Reviews

28 Days Later

October 2, 2003 // 0 Comments

With "28 Days Later" British director Danny Boyle tried his hands at the zombie genre and created a movie that is superbly thrilling and horrifying. Borrowing liberally from every zombie film conceivable, such as "Day of the Dead," [...]

Shogun

October 1, 2003 // 0 Comments

It had been many years since I last saw "Shogun" during its initial television broadcast but I had very fond memories of this adventurous series that was filled with thrills, conspiracies and the mysteries of a feudal Japan. I had all but [...]

Daddy Day Care

September 30, 2003 // 0 Comments

I am sure many parents will be able to identify with the tribulations, as well as the sense of pride and joy, that makes out ’Daddy Day Care.’ Eddie Murphy plays a laid-off marketing hotshot. Unable to find a new job, he and his ex-colleague decide to [...]

The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season

September 26, 2003 // 0 Comments

Keeping up with the tradition established in the previous box sets, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is brining us ’The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season’ in a great-looking 4-disc box set that contains the 24 episodes of the season complemented [...]

The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre

September 25, 2003 // 0 Comments

In their effort to release some of the most acclaimed classic movies from their film vaults, Warner Home Video is constantly going to great lengths to restore these films to their original glory and present them as 2-disc Special Editions. The latest [...]

Kinfe In The Water

September 23, 2003 // 0 Comments

With ’Knife In The Water’ Criterion Collection has picked Roman Polanski’s directorial feature-film debut movie and one of his best films to bring to DVD in a 2-disc Special Edition. Shot in black and white, this film reflects Polanski’s poetic [...]

Circus Of Fear

September 22, 2003 // 0 Comments

Blue Underground has dug up another great European film, this time the 1966 "Circus Of Fear" that is part of their "Christopher Lee Collection." Since the other films in the collection are Jess Franco films, and Franco’s ineptitude [...]

I. Q.

September 19, 2003 // 0 Comments

With his comedy ’I.Q.’ director Fred Schepisi takes us into the world of geniuses. Asking the question, ’What if Albert Einstein took an interest in his niece’s lovelife?’ the movie is a hilarious and sweet treat on the subject, playfully [...]

Willard

September 18, 2003 // 0 Comments

In recent times, there seems to be a lack of ideas in Hollywood that is scary, leading filmmakers to tackle ridiculous remakes of perfectly good films. The "Psycho" remake, certainly made a laughing stock out of its participants, and the [...]

The Core

September 17, 2003 // 0 Comments

When I popped in ’The Core’ into my DVD player I didn’t expect much else than an ’Armageddon’-style popcorn movie with more special effects and action that logic or common sense. And that is exactly what ’The Core’ turned out to be. A movie [...]
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