Chicago – The DVD Round-Up is back with a collection of foreign films, indie flicks, a documentary, and a Kathy Griffin stand-up special. The key word for 2010 is diversity and there’s no DVD column more embracing of the variety of titles at your local store than the Round-Up.
“Kathy Griffin: She’ll Cut a Bitch” and “You, The Living” were released on January 12th, 2010.
“Chevolution” was released on January 19th, 2010.
“B-Girl,” “Fireball,” “Import Export,” and “Wushu” were released on January 26th, 2010.
“Kathy Griffin: She’ll Cut a Bitch”
Photo credit: Shout Factory
Synopsis: “The Emmy-Nominated special comes to DVD! Two-time Emmy Award-winning and self-proclaimed “D-Lister” Kathy Griffin’s latest comedy special takes you backstage in Hollywood — from the Emmys to the Grammys and even to Cher’s Malibu mansion! Appearing before a sold-out crowd at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon, Griffin is in top form...
“Kathy Griffin: She’ll Cut a Bitch” and “You, The Living” were released on January 12th, 2010.
“Chevolution” was released on January 19th, 2010.
“B-Girl,” “Fireball,” “Import Export,” and “Wushu” were released on January 26th, 2010.
“Kathy Griffin: She’ll Cut a Bitch”
Photo credit: Shout Factory
Synopsis: “The Emmy-Nominated special comes to DVD! Two-time Emmy Award-winning and self-proclaimed “D-Lister” Kathy Griffin’s latest comedy special takes you backstage in Hollywood — from the Emmys to the Grammys and even to Cher’s Malibu mansion! Appearing before a sold-out crowd at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon, Griffin is in top form...
- 2/1/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Road (15)
(John Hillcoat, 2009, Us) Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall. 113 mins
Looking for something cheery and sunny to usher those winter blues away? Well this sure as hell ain't it. In fact, "hell" is a pretty good description for this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalypse bleakfest. Hell frozen over, through which Mortensen and son are condemned to wander, cold and hungry, as some of the few survivors of an unnamed global catastrophe – the rest are mostly marauding gangs or pathetic vagrants. Somehow, though, the effect is less devastating on screen than it was on the page. It's difficult to do justice to McCarthy's prose, and one post-apocalyptic movie landscape looks much like another. Still, it's a sustained exercise in panoramic grimness, and we don't need it to be too devastating, do we?
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (15)
(Mat Whitecross, 2010, UK) Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris. 115 mins
An Ian Dury biopic...
(John Hillcoat, 2009, Us) Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall. 113 mins
Looking for something cheery and sunny to usher those winter blues away? Well this sure as hell ain't it. In fact, "hell" is a pretty good description for this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalypse bleakfest. Hell frozen over, through which Mortensen and son are condemned to wander, cold and hungry, as some of the few survivors of an unnamed global catastrophe – the rest are mostly marauding gangs or pathetic vagrants. Somehow, though, the effect is less devastating on screen than it was on the page. It's difficult to do justice to McCarthy's prose, and one post-apocalyptic movie landscape looks much like another. Still, it's a sustained exercise in panoramic grimness, and we don't need it to be too devastating, do we?
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (15)
(Mat Whitecross, 2010, UK) Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris. 115 mins
An Ian Dury biopic...
- 1/9/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The only thing a solid muay thai action flick needs is a loose enough plot to get the characters from point A to fight scene B, but once you get everyone ready to rumble, you have to point the camera in the right direction and showcase some great martial arts. Seems simple enough, but Fireball proves that not all martial arts movies are made equal and that aiming the camera in the right direction is tougher than it seems. Tai (Preeti Barameeanat) gets out of jail thanks to bail money from his twin brother (played by the same actor) who is sadly in a coma from all the money-raising/underground mob activity he's engaged in. So, Tai goes underground and joins a Fireball team as well to avenge his brother's coma. First of all, I understand that this is an action flick first and foremost, so the story doesn't necessarily have to be of the highest caliber...
- 10/12/2009
- by Dr. Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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