Luc Besson’s gripping action-thriller "La Femme Nikita" has been prepared for a DVD release by MGM Home Entertainment as a Special Edition complete with some exciting features. Stylish, dynamic and full of pounding action, this film is a [...]
’Critters’ was a series of little horror/science fiction films that within 5 years spawned four feature films. It is the story of bloodthirsty little aliens looking very much like alien porcupine furballs landing on Earth with some bounty hunters [...]
At long last, Warner Home Video is finally rolling out some of their classic movies on DVD and ’Scaramouche’ is one of them. Starring Stewart Granger in the role of a rebellious avenger who is hiding his identity behind the mask of a clown, and a [...]
"Gods And Generals" is the prelude to Ronald Maxwell’s own "Gettyburg, " although it was made long after the latter film. It tells the story of the Civil War from its outbreak all the way up to the point where "Gettysburg" [...]
’I Love You To Death’ is a black comedy that is absolutely funny and hair-raising at times. Featuring the comedic talents of Kevin Kline and Tracy Ullman in the leads, the cast is completed by River Phoenix, William Hurt, Joan Plowright and Keanu [...]
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is the latest studio to begin releasing Hong Kong movies. Since the other Hollywood studios releasing Asian fare have disappointed sorely so far, continually butchering the films or releasing them in shoddy, unwatchable [...]
’The Long Ships’ is a slightly different Viking tale than you’d expect at first, as it plays in the Orient for the most part. Prince El Mansuh (Sidney Poitier) is obsessed with the desire to own the ’Mother Of Voices, ’ a mythical giant bell [...]
On May 31 of 1889 the breaking of a dam caused a devastating flood in the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 2209 people were killed, swept away by the wall of water, thousands were left homeless as their houses were smashed and washed down the river. It [...]
1952 was a grand year for fans of the Hollywood swashbuckler. ’Scaramouche, ’ ’The Master of Ballantrae, ’ and ’The Crimson Pirate, ’ all debuted on the silver screen and now Warner Brothers was released all three classic films on DVD. In [...]
A good portion of paranoia, thrown in with a mysterious thriller and the gloomy yet somewhat exotic atmosphere of a French city is the recipe Roman Polanski uses for his film ’The Tenant.’ In a sense he revisits ’Rosemary’s Baby’ here, only with [...]
