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16 Sep

Cinematic Titanic: The Complete Collection

Max SchindlerNew DVD release, , ,
Recommended Between the cancellation of the original show in 1999 and the Kickstarter for its revival in 2015, there have been three major attempts to revive the format of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" for a new generation, all by people who worked on the original program. Two of them, one successful and one unsuccessful, feature the team of Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett (arguably the "second generation" cast, even though Murphy voiced Servo in all of the "official" episodes of the original series). The successful iteration is Rifftrax, which uses .mp3 files to allow the team to…
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16 Sep

Betting on Zero

Max SchindlerNew DVD release
Highly Recommended Director: Ted BraunStarring: William AckmanYear: 2016In a time when one of America's favorite national arguments has reared its bitter head with renewed energy (capitalism vs socialism, free market vs big government, cutthroat competition vs equal protection), Betting on Zero is a documentary that will slide into the conversation with ease. It's specifically based on Herbalife; the company, the court cases, the sanctions, and the famous Ackman short. But it can't help also being about politics, using this bizarre story to highlight the two polar viewpoints that fight against one another and make our entire country spin. In case…
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16 Sep

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: The Vault Series (6 DVD Set)

Max SchindlerNew DVD release, , , , ,
DVD Talk Collector Series We have no idea why Time-Life chose to send us a screener of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: The Vault Series (6 DVD Set Collector's Edition). It appears to be a very slight repackaging of a set they released three years ago, but this reviewer is nonetheless more than happy to sing its praises. After Carson left the program in 1992, excerpts have turned up on places like YouTube, and there have been DVD clip show releases. This, however, is altogether different, a boxed set of 12 complete shows (along with some bonus clips) running…
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16 Sep

Cop and a Half: New Recruit

Max SchindlerNew DVD release
Skip It The Movie:I remained oblivious, perhaps blissfully so, to the 1993 buddy cop/family film Cop & A Half with Burt Reynolds in a prime hairpiece era for him. I know it's out there, but there was never an urge to see it. Now for some reason, someone has decided to reboot? remake? Make another installment to the franchise. And great news! It's about what you'd expect it to be.Titled Cop and a Half: New Recruit, the cop in question is Simmons, played by Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba), a grizzled cop whose enthusiasm tends to have him break a…
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16 Sep

Diamond Cartel

Max SchindlerNew DVD release,
Skip It Director: Salamat Mukhammed-AliStarring: Karlygash Mukhamedzhanova, Armand AssanteYear: 2017Diamond Cartel is what you would get if you combined Sharknado with The Expendables and set it in Kazakhstan. I'm not kidding, it's that horrible of a concept, and how anyone in their right mind could want to turn it into an actual movie is beyond me. The director is Kazakh, this is his second attempt at a feature film, and his first also writing and producing the flick. It's safe to say that he might not know exactly what he's doing, although the same can surely be said about the…
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16 Sep

Killing Hasselhoff

Max SchindlerNew DVD release,
Rent It The Movie:I'm not sure at what point we arrived to in film and/or television where David Hasselhoff was the latest entry in the rare land of famous people who are the center of films about them in fictional settings, but it's 2017 so anything can happen. And here we are, in a film where the former Baywatch star plays himself, similar to films (I think) that were done on Carrot Top and Pauly Shore. Strangely though, this film (called Killing Hasselhoff has a familiar face or two associated with it.Written by Peter Hoare and directed by Darren Grant…
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16 Sep

The Deuce (HBO)

Max SchindlerTV reviews
The drama created by George Pelecanos and David Simon see the rise of the porn industry in New York City during the 1970s-80s through the eyes of twin nightclub owners Vincent and Frankie Martino (both played by James Franco), college student Abigail ?Abby? Parker (Margarita Levieva), Times Square prostitute Eileen Merrell (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a pimp named Larry Brown (Gbenga Akinna), Vincent and Frankie Martino?s brother-in-law Chris Bauer (Bobby Dwyer) and a bartender named Paul Hendrickson (Chris Coy).Premieres Sep 10, 2017
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16 Sep

Chuck

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
Liev Schreiber turns in an immersive performance as the guy who inspired Rocky.text_pre On Blu-ray: 'Chuck' link_ext.Liev Schreiber turns in an immersive performance as the guy who inspired Rocky.text_pre On Blu-ray: 'Chuck' link_ext. Source from..
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16 Sep

Alien: Covenant

Max SchindlerMovie reviews, ,
Ridley Scott's latest is a satisfying sequel to Prometheus but suffers from similar issues.text_pre On Blu-ray: 'Alien: Covenant' link_ext.Ridley Scott's latest is a satisfying sequel to Prometheus but suffers from similar issues.text_pre On Blu-ray: 'Alien: Covenant' link_ext. Source from..
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16 Sep

Live. Die. Repent

Max SchindlerMovie reviews, ,
An American sniper team wanders into a dangerous game of cat and mouse in this war thriller.text_pre 'The Wall' Review: Live. Die. Repent link_ext.An American sniper team wanders into a dangerous game of cat and mouse in this war thriller.text_pre 'The Wall' Review: Live. Die. Repent link_ext. Source from..
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