Category: Video Reviews

Posted on: January 13, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Hatchet : Unrated Director’s Cut

Hatchet / 2007 Starz / 84 Minutes / http://www.hatchetmovie.com / http://www.starzhomeent.com / Hatchet is the latest release by Anchor Bay, and this horror (directed by Adam Green, who only had one movie – Coffee & Donuts – to eir credit before releasing this movie). There is some star power to this movie; Joel David Moore (Dodgeball), Deon Richmond (from Scream 3) and Mercedes McNab (Buffy) are all given substantial roles…

Posted on: January 13, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Tyler Perry: The Plays

Tyler Perry: The Plays / 2007 Lionsgate / http://www.tylerperry.com /  http://www.kionsgate.com / When I worked at Kmart a few years back, pretty much everyone was trying to pick up the “Diary of A Mad Black Woman” DVD. In the meantime, there have been a few new movies released in that vein. This means that there are a good seven movies in this specific story arc, and “Tyler Perry: The Plays”…

Posted on: January 12, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Mariah Carey – The Adventures of Mimi

Mariah Carey – The Adventures of Mimi / 2007 Stonewinner / 165 / http://www.mariahcarey.com / Mariah Carey has been around for so long it is not funny. At this point, the only female pop star that has been around for a longer period of time off the top of my head would have to be Madonna. “The Adventures of Mimi” was a 2006 tour that netted her the highest gross…

Posted on: January 10, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Hellyeah – Below The Belt

  Hellyeah – Below The Belt / 2007 Epic / 120 Minutes / http://www.hellyeahband.com / http://www.hellyeahrocks.com / It’s funny how many bands are out at any one given time in the metal scene, so unless you are a fan of the specific acts, there is a good chance that they could fly underneath your radar. One of these bands is Hellyeah, which features members of Pantera, Damageplan, Nothingface, and Mudvayne.…

Posted on: January 10, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Will and Grace – Season Seven

Will and Grace – Season Seven / 2007 NBC / 515 Minutes / http://www.nbc.com / Will and Grace was one of those shows that I never truly got into. I felt that the characterization of Jack played too much on the typical gay male stereotype that is dominant in the United States. However, as the seasons rolled on, this characterization calmed down and the character was fleshed out considerably. By…

Posted on: January 8, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Paul McCartney – The McCartney Years

Paul McCartney – The McCartney Years / 2007 Rhino / 180 Minutes / http://www.paulmccartney.com / http://www.rhino.com / For anyone that wondered exactly what all Paul McCartney did after leaving The Beatles need to pick up this DVD set, released by Rhino. This 3 DVD set collects an exhaustive amount of music videos, live performances, and even interviews with McCartney eirself to piece together the nearly forty year period since ey…

Posted on: January 6, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007

Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 / 2007 Rhino / 240 Minutes / http://www.ericclapton.com / http://www.rhino.com / This DVD features the events that occurred during the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival, an event set up by Eric Clapton to help the Crossroads Center in Antigua. While all the tags on the DVD point to this being a Clapton-only DVD, there are performances captured by a number of other individuals. For…

Posted on: January 5, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Hellraiser 20th Anniversary

Hellraiser 20th Anniversary / 2007 Anchor Bay / 93 Minutes / http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com / Hellraiser is one of those lines of horror movies that seem to get the shaft when compared to either the Jason or Freddy movies. The plots are always interesting, the deaths always innovative, but yet the films typically reside at a level below that of the more established horror franchises. Luckily, Anchor Bay noticed that the movie…

Posted on: December 26, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Evil Dead: Ultimate Edition

The Evil Dead: Ultimate Edition / 2007 Anchor Bay / 85 Mins / http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com / The Evil Dead is a great movie on its own, and showcased the ability of a very young Sam Raimi. This year marks the 25th anniversary since the film was first released, and Anchor Bay Entertainment has created a commemorative 3-DVD set that provides individuals with everything they could conceivably ever want to know about…

Posted on: December 12, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

A Very Special Christmas: The 20th Anniversary Music Video Collection

A Very Special Christmas: The 20th Anniversary Music Video Collection / 2007 Special Olympics / 12 Tracks / http://www.specialolympics.org I admit, I was not really paying attention to when the first A Very Special Christmas came out in 1987 – I had just turned 4, and my attention was on a host of other things. Regardless, I can pay a little more attention to the tracks that are present on…

