I give a brief breakdown on Mill Creek’s June 7th multi-movie pack releases, specifically Streets of Fear and Midnight Movie Madness. None of these movies are of high-quality and are mainly remembered for the stars sometimes in smaller roles. At basement bargain prices, these might be worthy for collector’s of these cheap sets.
High Strung is a movie everyone has seen before from Fame to Step Up filled with the usual stereotypical characters that more than not were annoying. I suppose the Step Up series was your thing, this might hold some entertainment value.
Based on a 1970s TV series, Electra Woman & Dyna Girl is an enjoyable little superhero spoofish film with passable performances with two leads in Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart share some fun chemistry with one another. The DVD release offers solid video, so-so audio and a decent enough selection of special features.
Slow and drawn out in spite of its short running time, 600 Miles isn’t great but at least can be admired for the performances by Tim Roth and Kristyan Ferrer so at least with them it’s worth watching.
Stressed to Kill is a fun, satirical crime comedy featuring a great performance from character actor Bill Oberst Jr. and some sharp writing to boot. The DVD released through MVD is basic with so-so video/audio transfers and sadly no bonus material.
This is your basic made-for-TV movie that doesn’t really offer anything new and being based on Braxton’s own memoir, skewed one way thus is a bit biased. Still, the performances aren’t half bad led by newcomer Lex Scott Davis and for fans of the singer, they might get something out of this, otherwise skip.
Joseph & Mary isn’t a good movie, in fact it seems like a poorly acted stage play. Even the inclusion of Kevin Sorbo, who can be charming, doesn’t help. I suppose if one was religious they might get something out of it, and to be fair, it is a safe movie, but I have to think there’s better material out there…
This 5-movie collection release, Possessed by Evil, is a bargain-bin fodder from Mill Creek. If you don’t own a couple of these titles, it might be worth picking up given the cheap SRP, just don’t expect too much.
One More Time doesn’t feature a great story but I can at least admire it for the cast with Christopher Walken, Amber Heard and Ann Magnuson though it’s not quite even worth a rental but instead check it out once it’s available for free. The DVD is bare bones with no bonus material.
“Major Crimes” is still a good series which excels more due to the characters than the episode plotlines. The core, and veteran cast from “The Closer”, are a lot of fun to watch while anything involving Rusty didn’t really interest me once his investigation into Jane Doe had finished (which was only a few episodes in).
Mill Creek’s bargain releases for “Knight Rider” and “Miami Vice” is effectively priced (<$10 per season) especially for those who don’t already own them. Another plus over the Universal releases is these are slimmer packaging so those with limited shelf space will benefit. Sadly, they do not have any features but that’s not too surprising.
“Scream”: The TV Series isn’t great but at least it was better than I expected especially as a fan of the movies series (sans #3). At times it attempts its own identity which was welcoming and I was digging the season… until the finale where the killer’s reveal was hardly surprising.
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation” is just a bad series that I suppose young kids might enjoy but any fan of the original will find to be an abomination that will lead one to appreciate the newest incarnation.
Alpha and Omega: Dino Digs is a DTV short film (clocking in at only 45-minutes) that was made for kids and kids only. The animation was, most of the time, laughable and looked cheap as heck. Beyond that, the material wasn’t funny.
Countdown is your typical WWE production with shoddy acting, bad writing and pedestrian direction though on the plus side, at least Ziggler possesses some charisma which was often lacking in these other films. Still, as poorly made as the film was, it’s at least watchable and there’s at least one well done scene, so… there is that.