DVD

The Three Caballeros

May 4, 2000 // 0 Comments

At the height of World War Two, Walt Disney took a group of his artists and headed south to Latin America to conduct research for new animated features. It was hoped that these movies would promote Pan-American unity during this time of great uncertainty [...]

The Abominable Snowman

May 4, 2000 // 0 Comments

So, Guido gives me the DVD of "The Abominable Snowman" and says, "I want you to review this. Have you seen it?" And I replied, "Not Yeti." (OK, now that I’ve gotten my Yeti joke out of the way, on with the review!) [...]

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

May 3, 2000 // 0 Comments

Honored with four Academy Awards in 1969, George Roy Hill’s "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" is still one of the most beloved buddy-movies of a great many film fans. Not only did it practically start the genre, but it still stands out as [...]

Dogma

May 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

I find it very interesting that movies that stir up the most fervent controversies the fastest, are films that touch upon religious subjects. As soon as a filmmaker suggests a different view on theological issues, the moral-apostles of the Catholic church [...]

The Minus Man

May 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

I don’t think that I’ve ever been faced with a film as challenging to review as ’The Minus Man.’ The film is so subtle and dreamlike, that it’s hard to judge. I certainly didn’t hate it, because it’s so innocuous that it would be hard to [...]

Showgirls

May 1, 2000 // 0 Comments

I’m not a big fan of the "So bad it’s Good" school of fandom. Ed Wood’s movies have a certain bizarre charm and there’s a stinker called "The Children" that I just love, but other than that, I consider most bad movies to be [...]

Whity

May 1, 2000 // 0 Comments

In 1970, the controversial German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder set his anarchic eye on the American Western, creating perhaps the strangest oater ever committed to film. Now, after languishing 30 years in obscurity, ’Whity’ returns with a DVD [...]

The World Is Not Enough

April 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

For the third time Pierce Brosnan is taking on the part of Ian Fleming’s James Bond in the 19th installment of the highly successful series of movies, "The World Is Not Enough." Progressing with the notion to develop Bond a little further, [...]

Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Vol. 6

April 27, 2000 // 0 Comments

Image Entertainment’s release of “The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy: Volume 6” contains an interesting additional feature that you may not easily find on the release. Although the back of the box states “Watch for the surprise bonus program [...]

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

April 27, 2000 // 0 Comments

After Sean Connery resigned as James Bond, finishing "You Only Live Twice, " the men behind the highly successful series of James Bond movies, Harry Salzman and Albert R. Broccoli, faced the challenge to find an actor who could fill Connery’s [...]
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