I admit it, I did not expect much from ’Reign of Fire’ but got all the more out of it. The movie actually turns out to be a well-crafted post-apocalyptic fantasy tale. It borrows quite heavily from some other movies, such as ’The Road Warrior’ at [...]
Though not exactly know as a studio that produces a lot of animated features, occasionally 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment does have such a film in their repertoire. "Ice Age" is that film currently, and after a very successful theatrical [...]
Drug addiction, madness, sexual obsession and beatific language represented the mantra of the writers of the Beat Generation. Their literary output aside, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg led such fascinating lives that it would be [...]
In their quest to mutilate every Hong Kong move that crosses their path, Miramax and Buena Vista Home Entertainment are now throwing the superb apocalyptic fantasy tale ’The Heroic Trio’ in the market in yet another loveless release. The film was [...]
Harrison Ford has become the silver screen incarnation of Tom Clancy’s CIA agent Jack Ryan over the years, appearing in film adaptations of ’Patriot Games’ and ’Clear And Present Danger.’ When news broke that Ben Affleck would play Jack Ryan in [...]
’Big Trouble’ is an entertaining little comedy by ’Men in Black’ director Barry Sonnenfeld that stars a great comedy cast lead by Tim Allen. But also Omar Epps, Dennis Farina, Janeane Garofalo, Rene Russo, tom Sizemore and Stanley Tucci throw in [...]
Among guitarists, Steve Lukather takes a very special place for a number of reasons. On the one hand he is the guitarist and singer in one of the West Coast’s musically most polished bands, Toto, with which he has celebrated stellar successes in the [...]
Pathfinder Pictures has recently released the Hong Kong martial arts film ’Master of the Flying Guillotine’ on DVD. It is the 1975 Yu Wang movie ’Du bi quan wang da po xue di zi’ which is also known as ’The One Armed Boxer Vs. the Flying [...]
"Walt: The Man Behind The Myth" is a TV production that was shown on ABC last year and that is now available on DVD from Walt Disney Home Video. It is a documentary about Walt Disney, the visionary, the affectionate father and husband, and the [...]
Continuing their series of Ray Harryhausen releases, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has now made ’Mysterious Island’ available, Harryhausen’s 1961 collaboration with director Cy Endfield. Loosely based on a story by Jules Verne and told before [...]
