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Reviewed by: Joe Russo (SoSF Contributor & Film Critic) relax cease: Don’t Look Back Straight to video horror is a lucrative product. With gore, it’s very easy to turn a tiny budget into something huge, of course that every comes back to the script. If it’s too epic and sprawling, your money is spread thin. If it’s relatively contained, like relax cease: Don’t Look Back, then you actually find your money well spent. While the story might be relatively plodding and confusing, having something to do
1 Oct 2008, 8:48 am | click here to view more
New DVDs: Ricky Nelson, John Mayer
"The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" wasn't much of an adventure for viewers. The Nelson family -- Ozzie, Harriet, and the boys David and Ricky -- spent their weekly 26 minutes fumbling with some minor domestic crisis or another. A show about next-to-nothing. Viewers were just stopping by for a visit. No family puzzler proved too easy for Ozzie, whose character helped institutionalize the bumbling sitcom dad. "Think I'll go out and polish the car and think this over," he'd say when confron
10 Jul 2008, 1:22 am | click here to view more
Russo Review — Tropic Thunder DVD & Blu-Ray
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) An epic comedy that is not to be missed Russo Rating: 9/10 Event comedies don’t arrive around very often. When they do, they should be celebrated. Ten years in the making, Tropic Thunder is that special blend of action and comedy shaken just right to give the explosive blend of hilarity you’d expect from writer/director/star, Ben Stiller. Filming on location in Vietnam, several of Hollywood’s top celebrities have gathered to shoot an
11 Dec 2008, 11:30 am | click here to view more
Russo Review — “Eagle Eye” DVD & Blu Ray
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) Russo Rating: 7/10 Though the story is derivative, the spectacle is far grander. Lots of fans like to receive mad at the studios for remaking their favorite titles. Filmmaker D.J. Caruso, with the financial backing of Hollywood titan, Steven Spielberg, has attempted to receive past the negative image the remake machine attracts by cleverly guising his recent films with flashy, technological updates, younger actors, but most importantly ne
29 Dec 2008, 7:00 am | click here to view more
Russo Reviews — DVD/Blu-ray Releases — Feast II/Sixth Sense
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) “Feast II: Sloppy Seconds” The original Feast, was a joy to watch. The best film to arrive out of the Project Green Light series, Feast helped writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan carve names for themselves in the lucrative Saw franchise and established John Gulager as a zany, yet aggressively stylistic filmmaker. Bringing back some of the original cast and taking the horror comedy series to new heights (or lows depending on your p
7 Oct 2008, 6:05 am | click here to view more
Russo Review — “Lost” Season Four
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Language: English Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number of discs: 5 Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: December 9, 2008 Run Time: 604 minutes Lost has been reinvigorated J.J. Abrams is the king of television, and nothing has represented his rise to dominance more then the powerful cultural impa
11 Dec 2008, 10:00 am | click here to view more
Russo Review — “Space Chimps” and “Meet Dave” DVD, Blu Ray
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) “Meet Dave” Actors: Richard Cerenzio, John Gatins, Kevin Hart, Floyd Levine, Rob Moran Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number of discs: 1 Rating: PG Studio: 20th Century Fox DVD Release Date: November 25, 2008 Run Time: 90 minutes “Space Chimps” Actors: Jeff Daniels, Jane Lynch, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Wa
26 Nov 2008, 8:53 am | click here to view more
Russo Review — “Prince Caspian” DVD & Blu-Ray
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) Actors: Ben Barnes, Cornell John, Liam Neeson, Alicia Borrachero Director: Andrew Adamson Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Language: English Region: Region 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Rating: PG Studio: Walt Disney DVD Release Date: December 2, 2008 Run Time: 149 minutes A fantastic array of special features giving the viewer an in depth understanding of the scope behind this mammoth production Prince Caspian, the seco
11 Dec 2008, 10:55 am | click here to view more
Russo Review — “Firefly” The Complete Series Blu-Ray
