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Shiri

April 11, 2002 // 0 Comments

Korean director Je-gyu Kang’s 1999 espionage thriller ’Shiri’ has quickly turned into one of Korea’s most successful and popular films. It is the story of an assassin who is methodically taking out key people of the South Korean intelligence. [...]

Starman (Region 2)

April 10, 2002 // 0 Comments

Many visitors to this site are most likely familiar with the DVD region coding system and the fact that many popular films are available on DVD overseas, but not in Region 1. An occurrence which is equally frustrating is when a film is given a [...]

The Net: Special Edition

April 10, 2002 // 0 Comments

After a release of the film on DVD in 1997, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is now revisiting the computer conspiracy thriller ’The Net’ as a Special Edition with some added materials that were missing form the previous release. It is the story of [...]

Thirteen Ghosts

April 9, 2002 // 0 Comments

Following the success of 1999’s "House on Haunted Hill", the production team at Dark Castle Entertainment (Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver and Gilbert Adler) return to the William Castle library to remake another of his hits from the 60s. This [...]

Session 9

April 8, 2002 // 0 Comments

’Session 9’ is an effectively creepy thriller that received almost no attention during its brief theatrical run. Hopefully, this USA Film DVD release will bring this underappreciated movie the audience it deserves. Gordon Fleming (Peter Mullan) and [...]

Yu Yu Hakusho: Yusuke Lost, Yusuke Found

April 5, 2002 // 0 Comments

A relative newcomer in the DVD field, FUNimation has just released ’Yu Yu Hakusho’ a series of Japanese animated films, which like so many of them originated in cartoons. The series begins with the main character, Husuke, being killed in a car [...]

Acceptable Risk

April 4, 2002 // 0 Comments

When moving into an 18th century mansion with his wife, Dr. Edward Wells discovers a mold that turns out to have extreme healing powers. It has the power to heal wounds, sharpen the memory, enhance desires and defeat degenerative diseases. But with the [...]

A.I. – Artificial Intelligence

April 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

In a summer when filmgoers were beaten over the head with far too many senseless, overpriced, and over-hyped blockbusters (with seemingly every trailer leading off with the trite, "In a world where . . ."), one picture quietly yet effectively [...]

Drunken Master

April 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Whenever you talk to people about Martial Arts films the name ’Drunken Master’ comes up. It is one of the most beloved action comedies Hong Kong has ever produced and combines the talents of Jackie Chan and director/stunt choreographer Yuen Wo Ping in [...]

The Last Castle

April 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

It has been too long that Robert Redford appeared in a movie and as a result "The Last Castle" – along with "Spy Game" – was a movie I was really looking forward to. It is the story of highly decorated army general Eugene Irwin [...]
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