Jim Carrey deserves an Oscar Nomination for this film. There! I’ve said it. Not only is Jim Carrey’s performance in "Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind" absolutely magnificent, but what’s even more surprising is how believably well [...]
Scooby-Doo and the gang are back in the sequel to their live-action smash hit debut of 2002. Considering the first film took in a massive $54 Million in its opening weekend and finished with a worldwide gross of about $275 million it was only a matter of [...]
"Shaolin Soccer" has been a sensation in Hong Kong and now the film makes its way to American audiences on DVD, courtesy of Buena Vista Home Entertainment. While Buena Vista Home Entertainment, like pretty much hall other Hollywood studios, are [...]
In their line of Martin Scorsese releases, Warner Home Video is also bringing us "After Hours, " a film that is in a sense atypical for the director, as it is an absolutely hilarious dark comedy. At the same time is carrier Scorsese’s [...]
Every so often you manage to catch a independent film that really grabs you and makes you understand why indies are so important to all creative media. Alexandre Rockwell’s "In The Soup" is definitely one such example. Winner of two Sundance [...]
Strange as it may seem, I had never heard of "The Assassination Bureau" before, despite the fact that the film was made as far back as 1968 and I consider myself quite fluent in movies. All the more did I look forward to it when I read the [...]
I had never heard of the film "The Deli" before but when Synapse’s Don May put this DVD on my desk and I glanced over the packaging. It did indeed look like something really interesting. And it was… "The Deli" is a small indie film [...]
When films transitioned from the silents to the talkies, screen comedy underwent a pivotal transformation as well. Whereas silent comedy relied solely on the visual with sight gags, pratfalls, and physical shtick, sound brought a new element into the [...]
Let’s start by setting the Wayback Machine to the early 1970’s. TWA released a series of commercials aimed at international travel. Directed by Stan Dragoti (who later guided George Hamilton as the funniest Dracula in 1979’s "Love at First [...]
Christmas 2003, my mother’s house. My twin brother and I are taking turns on her DVD player playing scenes and clips from our new Christmas presents. She mentions, to our horror, that she has a (gasp) videotape she wants us to see. We reluctantly ask [...]
