DVD
The Tigger Movie
Those of you who are familiar with the character Tigger from the ’Winnie the Pooh’ stories, will no doubt know that that last line of his theme song is ’The most wonderul thing about Tiggers is that I’m the only one.’ In the new Disney DVD [...]
Any Given Sunday
Oliver Stone is crazy. Maybe. At least it would appear so when you consider his last few films. No matter the subject matter, he increasingly manages to drag along an array of film styles and dizzying editing techniques in combination with his favorite [...]
The Tigger Movie
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has hidden an interesting hidden featurette on their release of “TheTigger Movie.” From the disc’s main menu, go to the “Bonus Features” where you will find a menu entry for the interactive trivia game. If you [...]
Santa Claus, The Movie
In the late 70’s, film financier Pierre Spengler and the Salkind Family of producers became internationally known with their big-screen versions of "Superman The Movie", it’s sequels, and after that of course, "Supergirl". In light [...]
The Invisible Man
No one could ask for a better university than the classic Universal monster movies. All the great themes are there: unrequited love, intolerance, jealousy, sin, pride, obsession, and the beast within. Point to any of the original monster films and a map [...]
Cowboy Bebop, First Session
Although anime, that form of animation from Japan too often characterized by big eyes, big robots, and big tentacles, has been available on VHS in quantity, it is only gradually making its way onto DVD. For the most part this is not a tragedy. While anime [...]
The Height Of The Sky
Here’s another intriguing film from up and comers Vanguard Cinema. ’The Height of the Sky’ won the ’Best Feature Film’ award at the Telluride Film Festival and it’s easy to see why. The film is set in rural Arkansas in the summer of 1935. The [...]
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
A guiltier pleasure not to be had, ’The Brain That Wouldn’t Die’ finds renewed life in Synapse Films’ spiffy DVD of writer/director Joseph Green’s gruesome, sexy 1959 low budget bloodfest. Brilliant surgeon (aren’t they always?) Dr. Bill [...]