Despite the fact that I have an interest in Euro-horror and that he’s made like a gazillion movies, I’ve never seen a Jess Franco film until now. (I have ’Virgin Among the Living Dead’ on VHS, but I’ve never gotten around to watching it.) Well, [...]
1981’s ’Superman II, ’ continuing the adventures begun in Richard Donner’s 1978 epic, makes its DVD debut with considerably less fanfare than its newly restored predecessor. While Warner Home Video clearly directed its efforts in repairing the [...]
Wednesday, December 20, 1978. I had just gotten over a bout with walking pneumonia. One benefit was it kept me out of the 10th grade for four days. The down side was that it prevented me from seeing "Superman: The Movie" during its opening [...]
After Image Entertainment’s release of Alan Parker’s ’Mississippi Burning’ in 1998, MGM Home Entertainment has just re-released the film on DVD. Anyone who had hoped for a ’bigger’ treatment of the film will still be sorely disappointed [...]
Back in the golden age of Hollywood nothing spelled certain box office success like a rip-roaring swashbuckler. Crowds thrilled to the derring-do of Errol Flynn and Tyrone Powers as they sailed and slashed their way across the Caribbean — [...]
By many hailed as the single-best anime space opera series, ’Robotech’ is finally available on DVD through Japanese animation specialist ADV Films. ’Robotech’ combines a number of science fiction elements, ranging from ’Battletech’ to ’Star [...]
Director Paul Verhoeven is an undeniable force in Hollywood. With films like "Robocop, " "Total Recall," and "Basic Instinct" under his belt, it became clear that this was a guy who could churn out the hits. And then came [...]
When it comes to sequels, there appears to be a methodology working in Hollywood, which dictates, "If you can’t make it better, make it bigger!" This axiom certainly applies to "Jaws 2". Whereas Steven Spielberg’s classic [...]
What is it about our favorite films that make us cling to them so dearly? Maybe because when we "adopt" a film, we hope that the film’s vision or philosophy becomes our own. We pass along our "favorite films," sometimes to complete [...]
When is an art film not an art film? When the filmmakers go out of their way to make an art film. During the audio commentary for ’The 4th Man’, director Paul Verhoeven admits that because Dutch critics had blasted all of his previous films, he and [...]
