Brad Baker, Author at DVD Review & High Definition

The New World

July 10, 2006 // 0 Comments

This is a love story about two continents, two men, and one woman. One incredible woman. This the new DVD transfer of Terrence Malick's 2005 "The New World", an epic, sweeping period piece concerning Pocahontas' relationships with John [...]

The Night of the Iguana

June 30, 2006 // 0 Comments

A bevy of international actors collide in Mexico in the sparkling new Warner Home Video DVD transfer of John Huston's 1964 "The Night Of The Iguana". Richard Burton stars as Reverend Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon. Nice title. Shannon is actually [...]

The Wild Bunch: Special Director's Cut

April 27, 2006 // 0 Comments

Possibly the first modern action-movie, Sam Peckinpah's 1969 "The Wild Bunch" is an elegy to Mexico, a morals tale, and, just likely, a masterpiece, and… this brand-new 2-Disc DVD transfer from Warner Home Video does it right. [...]

26 Men: Volume One

January 31, 2006 // 0 Comments

In 1957, ABC TV(via ABC Films) proposed to shoot a Western TV series to compete with Warner Brothers' huge hit, "Maverick." The result was a rough-and-tumble outdoor saga called "26 Men". Filmed mainly on location in Arizona, [...]

Walt Disney Treasures: Elfego Baca/Swamp Fox

January 11, 2006 // 0 Comments

I don't remember seeing Walt Disney wearing two six-guns and cowboy boots on "Walt Disney Presents" as a kid. Now I don't have to remember. Just pick up Disney's brand-new special, limited edition, 2-disc DVD "Walt Disney [...]

Hellraiser

December 29, 2005 // 0 Comments

"Demon to some. Angel to others." In a place between pleasure and pain, there is sensual experience beyond limits. And in a world between paradise and purgatory, there is a horror that feeds the souls of evil. Welome to the world of Clive [...]

Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex

December 24, 2005 // 0 Comments

The beautiful "Aeria Gloris" song is part of the tasty Japanese-rock soundtrack that propels the anime "Ghost in the Shell, Stand Alone Complex Season 1, Volume 1" UMD. 3-D geisha robots, sexy techno-chic designs, and expert digital [...]

Pulp Fiction

December 15, 2005 // 0 Comments

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and two small-time diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. "Pulp Fiction" is all of this, and so much more. And now it's deliciously available on the [...]

Best Of The Chris Rock Show 1 & 2

November 4, 2005 // 0 Comments

Comedy is king if you're Chris Rock. It's also a riot. "The Chris Rock Show" was a sketch-oriented HBO cable show performed live in New York City in 1997. Anything went; nothing was sacred. Dave Chapelle take notes. Chris Rock laughed [...]

The Defender

November 3, 2005 // 0 Comments

Like your action movies bloody and loud? Step right up. We're just about ready to begin… The Unites States continues the global war on terror. Mohamed Jamar is considered to be the worst terrorist of them all. Jamar has been missing for months, [...]