Tuesday 18 Jun
 
 
DVD reviews

Ninja III: The Domination

Don't ask why Ninja III: The Domination begins with a ninja assault on a municipal golf course. Just be grateful it does. You also may wonder why its sex scene employs a can of V8: Don't question it. Just lie back and enjoy it.
06/14/2013 | Comments 0

Lifeforce

Tobe Hooper got a raw deal. The director of horror hits The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist didn't deserve to be sent to movie jail for 1985's Lifeforce. It's a well-crafted, well-intentioned work that was mismarketed and misunderstood, losing a bundle of money and soon sending Hooper into the lands of episodic television and direct-to-video features.
06/14/2013 | Comments 0

Dead Souls

With Dead Souls, we can prove something about the Chiller cable network's original features that Remains could not: Source material is not to blame for their pervasive generic nature — it's the economy, stupid.
06/11/2013 | Comments 0

The Philadelphia Experiment

There's a theory about remakes that perhaps Hollywood should stop remaking good movies and instead remake the bad ones, so that they may be improved. The problem with that theory is one runs the risk of the remake being bad, too. Case in point: The Philadelphia Experiment.
06/12/2013 | Comments 0

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

A few surprising things about Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters:
• It comes from MTV Films,
• is produced by Will Ferrell,
• and is as fun as its title is dumb.
06/11/2013 | Comments 0

'Gantz' this


Because you didn't listen to us the first time.

By Rod Lott August 4th, 2011
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In the third week of this current year, Oklahoma Gazette’s “Hey! Do This” section threw the ink spotlight on the live-action film “Gantz,” which was screening for a single showing on a single night at a single theater, the Hollywood Spotlight 14 in Norman.

As we wrote, “The sci-fi actioner concerns the recently deceased having to hunt and kill aliens using futuristic weaponry. We’re so there!”

And we were there, amid a near sold-out crowd, but boy, did that plot description barely scratch the surface! This movie was insane, and you missed it!

Not to fear, however: New People Entertainment has announced the release of “Gantz,” based on a Japanese manga, for DVD and Blu-ray on Aug. 30. That’s less than four weeks from now, friends!

The double-disc set will feature the unrated cut, dialogue options for Japanese and English, an interview with director Shinsuke Sato and glorious trailers. Easily, the movie was the most outrageous theatrical experience I’ve had all year, so I look forward to seeing it again (but not quite as much as I look forward to the upcoming sequel, “Gantz II: Perfect Answer). —Rod Lott

 
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