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Excalibur

October 9, 1999 // 0 Comments

I typically don’t like period pieces – or as a rather dim-witted person once said to me, "Movies that happened in the time before now." I’m much more interested in what’s going to happen than in what has happened. Still, the one [...]

Silent Steel

October 8, 1999 // 0 Comments

Slingshot’s release of the DVD game “Silent Steel” contains an unexpected, but welcome hidden feature… but it’s not easy to get to. You have to successfully play and win the game in order to get access to this feature. After having won the [...]

Deep Cover

October 7, 1999 // 0 Comments

New Line Home Video’s release of “Deep Cover”, starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum contains another one of the company’s standard hidden features. From the disc’s main menu select the New Line logo in the corner and press “Enter”. [...]

Phantasm

October 6, 1999 // 0 Comments

For fans of late 70s horror, who also own DVD players, 1999 has been a good year. This summer saw the release of the "Alien" Special Edition and the "Halloween" Limited Edition was released last month. Later in October, we can look for [...]

Jacob’s Ladder

October 5, 1999 // 0 Comments

Artisan Entertainment’s release of the Adrian Lyne film “Jacob’s Ladder” contains some exciting features that are not marked on the disc’s packaging. Apart from the advertised features there is a 25-minute documentary called “Building [...]

54

October 5, 1999 // 0 Comments

While VH-1’s 90-minute documentary on the nightclub Studio 54 is much better, the movie “54” isn’t as bad as you may have heard. The movie got a lot of press about how it had been re-edited. The film definitely has a disjointed feel. If you’re [...]

Dark Shadows

October 5, 1999 // 0 Comments

MPI Home Video has just released a disc that contains practically nothing but special features for the popular 1966-71, gothic “Dark Shadows” TV series. It contains 4 lengthy documentaries and featurettes, as well as commercials, a photo gallery and a [...]

Phantasm

October 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

It has almost become customary for MGM to hide elements on their discs, and “Phantasm” is no exception here. Form the disc’s main menu, press the arrow up key. A speaker symbol will appear and through it you can select the menu music from three [...]

Monty Python’s Flying Circus

October 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

In 1969, the Beatles were breaking up, as another group of Britons was just forming. Well, actually, five Brits (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) and an American (Terry Gilliam). These six got together to create a [...]

For You Eyes Only

October 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

After a year-long moratorium, MGM is now releasing a number of James Bond titles on DVD. But they don’t see a simple release to support the theatrical release of the next James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough", as each of those six discs [...]
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