John Wayne’s critically acclaimed action drama ’The High And The Mighty’ is finally on DVD, courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment, and as a Special Edition no less. The film, nominated for six Academy Awards and winner of one, tells the story of [...]
On their release of “And All That Could Have Been, ” Nine Inch Nails have also added some hidden features for their fans to discover. Insert the second disc of the DVD set in your player and on the Main Menu select the song “Head Like A Hole.” [...]
Sandy (Sigourney Weaver) and Ben Travis (Jeff Daniels) are the parents of Matt (Kip Pardue), a well-admired and successful swimming athlete, who surprisingly chooses to end his own life at an early age, leaving the members of his family to deal with the [...]
With famous novels of a certain age it is always hard to exactly pinpoint who owns what and as such it sometimes happens that multiple people actually own movie rights in a certain property. This is the case with H.G. Wells’ 1898 novel ’The War Of The [...]
Empire Pictures is bringing us here a fascinating film about "what could have been." In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte loses the battle of Waterloo and is exiled to the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. History tells us that he dies there in [...]
On Paramount Home Entertainment’s release of the second season of “Reno 911” the studio has hidden some cool and entertianing Easter Eggs as well. Insert the first disc of the DVD set and go to the “Episode Selection.” There, highlight episode 4 [...]
This 1966 Western, directed by Richard Brooks, brings together some of the greatest genre stars of its time. Spearheaded by Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster in wonderfully charismatic performances that ooze of the chemistry between the two, the cast also [...]
Clint Eastwood stars as boxing trainer Frankie Dunn, in the story of female boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) determined to fulfill her one and only dream of becoming a champion, in the Academy Award winning "Million Dollar Baby". Eastwood [...]
On VCI’s release of the cult classic “Black Shampoo” the studio has added a small hidden feature that is fun nonetheless. Insert the DVD in your player and on the Main Menu highlight the menu entry for “Extras.” Now press the “Up” arrow key [...]
Having seen the film ’The Boondock Saints’ and hearing the stories behind the story of how this film came to be, I decided to view the documentary ’Overnight’. This is the story of Troy Duffy, a Boston bartender who gets a shot at stardom, after [...]
