DVD
Phone Booth
Given the response I had seen after the movie’s theatrical release I had high hopes for ’Phone Booth’ and decided to give it a check-up when the DVD arrived here. Sadly, the movie did not really live up to my expectations. The plot is weak and [...]
Heart: Alive In Seattle
On Image Entertainment’s release of the concert video “Heart: Alive In Seattle, ” the studio has hidden some additional interview footage, and can show you how to access it. From the DVD’s Main Menu highlight the menu entry that reads “Program [...]
Old School
I admit it. I did not expect anything from ’Old School’ but another idiotic teenage gross-out comedy that revolves around nothing but hormone-driven teenies salivating over the sex they wish they’d have. Boy, was I wrong… ’Old School’ actually [...]
Ed And His Dead Mother
Looking at the cover and reading the back of the packaging immediately conjured up memories of Peter Jackson’s ’Dead Alive’ when I received a review copy of Pathfinder Home Entertainment’s ’Ed And His Dead Mother. In many ways the story [...]
Terminator 2: Extreme Edition
On Artisan Home Entertainment’s release of “Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Extreme Edition” the studio has once again hidden a flurry of Easter Eggs that can be a bit tricky to uncover. Fortunately we can help… To begin, insert the first disc of the [...]
The Right Stuff
Based on Tom Wolfe’s best-selling book, 1983’s "The Right Stuff" is a superb film about the early days of the American manned space program. While the epic-length movie manages to capture most of the nuances of the book, it’s the talented [...]
Gangs Of New York
"Gangs Of New York" is a surprising movie in many ways. While Martin Scorcese has shown us syncopated violent moments in his movies before, none of them was so constantly brutal and vicious throughout – almost like a tapestry of violence. [...]
About Schmidt
He’s played the Joker, the Devil, a rebellious mental patient, a dipsomaniac astronaut and a homicidal writer. For the better part of the last three decades, mention Jack Nicholson and a slew of iconic images come to mind. Yet until last year’s [...]