"Legends of the Fall" was a very early DVD release from Columbia TriStar that featured a stellar transfer but was lacking any notable extras. Realizing that this bare-bones package just did not do the film justice, the studio has re-released the [...]
Do you ever come away from a movie feeling totally bewildered and unsure of what you just experienced? If you enjoy that feeling, then you’ll love the bizarre independent film, ’The Bed You Sleep In.’ To give you an idea of what ’The Bed You Sleep [...]
With his feet firmly rooted in Hollywood and the American market, Martial Arts superstar Jackie Chan has slowly begun to explore cross-over themes in his past films, but in none was the attempt to showcase ’East meets West’ as clearly as in his latest [...]
In the past, I’ve discussed the phenomenon of "cultural baggage" and how it can be hard to approach a movie without certain pre-conceived notions. As a life-long fans of the "X-Men" comics, I approached the "X-Men" movie [...]
Don’t be alarmed if the sudden appearance of this obscure gem takes you by surprise. This is a Region 0 DVD, which is being distributed by a German company called Dragon Film Entertainment. As this is a rare European disc, which is in NTSC format, [...]
"Greed is good!" is one of the maxims of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone’s film "Wall Street, " and at times we are tempted to believe his reasoning. However, once greed is out of bounds and limitless, it poses a very serious problem, [...]
Brother Cadfael, played by the esteemed actor Sir Derek Jacobi, is a 12th century monk and former Crusader who seems to always find himself in the midst of a mystery in Shrewsbury Abbey. In ’The Devil’s Novice,’ Cadfael comes to the defense of the [...]
Apart from the plethora of regular extras, on Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s high caliber 3-disc “Toy Story: The Ultimate Toy Box” you can also find some hidden stuff! On disc 3 of the box, the one that contains the supplements, choose “Toy [...]
’Angel Blue’, new to DVD from Vanguard Cinema, was actually a TV movie which was shown on LifeTime under the title, ’My Neighbor’s Daughter’. It can only be assumed that the film had originally been intended for a theatrical release, as ’Angel [...]
Math doesn’t work in Hollywood the way that it does in the rest of the world. For example, you’d think that Edward Norton + Ben Stiller starring in a film + Norton’s directing debut would equal a great movie. Unfortunately, it only equals a mediocre [...]
