In 1974, director Brian DePalma brought forth a unique and biting satire of the day’s most celebrated entertainment vehicles: horror films and rock music. In "Phantom of the Paradise, " DePalma offered his twisted yet calculated vision of an [...]
I’ve watched many DVDs this year – some great, some good, some not so good – and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s release of Brian DePalma’s ’The Fury’ is, sadly, the worst DVD I’ve seen yet. It’s sad because, although this picture [...]
Apart from the main feature and the cool supplements, Anchor Bay Entertainment’s beautiful release of Dario Argento’s nightmarish thriller “Suspiria” also includes an interesting and amusing hidden feature. From the disc’s main menu, go to the [...]
Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel ’The Hobbit, ’ which eventually lead up to his writing of ’The Lord Of The Rings,’ this is the animated adaptation of the book as perceived by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass. While the film captures the story in [...]
Current conspiracy theorists might get a kick out of watching MGM Home Entertainment’s new DVD of ’Blow Out, ’ Brian De Palma’s paranoia thriller. The 1981 film stars John Travolta as Jack Terri, a sound effects technician who accidentally records [...]
Anchor Bay adds another gem to their ’Dario Argento Collection’ with the release of ’Opera’. This 1987 film is considered by many to be Argento’s last great masterwork, and Argento himself refers to it as ’the most ferocious movie that I’ve [...]
On HBO Home Entertainment’s release of the “Best Of The Chris Rock Show 2” you can find a truly hilarious Easter Egg, if you know where to look. Insert the disc in your player and on the main menu highlight the “Volume 2” logo that is part of [...]
William Castle was the undisputed master of the spooky film with a chuckle during the 50s and 60s. Not necessarily plain-out horror movies, many of his films created a spooky atmosphere with ghosts, apparitions and highly dramatic events. ’13 Ghosts’ [...]
For director Brian DePalma, the summer of 1980 was a best of times, worst of times. Though he had hit a commercial home run with "Carrie" four years earlier, he subsequently suffered critical misses with "The Fury" and "Home [...]
Fans have been eager to see "Star Wars" released on DVD since the inception of the format, but for the longest time, no such release was in sight. Finally, Lucasfilm brings us Episode 1 in the epic space opera by George Lucas as a promising [...]
