The Falls Release Date: 2003 Genre: Thriller | Drama Director(s): Paul DeNigris Writer(s): Paul DeNigris Staring: David Tully, Diedre Kilgore, Johanna Watts I always smile whenever a movie with box art that suggests a Canadian-made, for-profit-only production turns out to be an engrossing indie that didn’t fall through the cracks. Thanks to Ardustry Entertainment, that [...]

Escape from Cuba Release Date: 18 November 2003 (USA) Genre: Drama | Action Director(s): Tom Logan Writer(s): Robert C. Adamski Staring: Carlos Albert, Kerry Corcoran, Jackie Di Crystal Hector Santos, a married man with a daughter, is ecstatic to learn that his illegal opportunity to get out of Cuba has arrived. He’s less than thrilled [...]

Employee of the Month Release Date: 2004 Genre: Comedy | Drama Director(s): Mitch Rouse Writer(s): Mitch Rouse & Jay Leggett (both of Without a Paddle) Starring: Matt Dillon, Christina Applegate, Steve Zahn, Dave Foley I really wanted to show Employee of the Month some love. Going into it, I knew of two things about it. [...]

Easy Release Date: 9 February 2007 (Mexico) Genre: Comedy | Romance | Drama Director(s): Jane Weinstock Writer(s): Jane Weinstock Starring: Marguerite Moreau, Brían F. O’Byrne, Naveen Andrews Yes, it’s another soft and frilly romantic comedy that I actually enjoyed. But unlike most in the genre, like Dog Gone Love and Pursuit of Happiness, the jokes [...]

Dunsmore Release Date: 2003 Genre: Drama Director(s): Peter Spirer (Beef, Rhyme & Reason) Writer(s): Michael Andrews Staring: Jeannetta Arnette, Rus Blackwell, W. Earl Brown A reluctant sheriff and a state investigator attempt to unravel the clues, told through a series of flashbacks spurred by interrogations, in order to find out who killed a small southern [...]

Dirty War Release Date: 2004 Genre: Thriller | Drama Director(s): Daniel Percival (Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon) Writer(s): Daniel Percival & Lizzie Mickery (Messiah) Staring: Gavin Abbott, Joanne Adams, Shamshad Akhtar While I don’t want to spend this review going off on my political views, the one thing that always irks me is when people claim [...]

A Different Loyalty Release Date: 14 October 2004 (Portugal) Genre: Drama | Romance | Thriller Director(s): Marek Kanievska (Where The Money Is) Writer(s): Jim Piddock (One Good Turn) Starring: Sharon Stone, Rupert Everett, Julian Wadham That wasn’t exactly what I expected. A Different Loyalty, a fifteen million dollar movie starring Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett, [...]

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 [...]

Detention Release Date: 5 September 2003 (South Korea) Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller Director: Sidney J. Furie (The Collectors, Iron Eagle) Writer: John Sheppard (Avalanche: Nature Unleashed) Starring: Dolph Lungren, Alex Karzis, Kata Dobó “What’cha lookin’ at?” “A FOB… Fuckable Older Man.” – Student in reference to Dolph Lungren Dolph Lungren’s an actor who [...]

Desert Thunder Release Date: 3 July 2000 (Germany) Genre: Action | Drama Director(s): Jim Wynorski (Curse of the Komodo, Cheerleader Massacre) Writer(s): Lenny Juliano (Stealth Fighter) Starring: Tim Abell, Daniel Baldwin, Ari Barak And we finish off Your Video Store Shelf’s first Video Relapse not with a bang, but rather with the resounding sounds of [...]