Reviews

Mickey Blue Eyes

January 18, 2000 // 0 Comments

I am not sure whether the success of Harold Ramis’ "Analyze This" has inspired the creation of the movie "Mickey Blue Eyes", but even if it did, this version of a Mafia spoof with Hugh Grant in the lead stands on some solid feet of [...]

General

January 17, 2000 // 0 Comments

“The General’s Daughter” is a well-done army crime thriller that has a few intriguing edges despite the fact that the story itself is quickly becoming predictable at times. Placing a murder mystery with the confinements of the US Army however adds [...]

Twin Falls Idaho

January 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Video is presenting “Twin Falls Idaho”, a striking and untraditional love story, directed by Michael Polish on this DVD in an anamorphic widescreen presentation. The transfer of this generally clean, although some scratches and [...]

Bowfinger

January 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

Although I have to admit I did not go to watch "Bowfinger" in theaters, the trailers I saw on TV and running in front of other movies, piqued my interest for the film by all means. It seem to have been just too long that a really funny movie [...]

Papillon

January 13, 2000 // 0 Comments

There are certain films that you never forget once you have seen them. "Papillon" is one of these truly rare movies. Based on Henri Charriere’s real-life experiences that he immortalized in his bestseller novel of the same name, [...]

Dead Man Walking

January 13, 2000 // 0 Comments

Over the past months MGM Home Entertainment has begun re-releasing titles that were previously available through Polygram Home Video. One of these re-releases is “Dead Man Walking”, the staggering and touching movie by Tim Robbins about the last hours [...]

The Exorcist III

January 12, 2000 // 0 Comments

I love it when underrated films make their way onto DVD. It’s even better when the film is one that you thought would NEVER see the light of day on DVD. I consider "The Exorcist III" to be the most underrated film of the Nineties, and Warner [...]

It Happened One Night

January 12, 2000 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar is presenting Frank Capra Jr.s hilarious screwball comedy “It Happened One Night” in a beautiful presentation on this disc in the movies original fullframe aspect ratio. Although some slight registration problems are evident in the [...]

Made Men

January 11, 2000 // 0 Comments

And once again we have a classic case of a movie that has been misrepresented by the studio, for some reason cloaking its real nature behind a presentation that has little or nothing to do with the movie’s original intentions. This time it is Columbia [...]

Andy Kaufman: The Midnight Special

January 11, 2000 // 0 Comments

Sony Music is releasing bits and pieces of Andy Kaufman’s most memorable stage shows and skits on this DVD. The disc features a fullscreen presentation of his performance at the NBC Studios in Burbank. The transfer is on this disc is vibrant and boasts [...]
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