"Doctor Zhivago" was the third grand epic by acclaimed director David Lean. While his earlier efforts "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia" are widely hailed as two of the finest films ever created, many of [...]
Do you remember those days in elementary school when the teacher would wheel in the old 16mm projector, dim the lights, and crank up a worn-out educational film? Well, Skip Elsheimer of the A/V Geeks Educational Archive certainly does, and he’s [...]
I first saw ’Fritz the Cat’ during a midnight screening in college and, while I knew full well what to expect, I was still unprepared for the jarring juxtaposition between the cute animation style and the very adult and dark subject matter. Originally [...]
Despite the fact that new episodes are no longer being made, ’Mystery Science Theater 3000’ is still one of the most influential and clever television shows ever. The true beauty of the show lies in its simplicity. We’ve all talked back to the [...]
Certain that a film derived from a smash video game and featuring the curvaceous Angelina Jolie would result a sure-fire hit with Summertime moviegoers, the execs at Eidos Interactive Ltd gave the green flag to Paramount Pictures to bring "Lara Croft [...]
A&E Home Video brings us another exciting set of episodes from the cult 1960s TV show, ’Thunderbirds’. Unique, to say the least, ’Thunderbirds’ offers exciting adventure, but uses marionettes, instead of real actors. Filmed in [...]
When I first learned that ’Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas’ was coming to DVD I was both excited and a little bit apprehensive. I fondly recall watching this Jim Henson production countless times on HBO in the early 1980s but I hadn’t seen it [...]
’A Muppet Family Christmas’ arrives on DVD in time for the holidays and brings a farmhouse full of fun with it. Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and the rest of the crew from ’The Muppet Show’ decide to spend Christmas with Fozzie’s mother on [...]
In the 70s there was no bigger name in European action cinema than Jean-Paul Belmondo. Witty, charismatic and comedic at times, the actor dominated the screen in countless action movies and action comedies and, like Alain Delon at the time, helped make [...]
Poor, young Christina (Allison Lange) has so many problems. She lives in a creepy old house with her brother Bobby (Lorne Stewart) and her dad (John Savage). She’s forced to look after Bobby all day, so she never gets to see her overbearing boyfriend [...]