Reviews

Whity

May 1, 2000 // 0 Comments

In 1970, the controversial German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder set his anarchic eye on the American Western, creating perhaps the strangest oater ever committed to film. Now, after languishing 30 years in obscurity, ’Whity’ returns with a DVD [...]

The World Is Not Enough

April 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

For the third time Pierce Brosnan is taking on the part of Ian Fleming’s James Bond in the 19th installment of the highly successful series of movies, "The World Is Not Enough." Progressing with the notion to develop Bond a little further, [...]

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

April 27, 2000 // 0 Comments

After Sean Connery resigned as James Bond, finishing "You Only Live Twice, " the men behind the highly successful series of James Bond movies, Harry Salzman and Albert R. Broccoli, faced the challenge to find an actor who could fill Connery’s [...]

The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka

April 27, 2000 // 0 Comments

Of all the cinematic genres, film fantasy is the most problematic to pull off. The fantasy filmmaker ever strides a tightrope between fleshing out just enough visually to suspend disbelief and allowing the viewer’s imagination to fill in the "gaps, [...]

Flawless

April 26, 2000 // 0 Comments

Walter Koontz (Robert DeNiro) is an ex-cop and a hero at that. Now retired he’s working as a security guard and with the little money he makes, he manages to keep his head above water. He is living in a run-down New York neighborhood in an apartment [...]

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock

April 26, 2000 // 0 Comments

There is a myth among many fans about the "odd and even" curse concerning the Star Trek motion pictures, positing that the good films are all even numbered with the reverse being true of the odd. While my personal favorite is an "even" [...]

Handel’s Messiah

April 26, 2000 // 0 Comments

Initially planned as some of the first DVD audio releases, 5.1 Entertainment had to change their plans recently to release a number of titles they had acquired as part of the "Silverline" label. Since the release of DVD Audio into the market was [...]

Tumbleweeds

April 26, 2000 // 0 Comments

From year to year, it seems to get more difficult to decide which films are "Oscar-caliber" and which aren’t. At first glance, I wouldn’t have considered the hard-edged "Tumbleweeds" the kind of film that the Academy would embrace. [...]

Interactive Mind Teazzer

April 25, 2000 // 0 Comments

Vivid Interactive has become very famous for stretching the limits of DVD technology, and they’ve taken another step with their latest release "Interactive Mind Teazzer." This DVD offers the viewer a new way to access the entertainment offered [...]

The Most Dangerous Game

April 25, 2000 // 0 Comments

’The Most Dangerous Game’ was filmed concurrently with the better known horror classic, ’King Kong, ’ and even used many of the same sets. Fay Wray, who played a lead role in both films, often pulled 20 hour days between the two productions. While [...]
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