DVD Review: Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life
Directed by Peter Hedges
Starring Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, John Mahoney, Dianne Wiest
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Release date: March 11, 2008

One need know me for roughly five minutes before they know full well my attitudes toward Dane Cook. Beyond mere distaste, I have a manic and psychotic hatred of him, sworn in blood and pain, that will no doubt span continents and generations and will cost more than its fair share of lives. I have alienated family members, ended friendships, and even had a girl walk out on me because of my raw and visceral loathing of the man and everything he stands for...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

DVD Review: Classic Artists: Yes

Classic Artists: Yes
Documentary
Image Entertainment
Release date: January 15, 2008

Imagine a rock band that changes members each time it begins achieving commercial and critical success.

Imagine a rock band guided by a visionary singer -- who can't actually articulate his vision to the other band members.

Imagine a rock band known as much for its logo and album cover designs as for its music.

Does this sound like a sequel to This is Spinal Tap? The basis of a new Will Ferrell movie? A Saturday Night Live skit that ends with Christopher Walken insisting on more cowbell?...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

DVD Review: 'Beowulf' Unrated Director's Cut

Beowulf
Unrated Director's Cut
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn
Paramount Home Video
Available: Feb. 26, 2008

"Are you the one they call Beowulf?"

In the film, based on high-school required-reading epic poem, the Danish King Hrothgar is forced to shut down his mead hall Heorot after the monster Grendel attacks and kills the King's subjects during a celebration there. The town lives in fear of Grendel's return. Many warriors come to rid the King of his bane, but fail. That's when the Geat warrior Beowulf arrives with the promise to kill the monster. What happens next sets Beowulf's life on an unexpected path, leading to a confrontation with Grendel's mysterious mother and a battle with a dragon, all of which have dire consequences...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

DVD Review: Legend Of The Black Scorpion

Legend Of The Black Scorpion
(aka The Banquet) (2006)
Directed by Feng Xiao-Gang
Produced by John Chong and
Wang Zhong-Jun
Written by Qiu Gang-Jian and
Sheng He-Yu
Action Choreography by Yuen Wo-Ping
Starring Zhang Ziyi, Daniel Wu, Zhou Xun, Ge You, Ma Jing-Wu, Huang Xiao-Ming
Dragon Dynasty
Available Feb. 26, 2008

It is 10th century China during the Five Dynasties Period. When the Emperor is murdered, his brother Li usurps the thrown and takes his wife Empress Wan as his own. Prince Wu, fearing for his life, and knowing that he will never have the heart of Wan, flees the palace and politics in favor of a life of theatre and song. Li fears that Wu will someday return and try to take the throne for himself, so he dispatches his loyal guards to assassinate him. Wan though, who was originally to marry Wu, sends her own dispatch to protect Wu. When Wu survives the assassination, he returns to the royal palace to face Li, who he believes is responsible for his father's death...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

DVD Review: Nightmare Detective

Nightmare Detective (2006)
Written & Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
Starring Ryuhei Matsuda, Hitomi, Masanobu Ando, Ren Osugi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Yoshio Harada
Dimension Extreme
Available Feb. 19, 2008

When a young woman is found dead in her apartment, her gruesome death appears to be a suicide, and the Tokyo Police Department is ready to close the case. But when a second death is reported, another suicide by a salaryman whose wife witnessed him as he brutally stabbed himself in the neck again and again while sleeping, the detectives become much more suspicious of the first death. When both of the victims' cell phones show their last conversation was with a caller known only as "0," they fear the suicides may have been coerced...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!