I Review DVDs

DVD Title: Mirrormask
DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006
Starring: Stephanie Leonidas, Gina McKee, Robert Brydon, Jason Barry, Dora Bryan.
ASIN: B000BT97AO
Rating:
[Buy From Amazon.com]

DVD Review: Comic book legends Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman take a coming-of-age fairy tale and give it a dazzlingly original twist. It is beautiful and so different, and has such a unique feel to it. Produced by the Jim Henson Company, this fantasy looks fantastic. Each scene is a masterwork of composition and execution. It is a wonderland of costumes and sets, and the fairy tale realm is has even more dramatic. If you can get into it, you should be amazed.

DVD Title: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
DVD Release Date: June 13, 2006
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok.
ASIN:B000F5GNX8
Rating:
[Buy From Amazon.com]

DVD Review: For those who like their comedies a little dark, a little twisted and completely hilarious, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” will come as treat. Robert Downey Jr. plays a criminal who accidentally auditions for a role as a detective. Then when he tells his former schoolyard crush (Michelle Monaghan) that he’s actually a detective, he gets sucked into a murder mystery alongside the even stranger Val Kilmer. This film mixes comedy and action so smoothly, it is something completely new.

DVD Title: The 40-Year-Old Virgin
DVD Release Date: December 13, 2005
Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks.
ASIN: B00005JNZU
Rating:
[Buy From Amazon.com]

DVD Review: It’s truly dirty and truly romantic at the same time. Andy (Steve Carell) after a couple of painful (and very funny) attempts in his youth has never managed to have sex. When his childish co-workers find out about his virginity, they set out to turn Andy into a “man.” The attempts, mostly disastrous, are one hilarious sequence after another, most of which are absolutely disgusting. Things take an odd turn when Andy falls for Trish (Catherine Keener) who decides they shouldn’t have sex until they have completed at least 20 dates. That is fine for Andy, though his pals do not give up on their quest.