City Weekly - DVD Reviews http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8383-1-dvd-reviews.html <![CDATA[True Blood, Gone]]> By Bill Frost

Just when you thought Bon Temps couldn’t get any sexier, bloodier and campier, now there are witches among the vampires, werewolves, fairies and waitresses! Also, Bill’s the new Vampire King and Sookie is still the Annoying Queen. ]]>
<![CDATA[Underworld: Awakening, Tim & Eric]]> By Bill Frost

Selene (Kate Beckinsale) returns after years in lockdown to a world where humans are bent on eradicating vampires and werewolves rather than making terrible tween movies about them. Rest in peace, leather catsuit. ]]>
<![CDATA[Haywire, New Year's Eve]]> By Bill Frost

A black-ops badass (Gina Carano) double-crossed on a job and left for dead sets out for revenge—but, as the title implies, everything goes haywire. ]]>
<![CDATA[Dark Tide, Contraband]]> By Bill Frost

A “shark whisperer” (Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning actress Halle Berry) haunted by a diver’s death is lured back to deadly Shark Alley by a thrill-seeking millionaire. What’s the direct-to-DVD equivalent of an Oscar? ]]>
<![CDATA[Bob's Burgers]]> By Bill Frost

Bob Belcher (H. Jon Benjamin) and his weirdo family run Bob’s Burgers, the best (and most dysfunctional) burger joint in the city. ]]>
<![CDATA[Eagleheart, Cook County]]> By Bill Frost

U.S. Marshal Chris Monsanto (Chris Elliott) plays by his own rules and delivers justice with as much violent punching, kicking and shooting as possible, warranted or not (mostly not). ]]>
<![CDATA[Death Valley]]> By Bill Frost

Death Valley: Season 1The last real show on MTV, a Cops-style “reality” comedy about the UTF (Undead Task Force) that protects Los Angeles from zombies, vampire hookers and other supernatu]]>
<![CDATA[Girl With the Dragon Tattoo]]> By Bill Frost

A troubled journalist (Daniel Craig) and an even-more-troubled punkette hacker (Rooney Mara) work to solve a 40-year-old disappearance case, uncover a vast conspiracy and just maybe work through some issues. But probably not.]]>
<![CDATA[The Descendants, Young Adult]]> By Bill Frost

Guess what, Patricia Hastie? You’re going to play George Clooney’s wife in a smart Alexander Payne indie-flick filmed in Hawaii! Oh, and you’ll be bedridden in a coma and everybody thinks you’re a bitch. Congratulations! ]]>
<![CDATA[Footloose, Jack & Jill]]> By Bill Frost

A local preacher (Dennis Quaid) tries to keep local kids (like Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough) from dancing like brazen whores to loud music—but he can’t!]]>
<![CDATA[Bounty Hunters]]> By Bill Frost

A trio of broke bounty hunters (including tiny WWE star Trish Stratus—pictured actual size above) refuses to turn an informant over to the mob for $1 million, so they’re all marked for death now. ]]>
<![CDATA[Tower Heist, Cat Run]]> By Bill Frost

When a billionaire Wall Street weasel (Alan Alda) steals their retirement funds, his ex-employees (including Ben Stiller and a sprawling cast of people funnier than Ben Stiller) plot their revenge ...]]>
<![CDATA[Nude Nuns With Big Guns, Rum Diary]]> By Bill Frost

A nun abused and enslaved within church walls by drug-dealing priests and scummy bikers receives a divine message on her death bed: Kill ’em all! Gunplay, violence, mayhem and general vengeance ensue—she’s a Sister of No Mercy!]]>
<![CDATA[Downton Abbey: Season 2]]> By Bill Frost

The acclaimed British series about a fancy family and their gossipy servants who all live in a sprawling castle near Hogwarts with a pet dragon named Abbey, Mr. Bean and Doctor Who. I’ve never actually seen this show. ]]>
<![CDATA[Drive, In Time]]> By Bill Frost

Drive Ryan Gosling stars in a 95-minute ’80s music video about a getaway-driver-for-hire who has to pay off some sketchy characters (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman) to save the girl he loves]]>
<![CDATA[50/50, Real Steel]]> By Bill Frost

Two best buds’ (Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen) lives are changed forever when one of them (not Rogen) is diagnosed with cancer—and he’s a journalist, so he’s doubly screwed. ]]>
<![CDATA[Abduction, Bucky Larson]]> By Bill Frost

AbductionWhen a guy who isn’t a dreamy werewolf (Taylor Lautner) begins to unravel the mystery of his real father, he’s targeted for death by werewolf hunters, er, assassins. Can he, his a]]>
<![CDATA[Boardwalk Empire, Killer Elite]]> By Bill Frost

Politician/bootlegger “Nucky” Thompson (Steve Buscemi) cashes in on Prohibition in 1920s Atlantic City in the epic HBO series that should serve as a cautionary tale against involving government with liquor. But, of course, won’t.]]>
<![CDATA[Contagion, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark]]> By Bill Frost

ContagionA deadly worldwide virus may kill, but is not limited to, these stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Bryan Cranston, Demtri Martin and many, many more. If only New ]]>
<![CDATA[Shameless, Apollo 18]]> By Bill Frost

A deadbeat drunk (William H. Macy) collects disability checks and leaves his dysfunctional children (including Emmy Rossum—mrroww) to fend for themselves in the crap end of Chicago—and yet it’s still funny as hell. ]]>