Eve’s Bayou is an exceedingly charming movie, that surprises and entertains on many levels. Most astonishingly however, this film is the debut of first-time writer and director Kasi Lemmons, who brings her very unique, female touch into this movie, [...]
It has been a long time since I last saw "Angel Heart", yet I remembered it well. It is a striking movie, expertly blending elements of the horror genre with classic film noir, resulting in a film that defies clichés, creating uniquely [...]
I really enjoy fast paced and speedy action movies, but "Organized Crime & Triad Bureau" left even me breathless. It is a non- stop, full-throttle, Hong Kong action spectacle that fulfills all its promise admirably. Unlike American action [...]
When two visionary filmmakers get together to create a movie, the result can be something completely captivating, something that is so different from anything you’ve seen that you actually start to wonder what it is that makes this movie so special. [...]
Did the question if the Star Wars trilogy will ever make it to DVD bother you, too, for the past months? Well, it did bother us and all of a suddenly a spark appeared last week that supported our previous understanding of Fox’s attitude towards DVD. We [...]
Columbia Home Video have just signed a contract with the Jim Henson Company to distribute their film and TV products on home video, after Henson’s contract with Buena Vista Home Video expired at the end of last year. Columbia will create a Jim Henson [...]
Over eighty years after his first appearance on film, the Tramp is still one of the best known characters of movie history, making Charlie Chaplin one of the best known men on earth. But who was he really? Who was the man behind the timeless success of [...]
Sometimes it seems that John Grisham’s novels are turned into movies faster than the best-selling author can write them. This seems even more true in the case of "The Chamber", picked up on the strength of a single-page story layout by [...]
…and not only the new summer blockbuster from Sony Pictures that open nationwide today. Have you seen it? Even though I did not expect much other than popcorn entertainment, I was still slightly disappointed by the movie. While delivering some [...]
Toshiba is extending their range of DVD players with their Platinum Standard SD7108. This new player will contain a DTS decoder as well as full prograssive scan capabilities. Every DVD-Video disc is mastered in MPEG-2 progressive scan (480P). But until [...]
