"As Good As It Gets" is a film that is so highly acclaimed that it is almost impossible to watch it without bias. The film features Jack Nicholson in yet another one of his Academy-Award-winning roles, giving one of the most vibrant performances [...]
There are many different incarnations of Peter Jackson’s film "Dead Alive". The New Zealand filmmaker created a film that was so controversial and extreme that there are literally different versions for nearly every country in the world. [...]
Earlier this year a stunning TV mini-series was announced on the NBC network, featuring a remarkable cast and some very interesting special effects. When it finally aired in April, it turned out that "Merlin" was actually delivering what it [...]
Hollywood once was synonymous with spectacular adventure movies, filled with heroic characters, breath-taking stunts, exotic sceneries, atmospheric settings, and stunning costumes. The actors were high-profile icons and their entertaining swashbuckling [...]
"L. A. Confidential" was clearly one of the best films of 1997, and it garnered an impressive number of Academy Award nominations. In a hopeless face-off against the behemoth "Titanic", it even succeeded in winning two of the awards, [...]
After a number of rather average movies, including stints in the comedy genre, Sylvester Stallone decided to get back to his roots and do a full-blown action movie in 1994. "Judge Dredd" is the result, a no-holds-barred, futuristic action [...]
Ever since the release of "Brain Dead" in 1992, known as "Dead Alive" here in the US, Peter Jackson has become synonymous with off-beat macabre humor in the nineties. Universal Home Video has now released Jackson’s latest film, [...]
Italian director Lucio Fulci passed away only a few years ago, but his legacy is fortunately still there for us to behold. Anchor Bay Entertainment have now released one of Fulci’s best known works on DVD. Reason enough for us to take a look at this [...]
"Wag The Dog", a hysterical political satire, no matter how strangely fictional it may seem, has been outdone by the real events surrounding the American presidency these days. If nothing else, it demonstrates writer Larry Beinhart’s keen [...]
After a long, long wait, Universal Home Video have now released John Carpenter’s "The Thing" on DVD. Subtitled "the ultimate in alien terror" on the front of the box, it is also tempting to add "the ultimate in Special [...]
