Warner Home Video has hidden some interesting footage on their release of the John Travolta science fiction flick, “Battlefield Earth.” From the disc’s main menu go to the “Special Features.” Here press the “right” arrow key on your remote [...]
Voltaire’s "Sémiramis" was already almost a century old when librettist Gaetano Rossi adapted it relatively faithfully for Rossini’s 1823 opera to debut at La Fenice in Venice. Voltaire’s own source was antiquity, a trace of history and [...]
As much as we hate to admit them, we all have our guilty pleasure movies. And typically, it’s easy to explain why we like the films. ’I like the action.’ ’I like the music.’ ’I think Bridget Wilson is beautiful.’ Whatever. But, I can’t [...]
While Michael Mann had previously directed the films ’The Keep’ and ’Thief, ’ it was not until the release of ’Manhunter’ in 1986 that he began to garner much critical and public attention. The reason for this increased focus on his work was [...]
Shakespeare raider Kenneth Branagh’s latest stab at the Bard re-imagines the slight 1593 comedy ’Love’s Labour’s Lost’ as a 1930’s screwball musical. Where to begin? The DVD from Miramax Home Entertainment indeed treats with a stellar transfer [...]
Apparently, Hollywood is still trying to capitalize on the "Baby-Boomer" nostalgia market by releasing films based on old television shows. This trend has been going on since the late 80s and the results have been mixed, as the quality of these [...]
I first saw ’Children of the Corn’ during that golden age in the early 80s when it was cool to see ANY R-rated horror film on HBO. Well, some sixteen years later, ’Children of the Corn’ isn’t quite as good as I thought it was back then, but it [...]
Jeremiah Chechik’s "Benny and Joon" is one of the most beloved films of the 1990s. It is the story of three lives – Benny (Aidan Quinn), his sister Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson) and their new ’caregiver, ’ Sam (Johnny Depp) – [...]
What do you get when you cross ’I Spit on Your Grave’ with ’Mad Max’? Apparently, that’s a burning question in Australia, as we have ’Fair Game’ (not to be confused with the Cindy Crawford picture of the same name). If you’ve ever dreamed [...]
Director Edward Zwick’s ’The Siege’ takes a hard look at a New York City besieged by Middle Eastern terrorists and the subsequent imposition of martial law that challenges the most basic of American freedoms. Previously issued on DVD by 20th Century [...]
