Rotten
| N/A | The Waltons - The Complete Ninth Season (2009) | "
Isolated moments remind one of the series at its best (the Baldwin Sisters have one of the series' best subplots in the final episode), but overall, a confused tone and wildly inconsistent plotting and characterizations sink this season, ending the series" Posted Aug 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Florence Nightingale (1985) | "
Star Jaclyn Smith isn't the first actress one might think of when casting an American knock-off of the British historical docudrama genre. But after a shaky start, she grows into the role, and her sincere, honest portrayal (against a cast of technically p" Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | A Night to Remember (1943) | "
A Night to Remember is really "B" movie material, at best, with whatever slight amusements it provides coming from simple "Boo!" scare tactics and not really much else - and certainly not from screwball." Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) | "
Each element of a screwball farce has to be just so for the film to transcend from merely mechanical, to organic and free and inspired. Unfortunately, "mechanical" is the very definition of the minor screwball, The Doctor Takes a Wife." Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Theodora Goes Wild (1936) | "
A beautiful, sweet, hilarious screwball comedy." Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Icons of Screwball Comedy - Vol. 2 (1940) | "
I'd recommend Icons of Screwball Comedy: Volume Two for the sublime Theodora Goes Wild alone; Irene Dunne is delicious in this beautifully shot, carefully-constructed screwball farce. So the rest of the films are gravy, as far as I'm concern" Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Hardbodies 2 (1986) | "
However, "comedy," or more accurately, the "lack of comedy" is the main drag on Hardbodies 2, a downward weight that sinks the enterprise in spite of Griffiths' efforts to jazz it up with too-familiar technique. Simply put, Hardbodies 2 just" Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Hardbodies (1984) | "
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this just a combination of AIP's Beach Party and Muscle Beach Party, only now with topless nudity, less laughs, and dry humping?" Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Hardbodies & Hardbodies 2 (1986) | "
Whether or not you'll want to actively seek out this jerkoff jackoff-fest will depend, I suppose, on two factors: nostalgia overpowers your better judgment, or...you still can't find dirty pictures on the net." Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Hotel: The First Season () | "
Only the truly hilarious and bizarre spectacles of mismatched stars to goofy, clichéd, obvious dramatic material make Arthur Hailey's Hotel: The First Season worth checking out for the vintage night-time soap fan." Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Liberace - Greatest Songs () | "
If you're at all a fan of Liberace, I don't see how you can't pick up MPI's Liberace: Greatest Songs, which includes 96 complete song performances from his 1954 syndicated show, giving the Liberace enthusiast almost six hours of uninterrupted pleas" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre - Complete Season One (1956) | "
An unbelievably talented roster of stars show up in this season alone (even bigger stars are soon to follow in subsequent go-arounds), and one tight, concise, exciting - and morally and psychologically complex - story follows right after the other. A hand" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Route 66 - Season 3 Volume 1 (1962) | "
Some of the best Route 66 episodes I've seen are in this first half of the Third Season, but who knows what's going to happen in Volume Two?" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Spongebob Squarepants - To Squarepants Or Not To Squarepants () | "
The self-titled To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants short isn't up to the standards of the other toons included on this collection, and that's a shame, because the other seven shorts are some of the best SpongeBobs I've seen since the begin" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | The Queens of Country () | "
The compilations aren't without their flaws - particularly the Cline and Lynn clips that are not identified or dated - but once you hear those amazing voices, you'll tune out the blather and forget the video's shortcomings." Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Bewitched - The Complete Eighth Season (1969) | "
A letdown windup for a once delightful sitcom. Gorgeous Elizabeth Montgomery phones in her last turns as cutie-pie-turned-fox suburban witch Samantha, while Dick Sargent...well.... Paul Lynde is long gone, as are the Kravitzes, and we're stuck with warmed" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Peyton Place - Part Two () | "
Events are unfolding rapidly in the small, quaint New England town of Peyton Place, and anyone interested in superior night-time dramas will not want to miss a moment of them." Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) | "
Fans of Woody Allen who may have forgotten this early incarnation of the "Allen as intellectual horn dog" persona will probably enjoy this the most." Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Mod Squad - Season 2, Vol. 2 () | "
Superiorly crafted eye-candy, gorgeously-lensed, and cannily contrived." Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 2 (1989) | "
For me, at least, the Suchet Poirots provide a seemingly unending supply of humorous moments - interspersed between the killings - that can be as delightful as any out-and-out comedy." Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Callan - Set 1 (1970) | "
Familiar, yes. But quite well written and performed." Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | The Lucille Ball Specials - Lucy gets Lucky & Three for Two () | "
No amount of love for these performers, nor nostalgia for those long-gone TV times (nobody remembers those times as fondly as I do), can alter the fact that Lucy Gets Lucky isn't particularly funny, and the comedy/drama anthology Three for Two" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Number 10 (1983) | "
A thoroughly fascinating series of episodes, chronicling the lives of various English Prime Ministers, Number 10 is must-viewing for those who love British docudrama TV." Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Catlow (1971) | "
You want to just groove along with Catlow's shaggy-dog rhythms and odd-ball editing constructions, but eventually you figure out that what might have been post-modern design is in reality just sloppy scripting and filmmaking." Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | McLeod's Daughters - The Complete Eighth Season () | "
