Monthly Archives: May 2009

WERE THE WORLD MINE (DVD)

By | May 2009

Timothy’s power to turn his former enemies gay (through a magical line reading while playing Puck in “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”) creates consternation for the heterosexual community.

Read More

Reviews

WERE THE WORLD MINE (DVD)

Tom Gustafson’s low budget, low energy musical comedy finds Timothy (newcomer Tanner Cohen), a beleaguered prep school senior, being harassed for being...

Reviews

STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY (DVD)

I never understood why the powers-that-be didn't pick up the storyline that was left hanging at the end of "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home": the question of...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: SCROOGE MCDUCK AND MONEY

BOOTLEG FILES 283: “Scrooge McDuck and Money” (1967 Disney cartoon). LAST SEEN: Available on YouTube. AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None. REASON FOR...

Reviews

GARRISON KEILLOR: THE MAN ON THE RADIO WITH THE RED SHOES

For those unfamiliar with “Prairie Home Companion,” the film gives an appropriate amount of background of the popular radio show through telling the...

Reviews

MARTYRS (DVD)

Last year, a little French horror film called “Inside” hit U.S. DVD and caused a huge stir amongst the horror community. This movie about a pregnant...

Reviews

JURY DUTY

“Jury Duty,” a remake of Georges Lautner‘s 1962 “Le Septième Juré," is a divisive film - an intricate Hitchcockian thriller to some, while it...

Reviews

TURKISH STAR TREK

Originally published on May 20, 2002 Now, this one was actually meant to be funny. "Turist Omer" is a series of films about some idiot in a poor excuse...

Reviews

STAR TREK: THE BEST OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES/THE BEST OF THE NEXT GENERATION

My rating doesn't display unhappiness with the episodes on these discs. Rather, it reflects the fact that they feel slapped out there in an attempt to...

Reviews

STAR TREK

Rebooting a 40-year old franchise that has (to date) spawned five live-action TV shows (and one animated one), ten movies, countless novelizations and...

BACK TO THE TRICKY PAST: THE JOYS AND FALLOUT OF THE NEW “TREK”

SPOILER ALERT! It is hardly surprising to see the revived "Trek" franchise veering back to the past. Origin myths fill up today's mainstream menu, and...

« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next »