DVD
The Phantom Lover
Whenever director Ronny Yu and cinematographer Peter Pau get together, viewers can be assured that the result will be a hauntingly beautiful film. Whether it is the "The Bride with White Hair", series or even "Warriors of Virtue" or [...]
Nurse Betty
USA Entertainment has hidden some additional footage on their release of the hysterical comedy “Nurse Betty.” From the disc’s main menu, go to the “Special Features” section of the disc. Once you get there, press the “right” arrow key on [...]
Enemy Mine
By 1985, numerous special effects driven sci-fi movies had made a good bit of money at the box office. I don’t need to tell you the ones that are really good, as I’m sure you’ve seen them many many times. But there were also a handful of films from [...]
The Natural
A few quick notes before we proceed. I am not that fond of Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, or watching baseball. Having said all of that, whenever I watch ’The Natural’, I’m newly amazed at how much I admire the film. The film is a shining example [...]
The Crow: Salvation
When discussing the newly released ’The Crow: Salvation’, the question isn’t ’Is it as good as the first film?’ (because there’s no way that it could be), but rather, ’Is it as bad as the second one?’ The answer is that while ’The Crow: [...]
A Passage To India
When David Lean’s "A Passage to India" opened in 1984, some saw it as a showdown between the glory days of literate epic filmmaking and the "feel-good" ethos of the Lucas/Spielberg popcorn juggernauts. Who better than the director of [...]
Charlie’s Angels
It was during the scene in ’Charlie’s Angels’ that a crowd is chanting ’Go, white girl!’ to a dancing Cameron Diaz, that I realized there is a downside to reviewing DVDs. ’Charlie’s Angels’ is, of course, based on the 70s TV series, and [...]