The thin line between reality and legend is a theme that Woody Allen has explored with great success in movies such as "Take the Money and Run", "Zelig", and "Broadway Danny Rose". He continues the tradition with "Sweet [...]
Imagine the Hope & Crosby ’Road’ pictures cross-pollinated with the Manhattan angst of Woody Allen and you have a beginning marker for ’The Daytrippers.’ Hope Davis plays Eliza D’Amico, a Long Island housewife whose life is turned upside [...]
One of the more intellectual filmmakers of modern times, Woody Allen has always managed to create comedies, satires and parodies that are thought provoking and full of deeper meanings. The subtext in each of these films is enormous and his skills as a [...]
While many performers in the entertainment industry face stereotyping or pigeonholing (ask any child star!), there are some who are able to move between genres and projects with ease. One such person is director/actor Kenneth Branagh. While he made a name [...]
I had no idea what expect when I first saw "The Beach, " 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s latest DVD outing. From the trailers I had seen before, it almost seemed like a romantic movie down the lines of "Blue Lagoon, " but [...]
For this review of "Cannibal Ferox", I will dispense with any sort of clever introduction and skip right to the meat of the matter. (Pun intended) If you aren’t interested in reading about the DVD release of one of the most violent and [...]
As most visitors to DVDReview.com are DVD collectors and film fans, I can safely assume that everyone has had at least one DVD release that they just couldn’t wait for — either because it was a favorite film or because they wanted to see the film [...]
Loosely based on the board game of the same name, ’Clue’ is an intricate murder mystery movie that creates a wild scenario in which everyone could have killed anyone, and allows viewers to draw their own conclusions during the film. The DVD actually [...]
Is it just me, or do television mini-series become increasingly more prolific? I think I have never seen so many great television movies than in the past two years. Trimark Home Video just brings is the latest entry in the genre with their story of the [...]
By the 1980s, Dario Argento, heir-apparent to Mario Bava, was considered the new Maestro of international horror. The 90s were less kind to him, but the 1996 release of ’The Stendhal Syndrome’ reminded many viewers of the power of his cinematic [...]