McLeod's Daughters: The Complete Eighth Season winds up the once-great Aussie soap with deflated performers enacting too-familiar plot contrivances, to almost no avail." Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon - Season 2 (1956) | "
Just as primitively exciting and heroic as the first season...because the episodes don't differ one iota from the first go-around." Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009) | "
Perhaps the best Jesse Stone so far, Jesse Stone: Thin Ice expertly creates tension not only from its intricate, multi-layered plot, but also from its tension-grounded characterizations. It's an exciting, suspenseful film trapped inside a me" Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Norman Lear TV Collection (2009) | "
The Norman Lear Collection is a great way for newcomers to jump into his world, and for those viewers - or for the fan who hasn't taken the plunge for previous DVD releases of these shows - I highly recommend it." Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | History Channel Presents: Military Combat (2008) | "
Undeniably exciting, as well as informative, the CGI-saturated combat series included in the Military Combat set vividly recreate the battles and skirmishes that defined the technology-driven wars of the 20th century." Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Murdoch Mysteries - Season One (2008) | "
The careless production design doesn't help bring 1895 Toronto to life, but it would have been passable had the cast been stronger and the mysteries more mysterious. Unfortunately, Murdoch Mysteries - Season One is a bit of a bust, a good idea in s" Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Peyton Place - Part One () | "
Melodrama to be sure -- but expertly-crafted melodrama, with at times poetic, lyrical scripting, and sensational performances." Posted Jul 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - The Complete Series () | "
Paralyzingly funny...and deeply, deeply sad. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin brilliantly employs repetition to not only deliver increasingly humorous gags, but also to perfectly illustrate its central theme." Posted Jul 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | The Three Musketeers of the West (1973) | "
Easy to take. I don't know where The Three Musketeers of the West stands in the pantheon of comedy Spaghetti Westerns, but viewed on its own, it's an enjoyable piffle." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Operation Haylift (1950) | "
For a curiosity piece, Operation Haylift is an acceptable time passer precisely because it doesn't seem to fit neatly inside an established genre." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Panhandle (1948) | "
Stylishly directed by old pro Lesley Selander, Panhandle now has the added interest of not only for being co-written by Blake Edwards (along with John C. Champion), but also for featuring the future director in a co-starring role." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Train to Tombstone (1950) | "
Train to Tombstone is an exceedingly cheap -- but speedy -- retread of Stagecoach's basic set-up." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Fangs of the Wild (1954) | "
A contemporary Western version of The Window, Fangs of the West is about as square-headed as they come...and not bad, either, for that obtuseness." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Hellgate (1952) | "
Tough talk runs throughout the film, while the rough-and-tumble actors comfortable with the action scenes. A familiar set-up, but pulled off nicely with some interesting characterizations, and a no-nonsense approach to the action." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | That Girl - Season 5 (2009) | "
There's no denying that That Girl was still a sharply-written, warmly funny sitcom featuring two pros uniquely suited to each other's chemistry." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Dallas - The Complete Eleventh Season (2009) | "
Dallas - The Complete Eleventh Season lost me when Bobby attempts (feebly, of course) a Waiting for Godot joke in a Dallas bar. That tore it for me. The Dallas I knew and loved was no more." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Nightmare Castle (1965) | "
Pastiche, yes, but damned good pastiche." Posted Jun 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Sex And Lies In Sin City (2008) | "
Not nearly enough detail about the actual crime, nor depth of characterization, combined with a curiously tame treatment of a decidedly lurid love triangle and murder, hobble Sex & Lies in Sin City: The Ted Binion Story before it gets out of the ga" Posted Jun 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Doc (1971) | "
In an effort to be ultra-realistic while breaking every convention associated with the thoroughly romanticized legend of Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp, Doc forgot a few things along the way - like how to be entertaining, how to offer up characters we" Posted Jun 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Time Limit (1957) | "
Thoughtful, somewhat even-handed, and compellingly performed by Richard Widmark and Rip Torn (Richard Basehart...not so much), Time Limit is a worthwhile addition to the courtroom drama subgenre." Posted Jun 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Murder Most English (1977) | "
Maybe the time is right for a remake." Posted May 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | iCarly Season 1, Volume 2 (2009) | "
It's still funny, but it's also getting to be a bit mean-spirited for the little kids who tune in, as well." Posted May 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Prehistoric Collection: From Dinosaurs To The Dawn Of Man () | "
Jurassic Fight Club, Prehistoric Megastorms, Clash of the Cave Men, and Journey to 10,000 B.C. certainly aren't perfect, with sometimes shoddy CGI effects, questionable filmed re-creations, and good science that doesn't always" Posted May 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) | "
The RiffTrax just isn't funny enough to justify this disc. The movie itself is already hilarious, so your smartassing-around better be up to snuff." Posted May 20, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) |
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Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) | "
Not just one of the best crime films ever produced, but one of the best American films of any category of the 1970s." Posted May 12, 2009 |
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