Many children who grew up in the late seventies and early eighties may fondly remember one of Jim Henson’s contributions to the myriad of Christmas specials, which repeated every year. Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas was stylistically different than [...]
In the tradition of “Buena Vista Social Club”, Miramax Pictures is preparing the lively musical documentary Calle 54 for DVD this November. Calle 54 invites everyone to experience the passion of Latin Jazz. It is a musical journey that captures the [...]
Best known as the enigmatic Lieutenant Columbo, Peter Falk stepped away from that role briefly during the height of it’s popularity in 1978 to star in the sharp-witted spoof The Cheap Detective. Thirty-three years later Columbia TriStar Home [...]
When the Whoopi Goldberg sequel “Sister Act 2” came to DVD almost two years ago, many assumed its predecessor would be close on its heels, but the original was nowhere to be found – until now. The musical comedy Sister Act will be coming to disc [...]
In an all too common move, Universal Studios Home Video has announced a new edition of a film recently released on DVD. What makes the announcement unusual is that instead of adding footage and features, it is removing them. After the August 14th release [...]
As teen romances have increased in popularity and numbers in the last few years, they have gradually grown more and more simplistic. Director John Stockwell made an effort to go against that trend with this years more somber drama Crazy/Beautiful. The [...]
Jackie Gleason and Richard Pryor mixed their drastically different comic stylings to produce the enjoyable comedy The Toy. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has announced a release date for the film in November. On one of his bratty son Eric’s (Scott [...]
Keanu Reeves, star of the cyber-hit “The Matrix”, has been praised, reviled, and discussed by millions of Americans. But one thing is certain, Keanu Reeves was Ted. And Alex Winter was Bill. And together they became the slackers by which all other [...]
Francis Ford Coppola’s genre defining war-film “Apocalypse Now” is currently enjoying renewed success after twenty years thanks to the new updated version which has recently entered the theater circuit. Paramount Home Entertainment is already [...]
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has struck a distribution deal with MGM Home Entertainment allowing them to release six of Luc Besson’s films together in a new box set. The Luc Besson Collection will include the films “The Big Blue”, “The [...]
