DVD

Diner

April 17, 2000 // 0 Comments

For many of us, the passage from youth to adulthood is difficult at best. By the time we’re expected to become responsible adults we’ve become so accustomed to the rituals of adolescence that we resist leaving the comfort of our chosen family of [...]

Half Japanese

April 17, 2000 // 0 Comments

Living somewhere between a documentary and a mockumentary, ’Half Japanese: The Band Who Would Be King’ is a real documentary, but it’s hard to believe that any of it is true. The film follows the alternative-rock band Half Japanese through an [...]

The Black Pirate

April 17, 2000 // 0 Comments

When discussing silent films, the first titles that usually come to mind are the great comedies of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, or foreign classics such as ’The Passion of Joan of Arc.’ But even back then there was a place in Hollywood for that [...]

The Living Sea

April 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

Narrated by Meryl Streep, with music and songs by Sting, ’The Living Sea’ is a beautiful visual and audio experience. From the tropical lagoons of Palau, to the raging seas off the coast of Maine, this IMAX experience provides a very broad, [...]

Boys Don’t Cry

April 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

When Oscar time came around this year "Boys Don’t Cry" was the talk of Tinseltown – among many other films, of course. But one thing that was so remarkable about this particular movie was the fact that actress Hilary Swank had made such [...]

The Sweet Hereafter

April 13, 2000 // 0 Comments

A rather unsuspecting hidden feature can be found in New Line Home Video’s Platinum Edition of Atom Egoyan’s masterpiece “The Sweet Hereafter.” It is very inobtrusively hidden in the menus of the disc, and it is audible. If you go to the disc’s [...]

Never Cry Wolf

April 13, 2000 // 0 Comments

Based on Canadian naturalist Farley Mowat’s autobiography, ’Never Cry Wolf’ tells the tale of a young scientist sent alone into the wilds of Northern Canada to uncover proof that wolves are responsible for the rapid decline in the local caribou [...]

House On Haunted Hill

April 12, 2000 // 0 Comments

Over recent months I have really become suspicious, every time a new horror film showed up in theaters or DVD respectively. The reason is quite simple. For the most part, recent horror movies just could not convince with their Generation X approach, their [...]

Meteor

April 12, 2000 // 0 Comments

With its ever-growing film library, MGM has access to not only a large number of classic films, but also to a large number of star-studded movies from the 70s and 80s. Now, one of these films has been making its way to DVD, the 1979 doomsday film [...]

Three Kings

April 11, 2000 // 0 Comments

On Warner Home Video’s action-packed and feature-laden special edition of the Gulf-War story “Three Kings” you can actually find a number of hidden features. To get a TV Spot, go to the disc’s “Special Features” menu, then select “Production [...]
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