Posted by DVD Verdict on 10/15/05 08:13

Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of AFTERMATH: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
FROM 9/11, BIG ALLIGATOR RIVER, CLEVELAND IN MY DREAMS, FEMI KUTI: LIVE
AT THE SHRINE: DELUXE EDITION DVD + LIVE CD, GIRLS NITE OUT, JACK
O'LANTERN, LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIM'S UNIT: THE SECOND YEAR,
MIDNIGHT, NIP/TUCK: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON, PINOCCHIO'S REVENGE, and
THE WORK OF DIRECTOR STEPHANE SEDNAOUI:


AFTERMATH: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM 9/11 (reviewed by Jeff Andreasen,
overall score 65/100):
"Aftermath: Unanswered Questions from 9/11, produced by the Guerrilla
News Network (GNN), is not 60 Minutes...and that's a good thing."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/aftermath911.php

BIG ALLIGATOR RIVER (reviewed by Rob Lineberger, overall score 55/100):
"If you have a rowdy gang of schlock appreciators and a case of beer
handy, Big Alligator River offers copious opportunity for even the least
witty to get in a good zinger. "

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/bigalligatorriver.php

CLEVELAND IN MY DREAMS (reviewed by Bill Gibron, overall score 80/100):
"While it comes off like an overlong joke (the twist ending is nothing
more than an overblown punchline, down to the delivery) and contains
more than a few narrative miscues, the results are still enjoyable and
engaging."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/clevelandinmydreams.php

FEMI KUTI: LIVE AT THE SHRINE: DELUXE EDITION DVD + LIVE CD (reviewed by
Adam Arseneau, overall score 90/100):
"The Shrine seems an amazing place both of music and of political change
and, short of a sojourn to Nigeria, this DVD will no doubt be as close
as most people come to touching something truly revolutionary, in the
literal sense of the word."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/femikutilive.php

GIRLS NITE OUT (reviewed by Mitchell Hattaway, overall score 45/100):
"What is this, a slasher flick for kindergarteners?"

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/girlsniteout.php

JACK O'LANTERN (reviewed by David Johnson, overall score 50/100):
"I'm grasping wildly to the few remaining, functioning brain cells I
have left in the old cerebral cortex after suffering through this
horrible movie, and fear if I were to write a full review, the surviving
gray matter will fizzle and die and I'll end up catatonic. So I hereby
relinquish my reviewing responsibility for Jack O'Lantern to special
guest judge, Carl the Nordic Houseplant."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/jackolantern.php

LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIM'S UNIT: THE SECOND YEAR (reviewed by David
Gutierrez, overall score 92/100):
"Definitely the darkest of the four Law & Order shows, SVU
challenges the established L&O formula, while delving into areas the
other shows will not."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/losvuy2ndyear.php

MIDNIGHT (reviewed by David Johnson, overall score 82/100):
"The plot is as simple as you can get -- woman terrorized by nutbags --
and the production values are simplistic. But man if it didn't kind of
creep the crap out of me."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/midnight1982.php

NIP/TUCK: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (reviewed by David Gutierrez,
overall score 80/100):
"Don't expect Shakespeare. Nip/Tuck is at its best when it motors off,
never stopping to breath. It's a soap opera on speed, plain and simple.
It's excessive, fantastic, and engaging."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/niptuckseason2.php

PINOCCHIO'S REVENGE (reviewed by David Johnson, overall score 68/100):
"For a vengeful, evil anthropomorphic puppet, Pinocchio is
surprisingly restrained; he doesn't even commit his first homicide
until late in the film."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/pinocchiosrevenge.php

THE WORK OF DIRECTOR STEPHANE SEDNAOUI (reviewed by Bill Gibron, overall
score 90/100):
"There are many highlights in this collection, standout clips that
create their own private universe of performance and potency. It is hard
not to like what Tricky is turned into at the hands of Sednaoui."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/stephanesednaoui.php

Mike Jackson
Editor & Webmaster, DVD Verdict
www.dvdverdict.com

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