Artisan Entertainment has hidden a great feature on their release of the thriller “Stir Of Echoes”. From the disc’s main menu go to the cast and crew section. There, select either Kevin Bacon or David Koepp. On both of these screens you will find a [...]
The first time I was watching "Dead Calm", I remember that I was completely captivated by this menacing thriller. Although I was familiar with Sam Neill at the time, mostly from hisdiabolic performance of Damien in "Omen III: The Final [...]
Pioneer Entertainment has hidden an exciting segment on their release of the “Judy Garland Show” four-disc box set. On the fourth disc of the box set, on the first side of that disc, there’s an unadvertised bonus segment that features Judy, Barbra [...]
"Rushmore" is one of the best comedies that I’ve seen in years (for more gushing and a full plot synopsis, please see my full review for the Touchstone DVD release of the film), so I was delighted to hear that the Criterion Collection had been [...]
When we think of war movies, usually films like "Saving Private Ryan", "The Longest Day", "Gettysburg" or others come to mind. There were times however, when wars were of a somewhat smaller scale, but no less ferocious. [...]
You often hear people say that they don’t make them like they used to, and that’s certainly the case with the psychopathic killer film. In the 70’s and early 80’s, some of the sickest psychos ever graced the screen. These villains carried out acts [...]
Synapse Films has hidden an exciting little feature on their controversial release of “Deadbeat At Dawn.” Highlight the “Play” entry in the disc’s main menu and then press the right arrow key. This will highlight a knife that is pointing [...]
Throughout the past we have seen a number of movies that revolve around teacher-student relationships in challenged neighborhoods, but if one of these movies truly stands out, it has to be “To Sir, With Love”. Not only has it become the template for [...]
Starting out rather slowly, “Desert Blue” is a movie that develops its own pace once it has picked up speed a little. Undoubtedly as a result of the comfortable pacing, the movie will have lost a number of viewers by the time the story really takes [...]
The thing I noticed the most, only minutes after I had inserted the DVD of Universal’s upcoming “The Story Of Us” for review, was that the movie was portraying personal relationships and the delicate dance of the personalities in such relationships [...]
