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Posted by DVD Verdict on 04/18/06 08:22
Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES:
EXTENDED EDITION, DEATH IN GAZA, EVENT HORIZON: SPECIAL TWO-DISC
COLLECTOR'S EDITION, GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: THE MIKADO, HOSTEL: UNRATED
EDITION, MAREBITO, MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS, SUBURBIA, and TCM ARCHIVES:
LAUREL AND HARDY COLLECTION: THE DEVIL'S BROTHER AND BONNIE SCOTLAND:
BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES: EXTENDED EDITION (reviewed by Dennis
Prince, overall score 81/100):
"Although it is definitely an underachiever in its realm, this isn't to
say that Battle for the Planet of the Apes is all bad -- it's not. If
viewed as if it were intended as a made-for-TV production, the film is
generally enjoyable."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/battleapesee.php
DEATH IN GAZA (reviewed by Dan Mancini, overall score 90/100):
"Death in Gaza succeeds in giving us a glimpse of the tragic, deep-
seated Palestinian culture of rage and hatred, and its infusion into
children in their earliest years of development."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/deathingaza.php
EVENT HORIZON: SPECIAL TWO-DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION (reviewed by Bill
Gibron, overall score 91/100):
"Since they're also a rehabilitation for a man and his movie, the added
content offered as part of the Event Horizon: Special 2-Disc Collector's
Edition makes a strong case for the DVD medium. Without all this
insight, we'd merely view the film as a fun failure."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/eventhorizonce.php
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: THE MIKADO (reviewed by Kerry Birmingham, overall
score 83/100):
"No matter how silly the whole thing is to begin with, using your
fingers to pull at your eyes to look 'Asian' every time the word 'Japan'
comes up is still pretty juvenile."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/themikado.php
HOSTEL: UNRATED EDITION (reviewed by Bill Gibron, overall score 96/100):
"The reason Hostel will resonate years after its release has as much to
do with the 'double dare' design that will have legions of sleepovers
breaking out the film as a social rite of passage, as it deals with the
notions of helplessness and being alone. This is one of the rare films
that plays with our need for human connection, arguing that such a
psychological crutch may be as harmful as it is homogenous."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/hostel.php
MAREBITO (reviewed by Adam Arseneau, overall score 86/100):
"'Creepy' would be a good way to describe Marebito, because the film has
a nasty tendency to make you feel uneasy. But as stated before, it isn't
scary in the way North American audiences have come to regard 'scary' in
movies. The gore is restrained, the violence is mostly off-screen, and
there are no 'boo' moments."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/marebito.php
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS (reviewed by Eric Profancik, overall
score 88/100):
"The combative-yet-friendly relationship is exhilarating, leaving you
to wonder who will get the upper hand in each situation. Sometimes it
will be Henderson, sometimes it will be Van Damm; the viewer is always
the winner watching these two have a remarkably good time playing off
one another."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/mrshendersonpresents.php
SUBURBIA (reviewed by Paul Corupe, overall score 78/100):
"This surprising, hard-hitting flick probably isn't the best punk rock-
based movie of the 1980s. But it's much better than it should be,
painting a compelling youth-in-turmoil tale set against the nihilistic
world Spheeris already explored in The Decline of Western Civilization."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/suburbia.php
TCM ARCHIVES: LAUREL AND HARDY COLLECTION: THE DEVIL'S BROTHER AND
BONNIE SCOTLAND (reviewed by James A. Stewart, overall score 81/100):
"One of the most remarkable things about The Devil's Brother to a modern
viewer will be character actor James Finlayson's (The Flying Deuces)
performance as Lord Rocburg. 'D'oh' is his catchphrase as things go
wrong. As Leonard Maltin notes in commentary, a more modern character
appropriated that little wordoid."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/laurelhardycol.php
Mike Jackson
Editor & Webmaster, DVD Verdict
www.dvdverdict.com
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