Searching For Sonny is plucky. Plucky, and nice. Plucky, nice, and it looks pretty good for having been made on a low budget, and the cast is game and committed to their roles, and the story seems to have had a decent amount of thought put into it. Yet, the experience of watching the movie is that of "less than the sum of its parts," because for all the hard work and clever thinking and time that's been invested here, the film feels less like it's out to do something new and more like it's out to do things that everyone liked in other movies and television shows.

Elliot (Jason Dohring) is back in his hometown for the first time in years, in order to attend a high school reunion. At the end of senior year, he and his best friend Sonny had a falling out that's lasted until the present day, and Elliot, driven by his lack of success elsewhere in life, is determined to bury the hatchet with his old...Read the entire review

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This is the first full concert dvd from Primus, although there is a DVD included (a video collection, with a few live clips) with their recent effort, "Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People". This recent tour reunites the original lineup of the band - the concert was filmed at the last stop, Chicago's Aragon Ballroom. While not exactly prized for its accoustics (they're rather troublesome), the famed Aragon certainly has a long and interesting history. It was opened in 1926 and became one of the nation's most famous dance halls. The beautiful surroundings of the main floor (which one can see at times on the DVD, such as near the opening of "Too Many Puppies") were made to look like a Spanish courtyard. In the 50's, the dance hall crowd dwindled and the palace went through stages as a sports arena and...Read the entire review

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There has always been a long-standing relationship between rock music and drugs. The same can be said about rap music. And when you think about rap music and drugs, you inevitably think about those doobie loving rappers, Cypress Hill. They love smoking pot. They love singing about pot. So who better to organize a day of music in celebration of that magical herb than Cypress Hill? Well, maybe Snoop Dogg, but don't worry, he's here too. So are The Kottonmouth Kings, Bone Thugs N Harmony, former House Of Pain front man Everlast, and old school So-Cal punk legends, The Circle Jerks. Mix them all up, and you've got The 2002 Smoke Out Festival, held in Los Angeles at the Memorial Coliseum.

The Kottonmouth Kings start things off. These guys didn't really do anything for me but they did put on a pretty high-ener...Read the entire review

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Remember those guys in school who were always getting trouble for making disgusting jokes? The guys who would pick their nose, show it to you, and then chase you down the hall trying to wipe it on your face? Well, some of those guys got pretty damn rich on a little show that was on MTV a few years back called Jackass. And out of the entire Jackass crew, a strange, wirey little man named Steve-O was by far the gutsiest and the most willing to go farther than anyone else to get the gross out.

Well, lucky for all of us, Steve-O has branched out on his own and brought you this third DVD compilation of footage from his appearances and stunts from around the globe. A good portion of the first disc takes place in the United States but we also see them screwing around across Europe as well. Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Preston Lacy, Nick Dunlap, Carolla, Mike Liddle, Bam Marge...Read the entire review

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For those of you that clicked this review link out of curiosity, I'll have to be up front with you on this one: This DVD is about skateboarding. While some of you may immediately lose interest right away upon mention of the subject, I'm hoping more of you stick around.

Skateboarding has arguably never been more popular than it has been in the last few years. Tricks and stunts thought of as groundbreaking or impossible ten years ago are commonplace now. But that shouldn't be a surprise...like any other sport, it evolves. It gets more challenging. New standards are set every day, and...

Wait a minute. Skateboarding? A sport?

Of course it is! Hey, if friggin' auto racing is considered a sport, why not skateboarding? Besides, the athleticism and physical risk involved rivals most any other professional sport on the planet...Read the entire review