Mar 10 2009
DVD Dump New Releases: March 10, 2009
Real quiet this week on the DTV market. Its mostly because there are a lot big Academy Awards worthy and big-budget movies coming out this week. There is a pick of the week, but its nothing to get too excited about.
The Casino Job
Synopsis: Sexy Vegas strippers thought they came up all aces after successfully pulling off a plan to rob a casino. But one member of the team is holding a card that no one sees coming.
Dark Reel
Synopsis: Murder, mystery and mayhem as B movie fan, Adam Waltz, wins Walk on Role in a film Featuring Scream Queen, Cassie Blue (Tiffany Shepis). Thinking his luck had changed for the better he steps into chaos with a killer loose and no one on the production safe. Adams role gets bigger with the murder of an actress, studio chief’s (Henriksen) low-budget thriller becomes big with the new publicity… Everyone is a suspect. Who is the killer? Why are they doing this? and who is next?
Growing Out
Synopsis: A troubled songwriter discovers a human growing out of his basement floor.
HypnoWeed
Synopsis: Revolutionary new DVD combines hypnosis, entrancing video imagery and the latest digital audio techniques to create incredible, mind-altering effects — safely and legally.
Ride the Wake
Synopsis: Jessica Evans is one of the hottest up-and-coming wakeboarders in the local scene, and she is poised to break out on a national level. However, with the recent death of her mother, she is struggling to find her place in the adult world with only her overprotective and emotionally distant father to help her. Things are turned upside down when a pro snowboarder shows up on her doorstep asking for wakeboarding lessons, and a definite attraction develops. With so many distractions in her life, the biggest obstacles Jessica faces in the upcoming tournament are her own fears, as she worries whether she can compete against the local guys.
Seemless
Synopsis: Bethlehem Pennsylvania, an almost city outside of Philadelphia. Home of Trenton La’Chance, a nice guy who has played it safe all his life. But When he takes an under the table job from one of his client’s shady business partners, his world turns upside down. When the suave and ruthless gangster Fransisco Rodriquez from Philly accuses Trent of stealing close to a half million dollars, Trent gets caught in the eye of the storm. He’s got 48 hours to find the money or die! Racing, he uncovers a murky trail of stolen money, gangsters, dirty cops, and deceit, while trying to hold on to the one thing that’s finally gone right; Leah… The already heart pounding journey becomes a test of character as real truths are revealed. No one will be the same after these two days. Everything and everyone is changing… Starring Curtiss Cook, Kerisse Hutchinson, Loukas Papas, Del Pentecost, and Nicoye Banks.
Stash
Synopsis: Blood, crime, drugs and moonshine prove a lethal combination in this wicked back-roads nightmare called STASH. Bud’s a heavy-set, bearded, Marijuana grower from the hills of Eastern Kentucky. While Bud has a growing operation, this is not his only secret. Down in his damp, dark, blood-soaked basement is a darker and more sinister one. When two local crooks hear that Bud’s leaving town for a few days, they hatch a plan to relieve him of 20 pounds of homegrown. But before they make out with the stash, Bud catches them red-handed and forces them into a bloody game or life or death. A game where drugs, kidnapping, torture and rape are only the beginning.
Stormforce
Synopsis: An action adventure set in the high seas. Lots of rescuing and human drama. Compelling stuff. Sorry, I couldn’t find a proper synopsis.
DVD Dump Pick of the Week:
Sugarhouse
Synopsis: Determined to kill his wife’s lover, a middle-class accountant (Steven Mackintosh, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) attempts to purchase a .38 from an inner-city crackhead (Ashley Walters, Get Rich or Die Tryin’), unaware the gun actually belongs to a psychotic drug lord (Andy Serkis, The Lord of the Rings) who’d kill to get his weapon back. Gritty and suspenseful, Sugarhouse is a “furious and frightening film” (Jason Solomons, The Observer), an edgy urban thriller about deception, drug deals and a gun to die for.
