Christmas is just around the corner and DVDs make perfect stocking stuffers.  I’ve taken the guess work out of buying DVDs for your friends with my list of recent releases sure to please even the most eclectic person.

For the Action Junkie:  The Bourne Ultimatium

Bourne is back in the best film of the series.  It’s like an adrenaline shot that never quits. 

For the Brooding Boys and Girls:  Angel: The Complete Series Box

Angel broods and fights evil (and the evil within) over 5 seasons in this handsome boxed set that contains the entire series.

For Fantasy Fans of …

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Redline is the ultimate vanity project.  A 26 million dollar street racing flick financed by a rich punk producer using exotic sports cars from his private collection.  Redline makes Fast and the Furious look like Hamlet.  It’s got awful acting, terrible direction and an even worse “script”.  Don’t be fooled by the shiny DVD cover that promises shiny cars and even shinier women, the cars are the coolest thing about the film.  Redline even commits the ultimate cardinal sin for a street racing film, the races are tedious and poorly shot.  I’ve seen more exciting street racing at the corner of …

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The Lookout is a nifty indie film with great performances from its cast and some cool visuals and entertaining storytelling.  It manages to evoke both Memento and Fargo, but it feels fresh and different enough to stand out on its own thanks to some great acting, a very good script, and excellent direction.  The standout is Joseph Gordon Levitt, who is turning out to be the best young actor in Hollywood.

Levitt plays a hockey player/town golden boy named Chris Pratt who is left brain-damaged late one night after a horrific car accident.  He has only one real friend, a blind …

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This is an extremely difficult film to review and it was pretty difficult to watch at times.  There’s no driving narrative behind it and it remains an elaborate mystery to me.  It’s a love it or loathe it type of film and I’m sure many will loathe it. It’s David Lynch at his most “Lynchian”, but it’s also brilliant in its own warped way.  Lynch is at the top of his game here getting great performances all around and ramping up his nightmare/creep show gimmicks to a fever pitch.  You may not have a clue what is going on but you …

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The Monster Squad was one of my favorite films when I was a kid.  It’s a very simple film aimed at teens and tweens that is basically “The Goonies” with Universal monsters.  You have a rag-tag group of kids who have to defend the world (no one believes monsters are real of course) against Count Dracula, The Wolfman, Gill-man, The Mummy, and Frankenstein.  The Count is attempting to get possession of a mystical amulet that will give him control over the balance of good and evil and he has until midnight to obtain it.  The kids (who meet in a …

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So I was skimming through this months EGM magazine today and noticed a 300 DVD ad.  Since it was produced by Warner Bros. I assumed it would be just for DVD and HD-DVD.  Then I looked at it more carefully and noticed it’s also coming for Blu-ray?  When the hell did this happen?  Because orginally, WB was exclusive for HD-DVD.  So I dug up some info and found out that WB announced that they’re doing both platforms since 2005.  Where the fuck was I?Â

One thing for sure, this is good for the consumers.  Competition’s always good.  It makes two rival …

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