Get a Clue Release Date: 2002 Genre: Comedy | Crime | Family Director(s): Maggie Greenwald (Songcatcher) Writer(s): Alana Sanko Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Bug Hall, Ian Gomez Get a Clue is a Disney Channel movie starring a pre-fame, post-Parent Trap Lindsay Lohan. It was made for ten year old girls to enjoy, and features a lot [...]

The Game is Dead Release Date: 2005 Genre: Crime | Drama Director(s): Shaheed Shaheed Writer(s): Shaheed Shaheed Starring: Shaheed Shaheed, Treach, Aaliyah Hi The Game is Dead is a low budget urban film that is nearly two hours long. As if you weren’t already not going to watch The Game is Dead, that should solidified [...]

Foolproof Release Date: 3 October 2003 (Canada) Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime Directors: William Phillips Writers: William Phillips Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Kristin Booth, Joris Jarsky After a memorable performance as Van Vilder in the movie by the name same, I was pretty sure that the witty Ryan Reynolds was on his way to supporting [...]

East New York Release Date: 5 December 2005 (USA) Genre: Action | Crime Director(s): Joseph Johnson Writer(s): Joseph Johnson & Dwayne “DC” Coles (Secret Indictment) Starring: Jonathan Campbell, Javier Corniell and Debbie Laruy If East New York did anything worthwhile for me, it was that it made me chuckle towards its beginning. It’s here that [...]

Dot.Kill Release Date: 13 December 2010 (Belgium) Genre: Crime | Thriller Director(s): John Irvin (Raw Deal, Hamburger Hill) Writer(s): Andrew Charas & Robert Malkani Starring: Armand Assante, Sonny Marinelli, Raffaello Degruttola I haven’t reviewed a good, old fashioned, direct-to-video detective film in quite a while. That’s exactly what Dot.Kill is. Starring the always awesome, often [...]

Dope Game 2 Release Date: 28 October 2003 (USA) Genre: Action | Crime Director: Ed Quiroz & Jose Quiroz (both of Dope Game, Drug Lordz) Writer: Ed Quiroz & Jose Quiroz (both of Dope Game, Drug Lordz) Staring: David Dyno Rocha, Jose Rosete, David Petersen For the past five years, rap moguls Ed & Jose [...]

Direct Action Release Date: 25 May 2005 (United Arab Emirates) Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller Director(s): Sidney J. Furie (Detention, The Rage) Writer(s): Greg Mellott (Under Heavy Fire, Blank Point) Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Polly Shannon, Donald Burda A review of Dolph Lundgren’s second film since coming back from a brief retirement pretty much boils [...]

Deviant Obsession Release Date: 2002 Genre: Crime | Drama Director: Eric Gibson (Sinful Temptations, Bounty Huntress: Undercover) Writer: Thomas K. Nash (Wicked Temptations) Starring: Brick Randall, Angelica Costello, John McCafferty Yay, it’s another erotic thriller that involves murder, greed, and plenty of S-E-X! And look, it’s a Skinemax film, the term given to the dirty [...]

Dead Women in Lingerie Release Date: 1991 Genre: Crime Director(s): Erica Fox Writer(s): Erica Fox & John Romo Starring: John Romo, Maura Tierney, Jerry Orbach In 2003 MTI Home Video released the 1988 made-for-TV movie Bonanza: The Next Generation on DVD. They’re making some real business progress apparently, as in 2005 MTI is releasing an [...]

Dead Above Ground Release Date: 2002 Genre: Crime | Horror Director: Chuck Bowman Writer: Stephen J. Cannell (producer of the upcoming A-Team movie) Starring: Corbin Bernsen, Stephen J. Cannell, Robert Conrad When you’re a reviewer of direct-to-video films, you start to become used to the occasional logic gap, continuity slip, or a complete lack of [...]