DVD Verdict reviews: THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE, and more!

Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of THE BEAUTIFUL, THE BLOODY AND THE
BARE / BEHIND LOCKED DOORS, BIKINI BANDITS: BRIEFS, SHORTS, AND PANTIES,
BUG, CARTOON NETWORK HALLOWEEN: NINE CREEPY CARTOON CAPERS, FIRST TO
DIE, I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE, JUDAS, KING KONG LIVES, THE
MARTIAN CHRONICLES, and THE POSTMAN FIGHTS BACK:


THE BEAUTIFUL, THE BLOODY AND THE BARE / BEHIND LOCKED DOORS (reviewed
by Bill Gibron, overall score 72/100):
"If you ever wondered what it would look like if a liver-lipped show
salesman drenched himself in bear grease and groped young gals for hours
on end, then Behind Locked Doors will provide such emasculating
entertainment."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/bloodydoors.php

BIKINI BANDITS: BRIEFS, SHORTS, AND PANTIES (reviewed by Rob Lineberger,
overall score 69/100):
"Bikini Bandits retains a coyness and self-respect that make it viable.
In fact, though the whole thing is bizarre and white-trashy, it was
engaging enough that I was entertained the whole way through."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/bikinipanties.php

BUG (reviewed by Dennis Prince, overall score 64/100):
"If you enjoy bugs-on-the-loose film fare, give this one a look, look
past its shortcomings, and don't forget to check your car, check your
hair, and check your bed, because the Bug may be coming for you next."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/bug.php

CARTOON NETWORK HALLOWEEN: NINE CREEPY CARTOON CAPERS (reviewed by
Dennis Prince, overall score 77/100):
"While it's intended to be a showcase of features that celebrate our
favorite Haunted Holiday -- a terrific idea, by the way -- this Cartoon
Network Halloween -- 9 Creepy Cartoon Capers barely manages to drop a
couple of honest-to-goodness treats in our trick-or-treat sack."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/cartoonhalloween.php

FIRST TO DIE (reviewed by Diane Wild, overall score 64/100):
"This is where the movie should get interesting, but it's bogged down
with endless scenes of Boxer and Raleigh's tepid romance, a tendency to
become a disease-of-the-week movie, and plot twists that are either not
very twisty or unbelievably convoluted."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/firsttodie.php

I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE (reviewed by Neil Dorsett, overall
score 80/100):
"Just what the heck is this movie trying to examine anyway? Well, it's
highly flexible -- you got your communism, you got your homosexuality
within a hetero marriage, you got your general fears about marriage, and
personally I had the most fun comparing the whole thing to Cuba. The
aliens are refugees seeking a friendly shore, after all (okay, maybe the
movie's just a bit too early for that, but it was still fun)."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/marriedmonster.php

JUDAS (reviewed by Joel Pearce, overall score 73/100):
"Judas is best described as The Gospel According to Dr. Phil. It is
heavily influenced by pop psychology, and tries to explore Judas's own
experiences and feeling in order to understand why he would commit his
infamous betrayal. Of course, scriptural text doesn't really contain
enough information about his life to really build that kind of profile.
In order to get around that problem, writer Tom Fontana fell back on a
classic scriptwriting technique: he made stuff up."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/judas.php

KING KONG LIVES (reviewed by David Johnson, overall score 65/100):
"I'm not sure what motivated the studio to green-light this yak-fart of
a movie, but I'm sure Polaroids of executives in compromising positions
with trans-gendered strippers probably had something to do with it."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/kingkonglives.php

THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (reviewed by David Ryan, overall score 80/100):
"In lieu of having a loosely-connected series of independent vignettes,
the producers of this miniseries wisely chose to rework the material
into one main story centering on Colonel Wilder. But in doing so, much
of the richness of Bradbury's writing is lost. You're left with an
interesting story, and a well-told story -- but kind of a dull story.
Here's The Martian Chronicles in a nutshell: People are introduced.
Stuff happens to them. Occasionally, it involves Martians. Colonel
Wilder shows up. Stuff happens to him. Lather, rinse, repeat. Dramatic
tension: zero."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/martianchronicles.php

THE POSTMAN FIGHTS BACK (reviewed by David Johnson, overall score
80/100):
"Here's a two-word capsule review: it's weird."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/postmanfightsback.php

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