Paramount's ‘Sweeney Todd’— Musical Darkness With Pie by Cochaman Peef
As usual, Johnny Depp
(Barker) is brilliant as the main character, wearing more expressions on his powder-pale face than any other man could...


Paramount's ‘No Country For Old Men’: Powerfully Riveting by Beth E. Cochran
The film opens with a shot of desolate, wide-open country in West Texas in June of 1980. In a voice over, the local sheriff, Ed Tom Bell...


Dreamworks' ‘Death Proof’— Bad-Ass Chicks Kick Ass by Cochaman Peef
Prescription: take a massive dose of some gritty sub cultural reality and shove it straight up your ass... sideways. Death Proof is...


Dreamworks' ‘Transformers’ Stays True To It's Die-Hard Fans by Cochaman Peef It's safe to say, the cartoons of today are no where near as cool as the ones that were on when I was growing up (don't ask when...


LG's The Dresden Files: What a Wiz by Nadine Meeker
There is nothing like
a fictional private detective who narrates like Mikey Spillane with a sensitive side and totes a mystical...


CBS' ‘Jericho’ A Knock-Out First Season DVD by Beth E. Cochran
In 1987 then indie
rock band R.E.M. released the haunting track “Its The End of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), which stated boldly...


WB's 300: Worthy Beyond Epic Proportions by Christina Gosnell
If you're like me,
any film that involves a profound struggle, a gripping battle and a virtually unknown cast worthy of A-list status is a film...


Cagney & Lacey: Season One by Nadine Meeker
For years I've watched as 1980's TV classics made their way onto DVD— Miami Vice, Magnum P.I. and Hart to Hart to name but a few. Don't get me wrong...



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