Reviews

Suspect

June 11, 2001 // 0 Comments

When Cher decides to take on a film role, it typically results in a very strong performance and a very good movie. When in 1987 she decided to take the lead in Peter Yates’ crime-thriller ’Suspect, ’ once again she made sure to make the role her own [...]

Dude, Where’s My Car?

June 11, 2001 // 0 Comments

They say that everything old is new again. This, of course, refers to the notion that societal and cultural trends, such as music and fashion, will come into style, die out, and then be in vogue again. This theory applies to movies as well. In 1989, [...]

13 Days

June 8, 2001 // 0 Comments

"Thirteen Days" is the title that New Line has selected to usher in their new Infinifilm line of highly interactive DVDs. On the surface this may seem to be an unusual choice as the movie didn’t do all that well at the box office and received [...]

The Shining

June 8, 2001 // 0 Comments

Those of you who were disappointed with Warner’s initial DVD release of ’The Shining’ will surely feel vindicated when you see the updated version. While the vast majority of this new release is identical to the previous version, it does sport newly [...]

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

June 7, 2001 // 0 Comments

It is hard to believe that a landmark film like Steven Spielberg’s "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" has been absent from the DVD format for so long, but finally it is making its debut on the silver disc in a Collector’s Edition from [...]

Biozombie

June 7, 2001 // 0 Comments

First of all, allow me to say that ’Biozombie’ is not the all-out living dead gorefest that we’ve all been waiting for. Secondly, let me add that this is still one really cool movie! Playing as a mixture of ’Mallrats’ and ’Dawn of the Dead’, [...]

Traffic

June 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

"Traffic, " Steven Soderbergh’s sprawling mosaic of a population under siege by a virulent enemy called drugs, arrives on DVD from USA Home Entertainment. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Director (Soderbergh), Best Supporting [...]

T-Rex: Back To The Cretaceous

June 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

In their line of IMAX releases, Warner Home Video is now presenting us with the thrilling ’T-Rex: Back To The Cretaceous.’ Unlike most other IMAX films, this is not so much a documentary per se, but rather a thrill-filled 45-minute film that heavily [...]

The Fugitive

June 5, 2001 // 0 Comments

Replacing their original release of "The Fugitive" from 1997, Warner Home Video is now presenting a Special Edition of Andrew Davis’ gripping action-thriller with a brand new transfer of the film and some exciting bonus materials. Opening with [...]

Southern Comfort

June 5, 2001 // 0 Comments

We’re all familiar with the urban paranoia (’Arlington Road’) or even rural paranoia (’The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’) films, but what about swamp paranoia? That’s the focus of Walter Hill’s 1981 thriller ’Southern Comfort’, which is set [...]
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