DVD

Traffic

June 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

"Traffic, " Steven Soderbergh’s sprawling mosaic of a population under siege by a virulent enemy called drugs, arrives on DVD from USA Home Entertainment. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Director (Soderbergh), Best Supporting [...]

T-Rex: Back To The Cretaceous

June 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

In their line of IMAX releases, Warner Home Video is now presenting us with the thrilling ’T-Rex: Back To The Cretaceous.’ Unlike most other IMAX films, this is not so much a documentary per se, but rather a thrill-filled 45-minute film that heavily [...]

The Residents: Icky Flix

June 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

The release of the video collection “Icky Flix” by “The Residents” contains some exciting additional footage hidden on the DVD. From the disc’s main menu – not one of the “cube” menus – select “More Info” at the bottom of the [...]

The Fugitive

June 5, 2001 // 0 Comments

Replacing their original release of "The Fugitive" from 1997, Warner Home Video is now presenting a Special Edition of Andrew Davis’ gripping action-thriller with a brand new transfer of the film and some exciting bonus materials. Opening with [...]

Southern Comfort

June 5, 2001 // 0 Comments

We’re all familiar with the urban paranoia (’Arlington Road’) or even rural paranoia (’The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’) films, but what about swamp paranoia? That’s the focus of Walter Hill’s 1981 thriller ’Southern Comfort’, which is set [...]

The Big Country

June 4, 2001 // 0 Comments

William Wyler’s epic Western ’The Big Country’ stars Gregory Peck as Jim McKay, an East Coast born sea captain engaged to Patricia Terrell (Carroll Baker), daughter of Texas cattle baron Henry Terrell (Charles Bickford). Trading in his sextant for a [...]

The Prisoner: Set 3 & 4

June 1, 2001 // 0 Comments

Following the success of his previous television series, "Secret Agent," Patrick McGoohan decided to try something very different. The result was "The Prisoner," a 17 episode series that first aired on British television in 1967. The [...]

Panic

June 1, 2001 // 0 Comments

Occasionally a really good movie is released on DVD that flies entirely under the radar of the public. I would consider ’Panic’ such a film, a first rate noir film that is now available on DVD courtesy of Artisan Home Entertainment. It is the story of [...]

That Thing You Do

May 31, 2001 // 0 Comments

Following the funny antics of a fictional one-trick pony band through their high and the following lows, ’That Thing You Do’ is an entertaining film that takes us back in time to the 60s where shaking hips and 5 inch-long hair were considered [...]

Nightwatch (Nattevagten)

May 30, 2001 // 0 Comments

(Writer’s Note: For clarity, I will refer to the original Danish version of this film as ’Nattevagten’ and the American remake as ’Nightwatch’. Note that Anchor Bay is releasing this film under the title ’Nightwatch’.) Despite the recent [...]
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