Written by Mike Shaw
Published on 21 Feb 2010
Hands down, this is the best WWE DVD release of the last year.
The basis of this set is a brand new documentary about the Extreme Enigma, with never-before-seen contributions from Hardy himself.
Rather than a straight narrative, the doc begins its story during preparations for Jeff’s last match, and then bounces back and forth between that match and interviews, clips and reactions from Jeff on certain moments in his career.
Unlike other WWE releases, My Life, My Rules doesn’t shy away from the meatier elements of its star’s life, so tackles head-on his drug suspensions, house fire and the death of his dog. Refreshingly, some of Jeff’s comments almost seem like they came from a shoot interview. Indeed, it’s surprising that Vince McMahon has allowed him to talk about the WWE wellness policy and how he disagrees with elements of it.
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Written by Mike Shaw
Published on 21 Feb 2010
Like him or not, there’s no denying Hulk Hogan changed the landscape of professional wrestling forever.
Although he hasn’t appeared in the WWE for some time, his name still sells product, and so with this release we have another example of WWE milking the now fully-grown Hulkamaniacs for all their worth.
That’s not to say that this is a bad release. What it suffers from though is a huge variation in quality. As interesting as it is to see Hulk in the early days when he was an arrogant heel, sitting through a slooooow match against Harry Valdez simply doesn’t push the right buttons. Nor does throwaway rubbish like Hogan’s workmanlike performances against the likes of Kamala. If these matches have remained unreleased for this long, there’s probably a good reason for it.
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Written by Mark Cappuccio
Published on 21 Feb 2010
Hollywood is not well known for original ideas and has never been nervous about stealing them or regurgitating old ones.
Here they have taken a classic British BBC mini-series from the 1980s that was a dark, political and thoroughly scary piece of historic television and turned it into a non-scary modern action thriller that is not bad but not great.
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Written by Dee Pilgrim
Published on 21 Feb 2010
If you like your werewolf tales full of high Victoria melodrama then The Wolfman certainly delivers all the separate ingredients.
An isolated, decaying country mansion surrounded by mysterious woods; gypsies and strange charms and curses; a beautiful damsel who must follow her heart; a black sheep son retuned to the fold of his family and all shot through a strange, stygian gloom that makes the interiors as well as the exteriors so dark as to be almost impenetrable.
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Written by Dee Pilgrim
Published on 18 Feb 2010
Once upon a time St Valentine’s Day actually had some real emotional significance.
That was until, just like this film, it turned into a cynical marketing ploy to sell chocolates, roses and pink heart-shaped cards professing that the sender feels more love for a certain significant other than anyone, anywhere in the whole, wide world has ever felt before.
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The basis of this set is a brand new documentary about the Extreme Enigma, with never-before-seen contributions from Hardy himself.
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