I’ve watched many DVDs this year – some great, some good, some not so good – and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s release of Brian DePalma’s ’The Fury’ is, sadly, the worst DVD I’ve seen yet. It’s sad because, although this picture [...]
Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel ’The Hobbit, ’ which eventually lead up to his writing of ’The Lord Of The Rings,’ this is the animated adaptation of the book as perceived by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass. While the film captures the story in [...]
Current conspiracy theorists might get a kick out of watching MGM Home Entertainment’s new DVD of ’Blow Out, ’ Brian De Palma’s paranoia thriller. The 1981 film stars John Travolta as Jack Terri, a sound effects technician who accidentally records [...]
Anchor Bay adds another gem to their ’Dario Argento Collection’ with the release of ’Opera’. This 1987 film is considered by many to be Argento’s last great masterwork, and Argento himself refers to it as ’the most ferocious movie that I’ve [...]
William Castle was the undisputed master of the spooky film with a chuckle during the 50s and 60s. Not necessarily plain-out horror movies, many of his films created a spooky atmosphere with ghosts, apparitions and highly dramatic events. ’13 Ghosts’ [...]
For director Brian DePalma, the summer of 1980 was a best of times, worst of times. Though he had hit a commercial home run with "Carrie" four years earlier, he subsequently suffered critical misses with "The Fury" and "Home [...]
Fans have been eager to see "Star Wars" released on DVD since the inception of the format, but for the longest time, no such release was in sight. Finally, Lucasfilm brings us Episode 1 in the epic space opera by George Lucas as a promising [...]
To coincide with the unleashing of ’Hannibal’ on DVD, MGM Home Entertainment has released a new Special Edition of ’Silence of the Lambs’. This single-disc edition boasts a new high-definition 16×9 anamorphic transfer, which is letterboxed at [...]
Hot on the heels of the impressive box-office performance of ’The Others’, Artisan Home Entertainment brings director Alejandro Amenabar’s second film ’Open Your Eyes’ to DVD. Unlike ’The Others’, which is a period piece, ’Open Your [...]
In the realm of cult horror films, there are some titles, which are revered more than others. Maybe it’s for their groundbreaking special effects, or the unprecedented scares. Or it could be because of the film’s relative obscurity. Dario Argento’s [...]
