Reviews
Invaders From Mars
’Invaders From Mars’ is director Tobe Hooper’s almost shot-for-shot remake of the classic 1953 sci-fi/horror film of the same name. Staying true to the original story, this is one remake that really does justice to its predecessor and fans of [...]
Rush Hour 2
After the success of Brett Ratner’s 1998 action comedy "Rush Hour, " New Line quickly made plans to follow up the meeting of East and West with a sequel. Part of the challenge was of course to bring Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan and Chris [...]
Axe / The Child
Today, we truly take home video for granted. Anytime we want to watch a movie, we just pop it in and it’s there for our viewing pleasure. But, before home video came along, one would have to wait for a favorite film to show up in a revival theater or on [...]
Halls Of Montezuma
In their newly created ’Fox War Classics’ series, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing the 1950 production ’Halls Of Montezuma.’ Featuring an all-star cast that includes Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Karl Malden and Robert Wagner [...]
Battle Of The Planets: Volume 1 & 2
"G-Force! Transmute!" These are the words, which I couldn’t wait to hear as I ran home from school everyday. Once there, I would plop down in front of the TV to catch the latest episode of "Battle of the Planets". Back then I had [...]
Startup.com
The Internet opened up new business opportunities to countless entrepreneurs, and ’DVD Review’ itself is a perfect example for this spirit. Artisan’s film ’Startup.com’ documents the attempts of Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman, two childhood [...]
Fiddler On The Roof
I never understood how some people willingly swallow images of spaceships careening around the cosmos or unquestioningly accept talking pigs but groan unbearably when someone spontaneously bursts into song. What caused the demise of the movie musical or [...]
Chasing Sleep
Somewhere between Franz Kafka, David Lynch, and a plumber’s nightmare exists the film ’Chasing Sleep’. Jeff Daniels stars in this eerie thriller as Ed Saxon, a man who wakes in the night to find that his wife hasn’t come home from work. He calls [...]
When A Stranger Calls
If you ever wanted to see, which movie ’Scary Movie’ spoofed in its opening sequence with Drew Barrymore on the phone, here it finally is on DVD, courtesy of Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment – ’When A Stranger Calls.’ Threatened and terrified [...]