Walker-Pearlman’s sloppiness as a filmmaker would seem to be an outgrowth of his general unfamiliarity with plausible human behavior.
This remake is smart enough to recognize that only nitwit 20-year-olds and devout Christian families might still be liable to offer hitchhikers a ride.
The film is stuck somewhere between an antique genre flick and a metaphysical rumination on responsibility and forgiveness.
By limiting our entry into its protagonist’s headspace, Red Road feels disingenuously committed to sympathetically portraying her situation.
The claim by China Blue’s producers that their film was shot clandestinely is only true to a point.
The film adds up to nothing more than an innocuous paint-by-numbers lesson about embracing opportunities and enjoying life to its fullest.
The film is an awkward mix of comedy, romance, and out-there fantasy.
It may not deserve it but The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning gets a delicious DVD treatment.
The film is superficially indebted to the faux-verité trickery of The Blair Witch Project.
Masters of Horror wraps up its second season the way it originally planned to close its first: with an English-language entry from Japan.
This ho-ho-horrible scary movie is as inert as an overweight uncle doped up on Christmas turkey tryptophan.
This multi-character crime saga is even less appealing than watching televised poker.
Cedric the Entertainer gets hit on the head and loses his memory in Code Name: The Cleaner, a condition likely to be desired by anyone foolish enough to sit through Les Mayfield’s comedy.
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story initially seems like an expanded episode of Unsolved Mysteries.
The only thing the extras on this disc do not address is how the hype surrounding this horrible picture failed to translate into box dollars.
Wisit Sasantieng’s directorial debut is part tearjerker, part spaghetti western, and all kinds of crazy.
The story attempts to tap into the sense of extraordinary childhood wonder that typified Amazing Stories.
This static primer on Matthew Barney’s work amounts to little more than an intermittently illuminating DVD extra.
It’s no spoiler to reveal that, despite arthritis and calcium deposits, Rocky ultimately displays the true heart of a champion.
Iraq ruled not only the news but movie screens as well in 2006.