Just when I was praising Netflix last week, I got an e-mail from them telling me that my subscription is going up by $2 in late May.  They’re charging extra for Blu-ray.  This isn’t the first time they’ve done this, they started charging me an extra $1 per month in January.  So over a course of 6 months, the price will go up by $3.  By the end of May, instead of paying $14.99 ($1 Blu-ray fee included), I’ll be paying $16.99.

$3 raise in a course of 6 months is pretty damn ballsy for Netflix.  I was pissed at …

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I used to badmouth Netflix because I would only get 1 shipment of movies per week.  Then I found out that it was USPS that was lagging, not Netflix.  I read on a forum that I should drop off my movies at the post office drop box for fast processing.  I tried it out and now I get about 2 shipment of movies per week.  

I was already happy with their service when I accidentally returned Killzone 2(borrowed from Gamefly) to them.  I noticed it the next day when I wondered why the movie that was returned, Body of Lies, was …

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My favorite sci-fi movie comes out again on Blu Ray on May 19th.  Unlike the first release which had a crappy transfer, this one has lossless sound and a “THX” approved video transfer.  The 1 disc will retail for $29.99.

A 6 disc set will also be released with a collector’s package and retail for $174.99.  I’m a big Terminator fan but this is just overkill.

I can’t wait to watch T2 on Blu.  The sound should be sweet.  I watched it over the weekend on DVD and it still holds up.  Bring on T4, time to Bale out!…

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Punisher: War Zone is a laughable, low-budget debacle from start to finish.  It’s ineptly written, acted, and directed.  The actors seem miscast (Dominic West is truly awful as the cackling Jigsaw) and ill at ease with their roles.  Director Lexi Alexander shows little of the promise she showed with her earlier work, Green Street Hooligans.  The 2004 Punisher with Tom Jane was vastly underrated, and unlike this steaming turd, it at least felt like a professionally made feature film.  Punisher: War Zone has only one redeeming trait to its name, it’s extremely bloody and gory.  Gorehounds and fans of slasher porn …

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Actor Daniel Craig renewed the energy and brought the gritty (and the pain) back in playing James Bond in his first outing, Casino Royale.  The massively entertaining Bond film which breathed new life into the bland Bond franchise.  The underrated Quantum of Solace is a highly entertaining action piece that follows the Bourne model of action flicks.

Solace starts with a terrific opening song from Jack White (White Stripes) and Alicia Keyes and plunges us into a nifty car chase.  Bond is out for revenge after being betrayed by his former love Vesper.  Feeling conflicted over his betrayal, and mostly wanting …

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The Midnight Meat Train was dumped into a few cheap seat theatres by Lions Gate Studios.  It deserved a better fate.  It’s a mixed bag, but its extremely stylish and well-made.  The film is a visually stunning and gory horror flick.  The film’s real star is acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura, who directed the cult films Versus and Azumi.  The Midnight Meat Train marks his American debut.  It’s based on a short story from horror maestro Clive Barker.  The film looks great and is an exciting ride almost from start to finish.

The Midnight Meat Train is about a struggling photographer …

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Everyone probably has a favorite Samuel L. Jackson film.  From the gritty Jungle Fever to the underrated Unbreakable, to the Star Wars prequels, Jackson has had an interesting and varied career.  As of late though, he’s been taking one money grab after the next.  Starring in such schlock as the laughable Snakes on a Plane and the two films being reviewed here.  My personal favorite Sam Jackson film is the underrated southern gothic mystery, Eve’s Bayou (sorry, Pulp Fiction fans).  Directed with great skill by Kasi Lemmons, the film flew a bit under the radar despite some terrific reviews.  I hold …

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On the surface, Sex Drive looks like a run of the mill teen sex comedy, and it many ways it really is.  The plotting (stolen right from Eurotrip/Road Trip) is nothing special, and even some of the characters are based on other characters from other teen sex comedies ranging from American Pie (the horny and phony sidekick Finch who gets all the girls) to Weird Science, but Sex Drive has something so many other comedies are lacking these days, big laughs.  Sex Drive makes you laugh your ass off.  It’s vulgar (sometimes sickeningly so) but at its core there’s a heart …

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Tales from The Darkside: The First Season contains all 24 first season episodes of the syndicated series on 3 DVDs.  The very low budget horror anthology has its share of lame duds, but most of the episodes are entertaining.  Fans of this kind of format should enjoy the set a great deal. 

Tales from The Darkside ran for four seasons.  It debuted back in the early 80s and children who grew up during that time period are sure to remember some of the more creepy episodes.  The pilot episode features a commentary by famed horror master George Romero, who served as …

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On the heels of the popular Ultimate Avengers animated features comes HULK VS.  A straight to DVD animated smackdown involving HULK in two separate features.  The two features are Hulk VS Wolverine and Hulk VS Thor.  Both have their strong points, but Hulk VS Wolverine is better because its sheer bloody action and violence.  This is the Wolverine fans have been longing to see from the comics brought to life.  The 36 minute feature is perfectly paced and stunning in the amount of blood and gore.  It’s similar to more adult anime features.  The second feature, Hulk VS Thor is more …

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