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Limelight

June 25, 2003 // 0 Comments

"Limelight" was Charlie Chaplin’s last film in the US before he was driven out of the country by the fanatic McCarthy/Hoover witchhunts. It is a highly self-reflective movie that sheds a lot of light on Chaplin’s own life, as well as his [...]

Limelight

June 25, 2003 // 0 Comments

"Limelight" was Charlie Chaplin’s last film in the US before he was driven out of the country by the fanatic McCarthy/Hoover witchhunts. It is a highly self-reflective movie that sheds a lot of light on Chaplin’s own life, as well as his [...]

Heart: Alive In Seattle

June 23, 2003 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Phone Booth

June 23, 2003 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Old School

June 20, 2003 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Terminator 2: Extreme Edition

June 19, 2003 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Ed And His Dead Mother

June 19, 2003 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

The Right Stuff

June 18, 2003 // 0 Comments

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

June 17, 2003 // 0 Comments

"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

June 16, 2003 // 0 Comments

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 [...]
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