This morning new information about a series of new titles from Paramount Home Video came in to complement the studio’s August release line-up. First off there is the classic Western Shane, starring Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur, scheduled for August 15. The [...]
Macrovision Corporation, the leading provider of video, multimedia and software copy protection as well as digital rights management technologies, announced today the implementation of its copy protection technology for higher resolution DVD playback with [...]
The first time I watched "The Firm" years ago, I was mesmerized by its almost hypnotic feel that weaves its way through the films latter third. A real-life thriller adapted from the novel by John Grisham, the film is not only one of those films [...]
We had pointed out earlier already that New Line Home Video has obviously plans to re-release all seven films in their A Nightmare On Elm Street franchise later this year – as Halloween presents for DVD fans, so to say – and now we have been [...]
As the DeCSS lawsuit is going in its next round, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said during a hearing in the New York federal court that the press will not be allowed the depositions. After numerous news representatives had inquired for open depositions [...]
When it was released theatrically – appropriately on Independence Day, July 4, 1996 – Roland Emmerich’s science fiction action film "Independence Day" quickly became a box office sensation. Although the film does have its flaws, [...]
Turning a comic book into a feature film is no easy task, as many Hollywood studios can certainly attest. When Golden Harvest, Hong Kong’s largest film studio, and special-effects company Centro teamed up to use one of Hong Kong’s best-selling comic [...]
A little while ago we have brought you the full details of the upcoming release of the Planet Of The Apes series on DVD through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Scheduled for release as a 6-disc box set on August 15, the set will contain THX certified [...]
Columbia TriStar Home Video just announced Brian’s Song for release on August 8. This highly-acclaimed winner of five Emmy Awards is one of the best-loved movies ever made for television. It’s the true story of a special relationship between two [...]
Hitachi to Release World’s First 4.7GB DVD-RAM-Standard Compliant DVD Camcorder DVD Video Recorder, and DVD Drives for PCs Also to be Released Digital Media Group of Hitachi, Ltd. today announced that on August 25 it will release the world’s first [...]
