To coincide with the unleashing of ’Hannibal’ on DVD, MGM Home Entertainment has released a new Special Edition of ’Silence of the Lambs’. This single-disc edition boasts a new high-definition 16×9 anamorphic transfer, which is letterboxed at [...]
In the realm of cult horror films, there are some titles, which are revered more than others. Maybe it’s for their groundbreaking special effects, or the unprecedented scares. Or it could be because of the film’s relative obscurity. Dario Argento’s [...]
’It!: The Terror From Beyond Space’ is best remembered for having served as the inspiration for the 1979 sci-fi classic, ’Alien.’ Although the creative talent behind ’Alien’ deny any connection between the films, there’s no arguing that the [...]
Hot on the heels of the impressive box-office performance of ’The Others’, Artisan Home Entertainment brings director Alejandro Amenabar’s second film ’Open Your Eyes’ to DVD. Unlike ’The Others’, which is a period piece, ’Open Your [...]
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment’s DVD release of the thriller “Memento” contains an interesting hidden feature. From the disc’s main menu, go to the “Special Features.” Here, select the entry “Memento” and you will get to a newspaper [...]
For most people, movies exist solely for entertainment. For others, films are a way to temporarily escape reality and visit a time or place that one normally could not. I fall squarely into that second category, which is why I typically don’t like [...]
Despite the rumor spread across the internet, Universal’s release of ’Halloween II’ has never been planned to be anything but a bare-bones release, which makes this disc only marginally better than the previous, Universal-licensed release by [...]
Certain films seemed to exist as nothing more than cineplex filler, keeping a flickering image on the screens in the months between major studio releases. ’The Beast Within’ was definitely this sort of film though it served its purpose well at the [...]
MGM Home Entertainment has hidden some funny material on their Special Edition release of the Rob Reiner comedy “The Princess Bride.” In the disc’s main menu, highlight the “Play” entry and then press the “up” arrow key on your remote [...]
’A Better Place’ plays like a very dark ’After School Special’. Following the death of his father, Barret (Robert DiPatri) moves to a new town, and soon find that it’s not easy being the new kid. He becomes friends with Ryan (Eion Bailey), a [...]
