Dust off your Dostoyevsky, MGM Home Entertainment is preparing the DVD of Crime And Punishment In Suburbia for release in January. This darkly humorous psychological thriller is loosely based on the classic Russian novel ‘Crime and Punishment’. A [...]
Clearly one of the best movies of the year, Ridley Scott’s "Gladiator" is a cinematic masterpiece the like you don’t get to see all too often any more these days. Shot in the epic tradition of monumental films of the 50s, [...]
Despite anything that full-frame pundits might say, when you watch a lot of DVDs, you begin to ignore the letterbox framing and you usually don’t notice the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. So, I was about 20 minutes into the Vivid [...]
For those looking for something out of the ordinary, look no further than World Artist’s coming DVD release of Place Without Limits. La Manuela is a transvestite who lives in a brothel run by his daughter. When macho truck driver Pancho threatens his [...]
Fans of Jackie Chan can enjoy a trio of his movies in one package this January when Columbia Tristar Home Video releases the Jackie Chan Gift Set on DVD. The set includes 3 previously released DVDs in one package that includes Gorgeous, Jackie Chan’s [...]
This past year has seen some fun and interesting events that have been staged to ‘celebrate’ the release of movies to DVD—T-Rex’s on the rampage; appearances of the real people portrayed in films; on-line chats; email campaigns to raise charity. [...]
Synapse Films seems to make Japanese horror films regular part of its release schedules and with ’Evil Dead Trap’, this independent studio serves up another cult genre favorite. The movie is a Japanese variation of Italian giallo movies that made [...]
Columbia TriStar Home Video is going to make a lot of fans very happy by launching a Classics Series. Some of the exciting releases they have planned include 1950s and ’60s Oscar winners From Here to Eternity, On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the [...]
Columbia TriStar Home Video is preparing a new 2-disc release of the excellent Glory (1989) this January. Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw, an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War, this is the heart-stopping story of the [...]
Columbia TriStar Home Video will release the romantic comedy If Lucy Fell (1996) on DVD this January. Joe and Lucy are roommates and best friends. Lucy, whose love life is embarrassingly dull, convinces Joe, who is infatuated with a neighbor he’s never [...]
