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Chinatown

December 2, 1999 // 0 Comments

Roman Polanski’s "Chinatown" has long risen to the Olympus of some of the best movies ever made. It is a timeless film that never seems to age really, despite the fact that it actually is a period piece. Apart from Polanski’s masterful [...]

The Lost Continent

December 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

Anchor Bay has just started releasing the films from their Hammer Collection in anamorphic transfers. “he Lost Continent”, has now been restored from a newly discovered 35mm film print for this DVD in its 1.77:1 widescreen aspect ratio, in an [...]

The Evil Dead

December 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

There’s a really interesting hidden feature on Elite Entertainment’s Collector’s Edition of “The Evil Dead”. From the disc’s main menu, go to the “Bonus Materials” and view the “Bits And Pieces” all the way to the end. Now, go back to [...]

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

December 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

Most experts point to 1989’s "The Little Mermaid" as the rebirth of American animation. Since that time we have seen many animated blockbusters (mostly from Disney), and while the quality of the films has varied greatly, the technical wizardry [...]

Black Sunday

December 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

Among horror aficionados of classic horror films, Maria Bava’s directorial debut "Black Sunday" is probably best known under it is original title "La Maschera Del Demonio" – the Mask of the Demon. Although also known as [...]

Wild Wild West

November 30, 1999 // 0 Comments

After "Independence Day" and "Men In Black", Will Smith seems to be in a continuum that keeps throwing him in big budget and big special effects comedies. The latest entry is "Wild Wild West", a movie version of the beloved [...]

Django

November 29, 1999 // 0 Comments

Starting in the early 60s, a film genre manifested itself in Italy that is since known as "Spaghetti Westerns". One of the superstars to come out of this genre is Clint Eastwood, the nameless star in a number of Sergio Leone’s films. After the [...]

Limbo

November 28, 1999 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Video’s release of “Limbo” features a good looking transfer in a 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio that is enhanced for 16×9 TVs. The transfer is very natural looking, faithfully preserving the movie’s colors and rendering [...]

Meatballs

November 28, 1999 // 0 Comments

A summer camp movie with Bill Murray is always a promising start for a good romp, and this time it’s even presented in a 16×9 enhanced widescreen version from HBO Home Video. The transfer presents the film in an aspect ratio that is approximately [...]

The Red Violin

November 24, 1999 // 0 Comments

Imagine you have a biographic movie, in which not a person is the center of attention, but an object. This intriguing idea is the concept behind "The Red Violin", in which a famous instrument becomes the pivot of an entire biopic, following the [...]
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