Daryl J. Grove – Tail Slate

Commentary

Are DVDs really worth it?

Daryl J. Grove20 years ago4 years ago014 mins

With a multitude of special platinum and collectors editions do the often worthless special features really make these DVDs worth buying or are the studios just fleecing our pockets

A look at the ‘films’ of Michael Moore

Daryl J. Grove20 years ago4 years ago020 mins

Since Michael Moore offers his take on politics and the like we felt it only fair to take a look at his films. Sadly we find them filled with half-truths and easy punchlines more than real information.

Peter Dinklage is charming in Thomas McCarthy’s debut film, ‘The Station Agent’

Daryl J. Grove20 years ago4 years ago06 mins

This tender warm-hearted film is both funny and dramatic in a single breath. A simple tale it speaks about the friendship of three lost souls looking for companionship in a rural New Jersey town.

Jennifer Connelly and Jared Leto are drug-addicted lovers in 'Requiem for a Dream'

‘Requiem for a Dream’ is so good, it made British girls pass out and throw up

Daryl J. Grove20 years ago4 years ago08 mins

Requiem For A Dream is the 21st Centurys answer to The Exorcist. The latter was banned in Britain from 1973 to 1998

Gabriel Byrne (left) and John Turturro take a walk in the woods in 'Miller’s Crossing'

‘Miller’s Crossing: Special Edition’ is a Coen brothers film that needs to be viewed more than once

Daryl J. Grove21 years ago4 years ago08 mins

When Millers Crossing opened the New York Film Festival in 1990 it was going to be the film that would see the Coens hit the big time at last and simultaneously make Gabriel Byrne an international superstar. Somehow this didnt happen and Im at a loss to explain why.