One of the smaller and relatively new DVD publishers, First Run Features, has just sent some information our way regarding an upcoming title, slated for a November 9 release. All fans of the Warrior Princess Xena will be pleased to hear that “First Run [...]
60 years ago, on August 15 1939, one of the best family films of all time opened at the Loew’s Capitol Theatre on Broadway, The Wizard Of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming, who had also directed “Gone With The Wind”, the film’s Dorothy was played by [...]
After carrying DVD in selected locations for well over a year now, Blockbuster today announced that it will introduce DVD to almost 3,800 of its U.S. corporate stores by year’s end. Additionally, the company will also offer DVD in approximately 1,000 of [...]
We have just received information about the DVD release of a film I know many of you have been looking forward to for quite a while. Columbia Tristar Home Video has set The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad for release on November 30! This 1958 fantasy classic, [...]
Some time ago Anchor Bay Entertainment announced that it will start rolling out the majority of their films in widescreen versions that are enhanced for 16×9 TV sets. Apart from “The Car”, “Halloween” and “Army Of Darkness” no specific [...]
Warner Home Video’s The Matrix has a number of technical glitches, especially when playing the disc in DVD-ROM drives. Hardly any problems have been reported when playing the disc on standard DVD Video players, but due to driver problems in various [...]
Hammer Horror fans, listen up. Although the titles themselves had been announced some time earlier already, we have just received additional information on these DVD releases and it turns out that the next batch of Hammer films from Anchor Bay will [...]
We have just gotten word that unfortunately the highly anticipated release of Warner Home Video’s The Shawshank Redemption had to be rescheduled from its October 28 release date. We do not have information why or what the new date will be, but as soon [...]
Recognizing the consumer demand for full-sized DVD players, Sharp is introducing a new full-sized DV-750U DVD player to complement its mini-sized and “Amplitheater-in-a-Box” DVD models. Packed with an abundance of features Sharp’s DV-750U comes with [...]
WinStar Home Video and The American Film Institute (AFI) have just announced a cooperative release of a 26-part series of titles called “The Directors”. The series profiles today’s most prolific directors and features extensive clips and interviews [...]
