TLC. This 86-minute long documentary builds off of Lopes’ desire to film eir time in Honduras. This means that there are tremendous amounts of first-hand footage present that are interspersed…
Where Comedy Central has seemed in the past to be able those comedians that had already hit the top of their popularity, the latest offerings from Comedy Central (both on TV and DVD) show that they are searching out comedy stars that are reaching the top of their fields, rather than merely coasting on their past success. Regan is one of the only comedians that I have had the chance…
Fresh off the success of “No Country For Old Menâ€, Lionsgate has gotten the Javier Bardem bug and decided to put out a film from much earlier in Bardem’s career. This film, Extasis, really shows the flicker of talent that would ultimately rear its head in “No Countryâ€. Bardem’s character, Rober, hatches a plan that will have them sitting on easy street if they are able to go through with…
Barrio surrounds itself around the maturation of three youths from a Spanish slum, linking drama and humor together in something that is realistic while still being completely entertaining. The story showcases the differential paths that these three individuals take, and the plot takes a number of twists and turns showing which individuals run afoul of the law, which will eke out a living, and which will ultimately be able to…
Reno 911 is perhaps the best series that Comedy Central still has on the air. Obviously, South Park is up there, but Reno 911 has really gelled into one of the best comedy shows that is currently being aired. Intrepid fans will obviously know that much of the staff of the Reno Sheriff’s department comes from the criminally underrated The State (which as of this point has not been placed…
I feel that the second season of 30 Days was actually stronger than the first one, but that FX seemed to sabotage that by not having too much in the way of advertisements for the show. The second season consists of six different episodes, “Immigrationâ€, “Outsourcingâ€, “Atheist & Christianâ€, “New Ageâ€, “Pro-Life, Pro-Choice†and “Jailâ€, each of which places individuals into a situation that is diametrically opposed to their own.…
The events that take place during “Lip Synchin’ In The Rain†took place over the course of four episodes of the 3rd season of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and aired last year. For readers that are at a level of familiarity with The Suite Life of Zack and Cody that has them knowing what happened during each episode, the episodes captured are “Lip Synchin’ In The Rainâ€,…
“Beast With A Billion Backs†is the second of four different movie-length shows that are to be released by Fox in the next year or so. The movie starts off with Bender tearing a hole in the universe, to which the crew of the Planet Express move on with their lives. This means that Kif and Amy are finally married, and Fry is able to move beyond Leela and get…
The Blue Collar Comedy Tour was one of the biggest comedy phenomenons of the last decade, and Bill Engvall was a part of it. Ey has realized that to keep the franchise viable, that there needs to be an injection of young blend. Thus, Jamie Kaler, Reno Collier, Juston McKinney and John Caparulo have bee tapped to go forth and keep the Blue Collar Comedy name strong. What results during…
The framing device that is employed by Trapped Ashes is one that has been used countless times by horror directors, being that a number of individuals tell their scariest stories to each other lest they perish. What is new and interesting about Trapped Ashes is the fact that each story is told by a different storyteller. What this means is that Sean Cunningham, Joe Dante, John Gaeta, Monte Hellman, and…
Soul Food: The Series was a show that ran from 2000 to 2004, and CBS / Paramount has just put forth the DVD set of the last season, giving individuals over half a day of footage. Each of the episodes during this season seem to add a little bit to the overall story, gradually closing up any loose ends that may remain. This means that Kenny’s brother, during “Angelitos Negrosâ€,…
The simple fact is that a number of rap stars are pretty gash when it comes to a live show, having to either provide the ending words to each lines of their hits or essentially going through with a taped recording of their set. Snoop Dogg is the consummate professional, and this ability and skill comes through completely during “Drop It Like It’s Hotâ€. This concert, performed in Belgium in…
As individuals should be able to see, this edition of Manswers is a “Best of†disc rather than being the release of the full season onto a DVD set. While I can understand that the DVD is thus the cream of the crop, I still feel that a more exhaustive release of the Manswers show onto DVD would have been the best decision here. Regardless, what comes forth here are…
I see Toxic being in many ways a comparable film to a Four Rooms. This is due to the fact that the stories told during the film, previously kept separate, gradually weave themselves into a cohesive narrative. The main character, Lucille (Charity Shea, “The Best Yearsâ€) is the daughter of the owner of the titular bar, played by Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan). Lucille has just broken out of the…
Jake and the Fatman was a show that ran from 1987 to 1992 on CBS, before spinning off Diagnosis: Murder. Diagnosis: Murder had a jump on Jake and the Fatman in the sense that while three complete boxed sets of Diagnosis: Murder (released in 2006 and 2007) were commissioned, this is the first boxed set of Jake and the Fatman to be released. For those individuals that either missed Jake…
The Ruins is a horror movie that, despite the fact at it follows a plot that has been well traveled, is one of the best films to come from the genre in the last few years. It is an adaption of the film from the same name by Scott Smith, whom individuals may know from eir introductory book, A Simple Plan. A group of college students come up with the…
Stop-Loss is a film that is made for this specific time, dealing with the trials and tribulations that soldiers coming from the Iraq war must face as they become normalized to society. Specifically, the policy which Stop-Loss is named after means that if the military wants a soldier to come back after their normal tour of duty is up, they have to do so or face serious charges. The main…
In much the same way that The Animatrix provided viewers with a little bit of back story to the events that gave a little bit more in the way of context to the events that happened in the Matrix trilogy, Batman Gotham Knight fills viewers in with the events that have taken place between the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. There are six different stories, done in…
Death on Demand is the first outing by the Evil Twins company, and was directed by Adam Matalon (Seasons in the Valley, Sex & Camping) and it showcases another step forward in the linking of the horror genre with a current, computer-obsessed age, something that was first teased out during Untraceable. Death on Demand starts out with a scene in which Sean McIntyre, a climber, ends up killing eir family…
College Road Trip is a film that showcases Melanie Porter (Raven-Symone) and eir trip to view different colleges, a trip that is originally intended only to be a girl’s only type of event. Neurotic and obsessed father, James Porter, (played here by Martin Lawrence) intercepts Melanie and attempts to keep eir close to home, despite Melanie’s desire to spread eir wings and free eirself from the tight grasp that eir…