And, the thumb-saga continues… Steve Oedekerk and his friends are now taking on another movie classic with their Thumbation technology and their sharp, witty humor. This time it is the horror classic ’Frankenstein’ that serves as the template for [...]
Filmmaker Ken Burns has long established himself as one of the preeminent film documentarians of American history in all its forms. One of his most acclaimed works is "The Civil War, " an 11-hour feature that covers the American Civil War from [...]
DVD has a new herald. Until recently the "Star Wars: Episode I" has been universally hailed as the best DVD in the market. It is time for the disc to move over and give up its throne… for none other than "Star Wars: Episode II." But [...]
Readers beware. This is not ’Pretty Woman’ territory. The hardened hookers in this fascinating documentary are street-wise businesswomen hell-bent on turning a quick buck. If you’re looking for a harmless T & A romp, look elsewhere. If you want [...]
At times beautifully horrific and horribly beautiful, Godfrey Reggio’s 1983 visual fantasia ’Koyaanisqatsi’ transformed clouds into raging rivers, skyscrapers into lunar altars and rush-hour humanity into sausage links. MGM Home Entertainment’s [...]
It seems like an eternity has passed since the inception of DVD and since those first days, fans have eagerly been anticipating the release of the 1958 Hammer horror classic, "Horror Of Dracula." The rights for Hammer films are spread across [...]
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has created a dedicated line of releases for actor Jet Li to cash in on his current popularity among American moviegoers. However the way it is done shows that the studio has no respect whatsoever for the actors work and [...]
Although there is a big and healthy U.S. market for feature films from Hong Kong these days – mostly thanks to Tai Seng’s relentless and aggressive efforts during the early days of DVD – surprisingly few of the many TV mini-series that are produced [...]
One thing you can learn from "Shipping News" is how to spin a story. In a poignant segment early in the movie, Quoyle is taught how to create a headline for a story – "Imminent Storm Threatens Village!" It’s appropriate, as a [...]
As a Farrelly brothers film you can rest assured that "Shallow Hal" is infused with a very bent sense of humor. What may come as a bit of a shock is that the film is actually fairly sweet and seldom drops to the same level of gross-out humor as [...]