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) Actors: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number of discs: 3 Rating: Not Rated Studio: 20th Century Fox DVD Release Date: November 11, 2008 Run Time: 665 minutes Whedon’s visionary program has never looked better. Russo Rating: 8/10 Fox
11 Nov 2008, 6:24 am | click here to view more
Russo Review — “Ghost Town” DVD & Blu Ray
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) An expertly crafted romantic comedy Russo Rating: 8/10 Some of the most memorable romantic comedies of every time involve the afterlife; take Ghost for example. Then again, other titles involving loved ones reaching back from the beyond include some of the worst, take this year’s Over Her Dead Body for example, a film so bad the cast even apologized for it. Paramount’s latest entry into the “I’m dead but still in adore” genre, Ghost To
29 Dec 2008, 8:00 am | click here to view more
Russo Review — Death Race DVD & Blu Ray
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) Actors: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Number of discs: 1 Rating: R & Unrated Versions Studio: Universal Studios Release Date: December 21, 2008 Run Time: 105 minutes Russo Rating: 7/10 “Simple but effective…. packed with action” Big engines, big action and
22 Dec 2008, 10:00 am | click here to view more
Russo Review — Burn After Reading DVD & Blu Ray
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Joel and Ethan Coen Number of discs: 1 Rating: R Studio: Universal Studios DVD Release Date: December 21, 2008 Run Time: 96 minutes A cinematic joy Russo Rating: 8/10 One of my favorite films from 2008, “Burn After Reading” is a cinematic joy. Coming off of their big Oscar win, The Coen Brothers latest picture is sure to make their new fans irate as they abandon their highbrow
22 Dec 2008, 12:00 pm | click here to view more
2008: The Year In Askew, Part II
And now, as we enter the final hours of the year, we gift the second half of our look back at 2008, The Year In Askew. JULY July became one of the most exciting months of the year as far as events, especially on the west coast, where several signings and public appearances would become highlights of the year. Early in the month, we confirmed a major cast and creators signing for the new “Spaced” DVD based on the hit BBC series, happening at Stash West & Lazer Blazer. Days later, Kevin wou
31 Dec 2008, 5:29 pm | click here to view more
Russo Review — “Wall-E” DVD & Blu-Ray
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) Actors: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Language: English Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number of discs: 3 Rating: G Studio: Walt Disney DVD Release Date: November 18, 2008 Run Time: 98 minutes Buy the DVD Buy the Blu-Ray Russo’s Rating: 10/10 One of the most stellar home video releases of a 2008 theatrical effort ye
18 Nov 2008, 12:00 pm | click here to view more
Russo Review — “The James Bond Blu-ray Collection”
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) Actors: Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan Format: Box set Number of discs: 6 Rating: PG DVD Release Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Russo Rating = 9/10 Purchase and keep 38% off SRP HERE. “An impressive collection of Bond films, certainly designed to capitalize on the new direction that Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace are taking the franchise, five out of six do their best to fit this new mold” Bond was made for Blu.
20 Oct 2008, 5:31 am | click here to view more
Russo Review — “The Polar Express 3-D”
Reviewed by: Joe Russo (Film Critic & SoSF Contributor) Actors: Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari Director: Robert Zemeckis Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, 3D, Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Number of discs: 1 Rating: PG Studio: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: October 28, 2008 Run Time: 100 minutes The Polar Express has never looked better at home. There is this
7 Nov 2008, 10:00 am | click here to view more
Dark City: The Director’s Cut
I heard about the creation of Dark City: The Director’s clip when Goyer did an interview and spoke about it and other projects her was working on, including the DVD for Blade: The Series, about eight months ago. Goyer spoke of additional scenes (15 minutes worth) for Dark City and the mixing of music for them and some segments of the film. Dark City: The Director’s clip is being released on July 29, 2008 on both DVD ($19.97) and Blu-Ray disc ($34.99). “The disc will carry both the theatrical
18 May 2008, 2:28 am | click here to view more