The ’House of Mouse’ television program is an ingenious concept, which never really pays off. On this show, Mickey Mouse runs a nightclub called ’House of Mouse’. Here, dozens of animated Disney characters can be seen having a good time and [...]
Since its release, Francis Ford Coppola’s artistic and dazzling approach to the classic gothic tale about the bloodsucking prince of darkness has found a place in the hearts of many film fans. Not only is it a very beautiful version of the story, [...]
Given the fact that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find the ’Bear in the Big Blue House’ program on television anymore, it is fantastic that Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has released another volume of this entertaining and educational [...]
The popularity of different film genres can ebb and flow over the years, and the western is a perfect example of this. While westerns we’re everywhere in the 50s, 60, and 70s (that includes the big screen and on television), their attraction begin to [...]
Ah yes, there’s nothing like a trip down memory lane courtesy of a newly released DVD. I first saw ’Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ during college and then — as now — nothing could have been a finer tonic for the overworked [...]
One of the most amusing murder mystery comedies has so far been sorely missing from DVD. Fortunately Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has taken heart and is now bringing "Murder By Death" to the digital video domain. Featuring an all-star [...]
Every once in a while a movie comes along that has apparently been overlooked by audiences in theaters and when you get to watch it, you want to tell the world about it, because it really is very good. "The Score" is such a movie. A superb [...]
Continuing their tradition to release television shows in sequential, seasonal order, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is now bringing us the ’The X-Files Season 4’ DVD set. This 7-disc set chronicles the 24 episodes, which aired during the [...]
When "Apocalypse Now" first appeared in August 1979, the film industry had just come to grips with the "blockbuster mentality" fostered by the wild successes of such popcorn pictures as "Star Wars," "Jaws," [...]
In the course of reviewing DVDs it’s a real delight to stumble upon a hidden gem every now and again and ’Rat’ is one such treasure of a film. A dark comedy with a very Irish bent, ’Rat’ is full of humor and wonderfully endearing performances [...]
