With his feet firmly rooted in Hollywood and the American market, Martial Arts superstar Jackie Chan has slowly begun to explore cross-over themes in his past films, but in none was the attempt to showcase ’East meets West’ as clearly as in his latest [...]
In the past, I’ve discussed the phenomenon of "cultural baggage" and how it can be hard to approach a movie without certain pre-conceived notions. As a life-long fans of the "X-Men" comics, I approached the "X-Men" movie [...]
Don’t be alarmed if the sudden appearance of this obscure gem takes you by surprise. This is a Region 0 DVD, which is being distributed by a German company called Dragon Film Entertainment. As this is a rare European disc, which is in NTSC format, [...]
"Greed is good!" is one of the maxims of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone’s film "Wall Street, " and at times we are tempted to believe his reasoning. However, once greed is out of bounds and limitless, it poses a very serious problem, [...]
Brother Cadfael, played by the esteemed actor Sir Derek Jacobi, is a 12th century monk and former Crusader who seems to always find himself in the midst of a mystery in Shrewsbury Abbey. In ’The Devil’s Novice,’ Cadfael comes to the defense of the [...]
’Angel Blue’, new to DVD from Vanguard Cinema, was actually a TV movie which was shown on LifeTime under the title, ’My Neighbor’s Daughter’. It can only be assumed that the film had originally been intended for a theatrical release, as ’Angel [...]
Math doesn’t work in Hollywood the way that it does in the rest of the world. For example, you’d think that Edward Norton + Ben Stiller starring in a film + Norton’s directing debut would equal a great movie. Unfortunately, it only equals a mediocre [...]
During my tenure here at DVDReview.com, I’ve reviewed several films that were based on novels. Some of these were good adaptations, while others didn’t do justice to their source material. No matter what, none of them came close to being a [...]
’I can’t believe you paid for this!’ is the last thing heard on the audio commentary for ’Airplane!’ The question is, ’Why not?’ We’ve got one of the funniest movies ever made presented in its letterboxed format with surround sound. [...]
Here’s yet another independent film that explores the lives of a group of quirky slackers in New York City. But, strangely enough, this movie is pretty good. ’The Waiting Game’ focuses on a group of struggling actors who work as waiters. There’s [...]
