Mike Myers has ruined James Bond for me. Lampooning the spy genre with his Austin Powers persona, Myers forever sabotaged all future attempts to watch a Bond film with a straight face. Myers let the audience in on the same joke with the actors and [...]
Tai Seng Video Marketing has been preparing two new domestic releases for fans of Hong Kong cinema. This time Tai Seng is serving up an epic story of the Chinese Mafia, surrounding the mob boss Lee Ah-Chai, portrayed with suave by Chow Yun-Fat. Coming on [...]
Some time ago these 1945 films were released by Focus Films as part of their 4-disc Sherlock Holmes box set and although the release wasn’t very impressive, it was merely a matter of source material deterioration that plagued the release. Marengo Films, [...]
If there is one film besides "Citizen Kane" that became synonymous with the legacy of ingenious filmmaker Orson Welles, it has to be his 1958 movie "Touch Of Evil." After turning his back on Hollywood in frustration in 1948, Welles [...]
Of the Sean Connery Bond films, ’You Only Live Twice’, the fifth entry in the series, often elicits apathy from viewers. Like a neglected middle child, the film is rarely thought of as on par with some others. I confess that I felt this way. Well, [...]
The Marvel Comic superheroes, ’X-Men’ are making their DVD debut now through Universal Home Video’s release of the six-episode animated serial ’The Phoenix Saga.’ Produced as part of the ’Fox Kids’ television programming, the story is [...]
It is a bittersweet time for the fans of James Bond. There is excitement and anticipation, as the third James Bond Box Set arrives. Also, there is a sense of melancholy and ennui, as fans realize that this will be the final Bond box set for some time to [...]
German director Wolfgang Petersen is no stranger to the sea. Not only has he been raised close to the sea, he also brought us one of the most memorable high-seas war movies of all times with his 1981 epic "Das Boot." But Petersen is also no [...]
WARNING! Before watching ’All Creatures Great and Small’, DO NOT watch the trailer which is included on the DVD. This trailer, the only extra on the DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment, is three and a half minutes long and gives away most of the plot [...]
While I’m sure that there are plenty of original film ideas floating around Hollywood, we rarely see any of them make it to the screen. Let’s face it, Hollywood was into recycling long before the rest of us caught on. A recent trend has been to take a [...]
