Reviews
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 may well be a day that will live in infamy but from all of the recent interest in Pearl Harbor you would think that the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s home base took place in May, not December. While the hype [...]
Some Like It Hot
The popular conception of America in the 1950’s is one of political witch-hunts and repressed passions. Television antennas spread over the landscape like an invasion of metallic weeds from outer space. The suburbs exploded and everyone wanted to be [...]
Best In Show
’Best in Show’ is the second film from the team of Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, who had previously brought us 1996’s ’Waiting for Guffman’. As with ’Guffman’, ’Best in Show’ is a film that begins with a basic outline and then [...]
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Not since Bruce Lee’s "Enter The Dragon" has a Martial Arts film seen as much notoriety as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Sadly the time was not right for the legendary Bruce Lee in the 70s and his films never managed to break [...]
The Black Cat
If you are deathly afraid of cats, namely black cats, then this is the horror film that you’ve been waiting for! For, all others, welcome to a typical Lucio Fulci film. Fulci made ’The Black Cat’ during the early 80s, when he cranked out many films, [...]
The House Of Mirth
’The House of Mirth’ is another one of Columbia TriStar’s treatments of a European arthaus production, which is now coming to DVD as a great-looking DVD with a few exciting extras. Interestingly, the film has been shot in the US however with a [...]
Hairspray/Pecker
There are those who make mere movies, then there is John Waters. The Baltimore director has always marched to the beat of a different drummer down the road less traveled and made movies that are often an odd mix of satire, shock, pop culture, and [...]
The Magnificent Seven
I never thought I’d see the day that "The Magnificent Seven" would arrive on DVD as a full-blown special edition sporting a decent transfer and both newly remixed 5.1 and original mono soundtracks. All of this priced to move at $19.95. Life is [...]