The 1996 horror/comedy "Jack Frost" is, out of 175 or so DVDs, the most requested disc I own. It's the one disc that everyone seems to pull out whenever anyone comes over and sees my DVD collection. I was really looking forward to "Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman", but I felt kind of let down...probably just because I set my sights so high.

In an attempt to escape the memory of the massacre in Snowmonton, Sam and Anne Tiler head to the Bahamas for the wedding of Joe and a significantly-heftier Marla. (Strike 1: The creepy son from the original is nowhere to be found.) No one aside from those who were present during the massacre believe Sam's tale of the mutant killer snowman, who is inexplicably revived by some scientists and the usual lab accident. Jack follows Sam and the gang to the resort in the Bahamas, led by an old colonel, Captain Fun, and a remarkably different ...Read the entire review

T&A documentaries go WAY back in the annuals of cinema, even before the nudist camp movies of the '60s. A gal named Doris Wishman made a mess of them with racy drive-in titles like Behind the Nudist Curtain, Hideout in the Sun and my personal favorite, Nude on the Moon. Doris knew there was gold in them thar, ahem, hills -- and the same sorta stuff goes on today on the small screen. Most any night of the week, you can dial up E! Entertainment Television and watch thong-clad coeds frolicking at the world's most exotic resorts -- all under the cheeky guise of being a travel series. But damned if that tasty Jules Asner doesn't keep bumping into Hawaiian Tropic gals and Playboy bunn...Read the entire review

Who knew a guy who works with the Farrelly brothers could make such an engaging horror thriller? Writer/director Josh Klausner was most recently second unit director on Me, Myself & Irene, and considers the gross-out gurus his cinematic mentors. However, his first feature takes a divergent path. The 4th Floor (1999, 90 minutes) has its comedic moments, but skillfully explores the evil masked by the genteel faces who walk the dim hallways of a New York City walkup.

The movie: An interior designer by the name of Jane Emelin (Juliette Lewis) inherits a rent-controlled apartment, after her aunt takes a spill down the stairs, braining herself against a wall. Jane's boyfriend, a wa...Read the entire review

Rosie Perez is pretty goldang talented. In this movie, Dance With The Devil (1997, 121 minutes), she gets REAL naughty three or four times, but manages to keep most of her clothes ON during the frantic diddling. Apparently, director Alex De La Iglesia didn't have the sort of dinner-o it takes to get Rosie to unleash her true talents. But he's smart enough not to give her too many lines, saving us the inhuman torture of her squawky voice, which has been scientifically proven to make babies cry. His movie takes on added importance these days, because a huge TV star has a small, but amusing role ... that'd be James Gandolfini (Anthony Soprano of HBO's "The Sopranos"). So, this is a big movie...Read the entire review

She's had a few parts in big movies -- Liar, Liar and Instinct to name a couple -- but most probably know Maura Tierney's small screen work as NewsRadio's driven, but sexy Lisa Miller. Oh, and she's on that ER show. I hear that's popular. Anyway, Maura's film school buddy, Richard Shepard, cast her in Oxygen (1999, 92 minutes) along with The Thin Red Line's Adrien Brody. And, together, they've made the best woman-buried-alive movie I've seen this year.

The movie: NYPD detective Madeline Foster (Tierney) is a dirty, dirty girl. Her hubby isn't delivering the sort of boom boom in the bedroom she's hankering for, so she hooks up with this slimy Eur...Read the entire review

Update 10/05: An honest special edition release is now available. Recommendation for this OOP disc lowered accordingly.

Jake West is a real sicko. I mean S-I-C-K. He's this pale fella from across the pond who wrote, directed, edited and basically gave birth to the best female- bisexual- kung fu- vampire-assassin flick to come out of the land of rotten molars since, well, forever. It's called Razor Blade Smile (1998, 101 minutes) and he made the sucker for about 10 bucks and change. The 28-year-old British filmmaker's debut is slick, sleazy, funny and damned entertaining. And filling out a stunning array of sinfully snug catsuits, is...Read the entire review

Features: Widescreen Anamorphic - 1.85:1. Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1. Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1). Director's Cut. Production notes. Interview with actor Julian Sands. Behind-the-scenes footage. Article from Fangoria magazine. Theatrical & Video Trailers. Photo Gallery.

The Movie:
Italian director Dario Argento is considered by many to be one of the world's greatest horror directors. Argento's best-known film is Suspiria and it, along with a handful of others, is an established classic. In recent years his films have met with a decided lack of critical acclaim but with the release of Phantom of the Opera his fans had hoped for a return to classic form.

Argento's Phantom of the Opera bears little resemblance to the book on which it's based. There's a mad man living under the Paris Opera House who perpetrates a series of murders and lures a bea...Read the entire review