With the recent incidents in Colorado, the nation has once again focused on violence in film. Over the years, the debate over ultra-violent movies has gone on, with the quarrel coming to a head every few years. However, many of us don’t focus on the [...]
With "Gods and Monsters" director Bill Condon and his cast have created a film that has wowed audiences and critics alike. When I was talking to the director a few days ago, he mentioned the beauty of this DVD release and I was very excited to [...]
Ethan and Joel Coen have made their lasting imprint on the movie landscape some time ago with movies like "Raising Arizona", "Fargo", "The Big Lebowski" and "The Hudsucker Proxy". Especially the latter one proved [...]
The 1950s were the golden era of science fiction films in Hollywood. The range of movies at the time covered all kinds of futuristic visions, from mutated insects in "Them!" and "Tarantula", the creatures and stories of Jack Arnold, [...]
When I first saw "The China Syndrome" a long time back I had no idea what the term actually means. But ever since I saw this film, it has become indelibly part of my vocabulary as the film vividly describes the effects of such a nuclear [...]
The subject of dreams is nothing new to movies. Actually, thanks to the prolific – or inexhaustible, depending on your outlook – "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, using dreams in films has also become passe. However, since some films [...]
When a film that was originally destined for a theatrical release is sent straight to video, usually one of two things has happened. Either a smart studio executive has saved the public from a bad theatre-going experience and $7.50, or a not-so-smart [...]
With "Country Comfort", Vivid Interactive introduces viewers to one of their new Vivid girls, the seductive blonde Devon, and interestingly with this introduction, Vivid throws a film in the ring that is quite substantially different from many [...]
I guess we all have had weird ideas and our own dreams and ideas about the ways to riches at one point or another. I am sure none of it was as outrageous as the one you’ll get to see in "Ghostbusters", and I am not sure how many have been as [...]
The disc contains a good pan & scan transfer of the film. Originally framed at a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, the film loses a bit of the picture information on the sides, but it nevertheless creates an actually pleasing image without overly noticeable loss. [...]