Posted on: December 11, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bones Season Two

Bones Season Two / 2007 Fox / http://www.fox.com/bones / http://www.fox.com For individuals that do not know what Bones is about, it features David Boreanaz (Buffy, Angel) as a FBI agent that is partnered with Emily Deschanel’s character (Cold Mountain and Glory Road). The “buddy comedy” and “gross out crime” genres are married her in this show, and this DVD set collects all 21 episodes in this season, among ample extras.…

Posted on: December 10, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Nuremburg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes

Nuremburg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes / 2007 Lionsgate / 210 Minutes / For many individuals, World War II is an interesting subject. I personally prefer later US history, but still appreciate what got the United States to the later history. “Nuremburg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes” provides a lot of that information, and provides it in a way that is much more in depth and focused than any History…

Posted on: December 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

All My Loving

All My Loving / 2007 MVD / 52 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / The title for All My Loving corresponds to a Beatles song of the same name. That fact is obvious for those individuals that grew up with The Beatles, but for someone that never was a huge fan of them such as myself, the fact was new to me. This movie is not new in any sense of the…

Posted on: October 23, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Prison of the Psychotic Damned

I love independent film studios. They always provide a freshness to the genre in which they create films, and Red Scream Films LLC is no different. One of their new films is “Prison of the Psychotic Damned”, and it follows the rich low-budget horror tradition that early Craven and Corman were instrumental in creating in years past. “Prison” deals with what happens to five individuals that stop by a train…

Posted on: October 16, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Bangles – Return to Banglelonia

The Bangles – Return to Banglelonia / 2007 Shout Factory / 95 Minutes / The Bangles were very influential, with The Runaways, in creating a lot of the female punk music that took over during the nineties and today. This video captures a later version of The Bangles, being that of a live show from 2000 at the House of Blues in Hollywood. Every one of the band’s biggest hits…

Posted on: October 8, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Limelight Girls Vol. 8

Limelight Girls Vol. 8 / 2004 Limelight Productions / http://www.limelightgirls.com / Reviewed 12 December 2004 The latest in the Limelight Girls series, Volume 8 begins with Justina, an actress that gives off the sorority girl-with-a-sneer vibe that screams Britney-meets-Pink. Justina also breaks with tradition in the sense that she does not continually mug for the camera – sure, there are a few times in which she looks playfully into the…

Posted on: October 7, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Limelight Girls Vol. 7

Limelight Girls Vol. 7 / 2004 Limelight Productions / http://www.limelightgirls.com /  Again cutting straight to the action, Kia begins masturbating on the bathtub, her dark skin contrasting well with the porcelain. There just seems to be a lack of emotion shown by Kia with this self-examination, something that disappears fairly quickly as she engages Chris’ genitals with both her mouth and breasts. Something that is nice during Kia’s chapter in…

Posted on: October 7, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Limelight Girls Vol. 6

Limelight Girls Vol. 6 / 2004 Limelight Productions / http://www.limelightgirls.com / Reviewed 12 December 2004 Beginning the DVD with a lack of plot that is beyond apparent (the movies starts off with Angelica Knight mounting the male actor, one can’t blame Limelight for cutting out all inessential pieces from their movie. A lack of music is painfully obvious during the first scene, as the noises created by Knight’s oral manipulation…

Posted on: October 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Limelight Girls Volume 4

Limelight Girls Volume 4, 2003 Limelight Productions , http://www.limelightgirls.com , sales@limelightgirls.com For a general overview of the series, please check out the previous reviews in the set. This review will just cover the events of the third volume of Limelight Girls. Joselyn Pink starts off this collection sucking on a popsicle, showing off skills that will very soon be asked of her by the male actor. The fact that she…

Posted on: October 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Limelight Girls Volume 3

Limelight Girls Volume 3, 2003 Limelight Productions , http://www.limelightgirls.com , sales@limelightgirls.com For a general overview of the series, please check out the previous reviews in the set. This review will just cover the events of the third volume of Limelight Girls. The action at the beginning of the movie, with Gen Padova, really starts out with a bunch of people that can’t really act at the level of Patrick Stewart,…