After 21 years "Halloween" is still one of the most impressive horror films that never seems to lose its appeal, and is widely considered John Carpenters best film to date – although I personally prefer some of his later films over [...]
I am always getting excited when little known films are coming to DVD. The prospect of short films making it to home video, let away DVD are slim to say the least, and it was with surprise and excitement that I noticed 20th Century Fox Home [...]
A brief hidden feature can be found on Pioneer’s release of the Anime, “Lain: Knights”. Go to the disc’s main menu and highlight the “Play” menu entry. Then press the left arrow button on your remote control to highlight Lain’s eyes. Now [...]
MGM Home Entertainment’s release of the animated Beatles classic is loaded with hidden features. 14 or so come to mind immediately, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more to be found. Go to the disc’s main menu and press the arrow up key. A [...]
The easiest way to rate the quality of a DVD is to compare it to a somewhat similar medium. The Columbia DVD of “Christine” is presented in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio and the letterboxing is superb, displaying the correct framing. Compared to the Columbia [...]
In my town, it’s not the cars that are scary, but the drivers themselves. But Hollywood has a fascination with evil automobiles. “The Car” epitomizes this obsession. I had always wanted to see the film, but I found the full-frame version shown on TV [...]
New Line Home Video’s release of “A Nightmare On Elm Street” contains a small hidden feature. From the disc’s main menu, press the right arrow key to highlight the New Line logo. Then press “Enter” and you will get to a credit screen that [...]
In the current release batch from Vivid Interactive an interesting movie was included that deserved a second look. The release is called "Babylon" and packaging and screenshots on the box gave an appetite for this lush looking production. Unlike [...]
Many films never get the attention they truly deserve and in retrospect Sidney Lumet’s "Deathtrap" seems to be such an example. There is nothing spectacular about the film, no real blockbuster star power and nothing controversial. Although [...]
Before Jeffrey Katzenberg left Disney a few years ago and co-founded Dreamworks SKG with his friends David Geffen and Steven Spielberg he was heading Disney’s animation department and led them back to glory after a hefty plunge in the eighties. Movies [...]