Dispatches From Direct To Dvd Purgatory

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory They’re Out Of The Business provides a half-assed sequel to 1993’s My Life’s In Turnaround

  A germ of a good idea is ruined by Eric Schaeffer’s lack of urgency, ambition, and direction.

  April 30, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory One man’s love for a little dog leads to a whole lot of human death in Revenge For Jolly!

  This dark comic thriller suggests the exciting new subgenre of canine noir.

  April 23, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Television icons of the geek world aim for cult status and fail with Sexy Evil Genius

  Seth Green, Katee Sackhoff, and Michelle Trachtenberg try way too hard in the decidedly non-sexy, non-genius Sexy Evil Genius.

  April 16, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Malcolm McDowell’s smirking Satan makes Suing The Devil ridiculous fun

  A Christian evangelical film ends predictably, but enjoys the trip with a sense of humor about itself.

  April 9, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Her Master’s Voice is the most profound movie about ventriloquism ever made

  A direct-to-DVD semi-documentary finds the beating heart beneath one of show business’ most maligned sectors.

  April 2, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Tommy And The Cool Mule stars the voice of Ice-T and is a real movie

  Lessons in manhood are taught by a magical, flatulent barnyard creature.

  March 26, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Indie upstarts the Polish brothers wandered off the map with Smell Of Success and Stay Cool

  Ten years after their impressive debut, the brothers made two films, and no one noticed.

  March 19, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory A Talking Cat!?! is The Room of anthropomorphic animal movies featuring Eric Roberts

  In a Spirit Award acceptance speech, Mickey Rourke pleaded with filmmakers to cast his friend Eric Roberts. Mission accomplished.

  March 12, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Small Apartments finds humanity in sleaze

  Jonas Åkerlund’s strangely winning sleeper transcends its own quirkiness.

  March 5, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Freaky Deaky’s minor funky pleasures can’t make up for its jarring tonal shifts

  Freaky Deaky could pass as a half-assed Elmore Leonard knockoff, if it weren’t an actual adaptation.

  February 26, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory The singularly insane Branded is a case study in good intentions gone astray

  ncoherent ideology combines with amateur storytelling for a mindfuck that transcends conventional notions of “good” and “bad.”

  February 19, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Miley Cyrus struggles to grow up in the non-amazeballs So Undercover

  There are significant parallels between Cyrus’ real life and her movie life, but both have problems.

  February 12, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Mac & Devin Go To High School manages to give rapsploitation movies a bad name 

  In a genre whose films fall so far from accepted standards of quality they almost qualify as outsider art, this is still a failure. 

  February 5, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory The surreally incompetent Not Another Not Another Movie is beneath contempt

  The film debases the already dreadful reputation of spoof movies in its attempt to parody a parody.

  January 29, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Guns, Girls And Gambling is 15 years late for the era of Tarantino knockoffs

  A parade of Elvises, Christian Slater, Powers Boothe, and a slew of self-satisfied quirks can’t save this pseudo-hip display.

  January 22, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory A Beginner’s Guide To Endings is so oppressively wacky, even its quirks have quirks

  The 2010 film squanders its impressive cast with egregious hackery and plot contrivances.

  January 15, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory The Letter takes a pretentious, tedious dive into Winona Ryder’s fractured psyche

  Exhibit W in the case of Winona Ryder’s mysteriously vanishing career.

  January 8, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Rob Schneider’s The Chosen One is a redemption fantasy gone awry

  The actor’s ongoing bid for respect results in a movie so terrible it must be seen to be believed.

  December 18, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory The 50 Cent-produced Fire With Fire could be a lot worse

  Yes, the title is to be taken literally.

  December 4, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Dave Barry’s Complete Guide To Guys could be much funnier

  The humorist explains the war of the sexes, one cliché at a time.

  November 27, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Childstar reveals child actors as cogs in Hollywood’s machine

  A funny, insightful look at show business explores how child stars become monsters.

  November 20, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Not even Colin Hanks can save the laugh-free dark comedy Lucky

  An unrepentant gold-digger meets a lottery-winning serial killer, and everybody loses.

  November 13, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Kevin Spacey’s Father Of Invention is a phony comeback tale that failed to spark a comeback

  The self-produced vehicle is the hokiest of redemption stories.

  November 8, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory A Halloween triple feature includes the little-seen Day Of The Dead remake

  Three horror films that bypassed the multiplex. 

  October 30, 2012 | 12:05am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory The music movie edition, featuring T.A.T.U

  1 More Hit, Punching The Clown, and the T.A.T.U.-centric You And I.

  September 25, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Checking out the Mel Gibson and Miley Cyrus movies you've never heard of

  Mel Gibson goes grindhouse and Miley Cyrus remakes a French comedy.

  September 4, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory High Road, The Genesis Code, and Demoted 

  How bad could new films with David Cross, Ernest Borgnine, and Matt Walsh be? 

  June 26, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory American Loser, An Invisible Sign and The Chaos Experiment 

  The Jessica Alba math drama that barely played theaters and other oddities. 

  January 11, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory The High Cost Of Living, Son of Morning, and Setup

  Zach Braff and 50 Cent are just two of the familiar faces in this batch of not-for-theaters films.

  September 26, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory The Year Of Getting To Know Us, Five Aces, and The Sasquatch Gang

  Returning feature: Jimmy Fallon, Justin Long, and Charlie Sheen all get stuck in Direct-To-DVD Purgatory. But is that always such a bad place to be?

  July 26, 2011 | 12:00pm -