It’s been a bit quiet around Sandra Bullock lately but now Warner Home Video is bringing us "Miss Congeniality 2" to make up for it. Following up on the success of her 2000 action comedy hit, "Miss Congeniality," this time Sandra [...]
Nowadays, it is hard to understand that throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, director Walter Hill was considered one of the most original, talented American directors. An action-junkies’ darling and a venerated figure among film cultists, Hill was [...]
Virtually all Hollywood studios spend more time these days remaking classic movies – many of which really don’t need remakes – than thinking up new concepts. Here now we have a modern-day remake of John Carpenter’s cult classic [...]
"Hostage" may not have made a huge box office splash but it is nonetheless a pretty good, intense and dark thriller. It is great to see Bruce Willis in a role again that is tailor-made for him. A hero with tough and feelings, without the swagger [...]
Since I thoroughly enjoyed Steven Soderbergh’s remake of "Ocean’s Eleven" I was eager to see its sequel, "Ocean’s Twelve" as well. Immediately Soderbergh once again makes it clear that he is not working with standard formulas. [...]
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are once again applying their crude humor to a feature film as opposed to some South Park episode. And once again the result is a remarkable and hilarious movie that breaks with all convention and has a very distinct signature. [...]
They have been sorely absent from DVD so far – some of the greatest films of Errol Flynn that is – and fortunately for fans of classic movies, Warner Home Video is now celebrating the actor with a Signature collection box set, containing five of his [...]
It took them 8 years but finally, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has got it right. After regularly butchering the Hong Kong movies they had in their licensed library with sub-par transfers and no supplements to speak of, finally the studio has [...]
Phones have been good to Larry Cohen lately. After spending almost a decade in straight-to-video and television purgatory, the cult writer/director of such classics as "It’s Alive" and "The Stuff" finally returned to the big screen [...]
"Houston, we have a problem." The line still rings in my ears and makes my hair stand up every time I hear it, as it announced one of the pivotal moments in space program history. 35 years ago, on April 11, the crew of Apollo 13 took seat in [...]
