Splitsville: A Romantic-Comedy That Fails to Satisfy in Both Areas (Blu-ray)
The Film: Time and time again, we've seen how filmmakers have struggled greatly to do anything new or interesting in the horror genre, but another genre that suffers just as much from this lack of originality is the romantic-comedy. It seems like 99% of the time we'll see the same tired formula over and over again, which has the audience ahead of the film every step of the way, leading right up to its easily predictable conclusion. Try as they might, they find it extremely di
Together: An Intriguing Idea Hindered by Poor Execution (Blu-ray)
The Film: Body horror has always been a rather strange little sub-genre, one that has been used to great effect in the past, most notably by filmmaker David Cronenberg in projects like "The Fly," "Videodrome," and "The Brood," but one that can also go awry if a film's story isn't quite up to a certain level of quality. Now writer/director Michael Shanks looks to throw his hat in the ring by using it for his feature debut "Together," in which a couple going through a bit of a
Hell of a Summer: A Bland Retread of a Familiar Formula (DVD)
The Film: As I've said time and time again, horror is perhaps the most difficult genre to do anything the least bit original in, which is...