DVD
The Naked Gun
At times, reviewing films can be a difficult task due to the fact that everyone can have a different opinion when it comes to the qualities of a particular movie. This is especially true when critiquing comedies. Due to the fact that ones sense of humor [...]
Arsenic And Old Lace
Frank Capra has brought us many memorable comedies that age astonishingly well. Although they all have a whimsical nostalgic charm today, the characters of old, are just as real as the ones today and with the romanticized portrayal of the 40s and 50s, [...]
American Psycho
After recently viewing "The Cider House Rules", I’ve been giving a great deal of thought to movie adaptations of novels. As long as the novel isn’t some sort of way-out science fiction, it’s generally pretty easy to transplant the story [...]
Mother Night
"Mother Night, " Kurt Vonnegut’s 1961 parable about guilt, redemption and identity could not have found better mentors for its transition to film than director Keith Gordon and screenwriter/producer Robert Wiede. Translating Vonnegut’s [...]
Braveheart
A long wait finally comes to an end. I have long lost count of the number of emails I have received, inquiring about the status of a potential DVD release of Mel Gibson’s epic "Braveheart," making it easily one of the most anticipated releases [...]
Rage Against The Machine
Sony Music has hidden a special track on their release of the “Rage Against The Machine” concert video. If you watch the performance of “Killing In The Name, ” simply wait a few seconds after the track has finished and following the track you will [...]
Boogie Nights
"Boogie Nights" was 1997’s sleeper hit, a movie that caught the industry by surprise and earned one of its stars, Burt Reynolds, an Academy Award nomination. It is director Paul Thomas Anderson’s second feature movie, and as such displays an [...]
Third World Cop
Kingston, Jamaica, is the locale for ’Third World Cop,’ a ferocious action film that now makes its DVD debut through Palm Pictures. It is the story of Capone (Paul Campbell) a tough cop who is transferred back to his hometown Kingston. Full of vivid [...]