Month: August 2007
Review: The Jesus Lizard
Live The Jesus Lizard MVD Visual Street: 06.05 There are shows that from start to finish are so incredible, they renew your jaded little heart about the impact and importance of live music. This live set feels like one of those moments. From the moment David Yow gets up on stage to the raw, cantankerous,
Review: Morning Constitutions
Morning Constitutions Larry the Cable Guy Warner Brothers Street: 04.03 Daniel Whitney, or as America knows him, “Larry the Cable Guy,” is a marketing genius. Work with me here. When he first started taking his comedy to the stage, he learned that the square, irreverent white-guy routine was not only covered, but done much better
Review: SOULVATION: the Best of Northern Soul
SOULVATION: the Best of Northern Soul Wienerworld Street 01.07 SOULVATION is a re-issue of a collection that was originally called “The weird and wonderful world of Northern Soul.” It is an attempt to chronicle the “northern soul” movement, a variety of mid-tempo, heavy-beat soul music popular in northern England in the late 1960s. Many of the
Review: The Best of Vol. 2 The Kids in the...
The Best of Vol. 2 The Kids in the Hall A&E TV Street: 07.31 Kids in the Hall was a popular comedy troupe in the mid-90s that brought Canadian humor to the states, relying heavily on satire, monologues and a liberal dosing of absurd situations. Like Vol. 1, Vol. 2 showcases the best of the
Review: Hollywood After Dark
Hollywood After Dark The Film Crew Shout! Factory Street: 07.10 For those who were saddened by the demise (yes, demise) of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and hoped that its off-kilter brand of DVD commentary would roam the earth again, hope some more. The Film Crew (what happened to a clever title?) is nothing more than
Review: Graffiti TV: The Best Of
Graffiti TV is straight from the mid-90s. Everything from the shaky cameras, poor film quality, flannel shirts and bad, bad haircuts were reminiscent of a home movie. … read more
Review: America’s Mexican
America’s Mexican George Lopez HBO Home Video Street: 07.03 WHITE PEOPLE TALK LIKE THIS, LATINO PEOPLE TALK LIKE THIS. Now that I have that out of the way, I can say that George Lopez was able to get most of that material out of the way within the first 15 minutes of this DVD. There’s
Review: The Seeker In Forever
The Seeker In Forever Alan Fox StoryFocus Communications Street: 09.07 A fascinating comedy by Alan Fox that pulls you into a dream-like world where one man battles to prove the way to peace is not war. Emerging in an effort to confront an establishment that has taken the power from the people, this young man
Review: Billy Childish is Dead: a film by Graham Bendel
Billy Childish is Dead: a film by Graham Bendel Cherry Red Films Street: 2005 This is a full-length documentary film that sets out to offer insight into the life and art of Billy Childish. The film’s director followed Childish around for several months, through art openings, band performances, poetry readings and down time at home. The
Review: Comedy of Errors
Comedy of Errors Claude Chabrol Koch Lorber Street 05.01 Isabelle Huppert plays the little salmon swimming upstream as a French investigator trying to put the kibosh on a ring of dirty big shots spending French money on everything from mistresses to foreign bribes (Quelle horreur!). As the current swells against her, she seems to focus