TV movies and mini series always have a problem standing out beside mega-budget Hollywood productions. Fortunately Hallmark Entertainment has become some sort of an authority in the field over recent years, delivering some surprisingly well produced films [...]
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 [...]
Arguably one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best films, his 1940 take on Daphne DuMarier’s novel "Rebecca" doesn’t find half as much mention as some of his later films. Undeservedly it always stands in the shadow of films like "Psycho", [...]
As time goes by and many great films celebrate their umpteenth Anniversaries, film restoration is becoming more and more of an issue. Sometimes these projects focus mostly on preserving the images as we got to know them, sometimes changes are made and [...]
Since Indiana Jones made his last appearance on the silver screen in 1989 no film had seriously attempted to follow in the footsteps of this highly successful trilogy. I am sure in part this had to do with the fear of being compared to the big [...]
Ron Howard’s 1982 comedy “Night Shift” has been released by Warner Home Video as one of their standard editions, containing a pan & scan transfer as well as a widescreen presentation that is enhanced for 16×9 TV sets. The picture is clear [...]
Universal Home Video’s release of the musical film “The Wiz”, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson contains a great Easter Egg. If you go to the disc’s main menu and then to the “Monus Materials” you will find a menu entry for a featurette. [...]
Like so many films before it, when "Go" hit theatres earlier this year, it was praised by critics and virtually ignored by filmgoers. But now "Go" has been released on DVD and has a second chance to find an audience. That audience will [...]
