Winter Passing (Blu-ray) <small>by Adam Tyner</small><hr /> The cover art for Winter Passing suggests a certain indie-dramedy whimsy that's nowhere to be found for a good, long while. In the early moments of the film, Reese (Zooey Deschanel) deliberately slams her hand in a drawer just so she can feel something, leaving her badly bruised. She snorts a line of coke and fucks a guy in a dive bar bathroom...and, well, repeatedly uses sex as a distraction, devoid of any emotion or attachment whatsoever. After learning that her kitty has feline leukemia, Reese plops wee Spike in a backpack and tosses him into the river. It's fucking bleak &ndash; a world removed from what you'd expect given "...and starring Saturday Night Live's Will Ferrell and Rachel Dratch!" <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="2" class="review-table leadI...Read the entire review »

The Chill Factor (Blu-ray) <small>by Adam Tyner</small><hr /> The Cliffs Notes version of The Chill Factor &ndash; and no, not that one &ndash; sounds completely irresistible. A bout of borderline-incest that never factors in again! Death by possessed soccer goal! Disembowelment by ceiling fan! A climactic low-speed chase against a demon on a snowmobile! Raspy, awkwardly stapled-on narration that sounds like the voice actress was paid in cartons of Pall Malls! Sterling dialogue like "football players don't get lost, honey; they know where the end zone is"! A sex scene that cuts between a hellspawned O-face and the dude's presumably nude sister rotating on a Lazy Susan! And c'mon, it's written and directed by the producer behind Hellraiser ...Read the entire review »