South of the Philippines some local fishermen discover an unknown island and with it a civilization of people they weren’t aware of. With pearly eyes, these people are able to breathe under water and many of their rituals are taking place at the bottom [...]
Most classic films have earned that classification because the sum of the movie’s parts add up to a total package of entertainment. That is, all of the various ingredients of the film come together to make a wholly satisfying product. Of course, the [...]
At first look, ’Light It Up’ looks like your average urban movie, which usually have very limited appeal to many viewers. However upon diving into the film, it soon becomes obvious that the film is not nearly as rough as it may seem at first and [...]
For all Hammer fans, the name Terence Fisher rings like sweet music. The director is best known for being the most successful and visual director in the Hammer Studios’ stable, alongside with people like Freddy Francis. Shot in 1952, "Four Sided [...]
Eye is a secret agent who’s job it is to shadow Joanna Eris, a woman who is suspected of blackmailing. During his surveillance Eye finds out that Joanna is much more than a simple blackmailer however and becomes fascinated with the dangerous beauty. [...]
Currently, Warner Home Video is going through a phase in which a number of titles that had originally been released when DVD was first introduced are now re-released to the format. DVD as a platform has grown significantly in the past three years and to [...]
As a child during the 1960s I spent many wonderful nights watching horror movies on the local Chiller Theater-type TV shows. I was an easy audience back then: if it had a monster or if someone was being chased or got melted or transformed in any way, I [...]
Set during World War Two, ’The Train’ features a great deal of action courtesy of Burt Lancaster. As usual the star chose to do all of his own stunts allowing director John Frankenheimer a degree of flexibility in filming that really makes this movie [...]
Can a film get any more obscure than this? I doubt it. Trimark Home Video’s release ’Hide And Seek’ is so obscure, you can’t even find an entry to the film in the Internet Movie Database. This is quite peculiar given the fact that Daryl Hannah, [...]
Sandwiched between the paranoia classic ’The Manchurian Candidate’ and the Faustian shocker ’Seconds, ’ John Frankenheimer’s gripping political thriller ’Seven Days In May’ debuts on DVD with a spiffy looking transfer and a thoroughly [...]
