Surely it was only to be a matter of time before this generation’s favorite dysfunctional TV family would find it’s way to DVD in such grand manner. Indeed, creator Matt Groening’s "The Simpsons" has achieved a level of popularity such [...]
Luc Besson’s racy futuristic actioner "The Fifth Element" has long been regarded as the reference DVD among fans and critics alike. Despite the fact that it was one of the first DVDs released in 1997, the DVD still offers some of the best [...]
The premiere of "It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" in 1963 birthed a new movie form: the epic comedy. As far as genre conventions go, epics recount the noble deeds of great personages or immortalize heroic campaigns that changed the course of [...]
On April 15, 2001 Joey Ramone (Jeff Hyman), front man for the seminal New York punk rock band The Ramones, passed away. In the wake of this unexpected tragedy, fans began pulling out old albums and CDs to fondly revisit the energetic music that made the [...]
Since "The Storm Riders" has conquered the Hong Kong box office some time ago, it has not only revived theatrical revenues in Hong Kong in general, as expected – and hoped for – it has also brought forth a number of films that put [...]
In the beginning, there was "Schlock." For acclaimed writer/director John Landis ("Animal House, " "American Werewolf in London") and Academy Award winning makeup wizard Rick Baker ("American Werewolf in London, " [...]
1955’s "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" finds Bud and Lou tackling the immortal Wrapped One in the same irreverent manner they encountered all of the legendary Universal monsters, starting with "Abbott and Costello Meet [...]
Jackie Chan must be one of the busiest actors in the world. Appearing in movies that are produced in Hollywood and Hong Kong, while also producing various films in both parts of the world, while all the while living in Canada, it makes you wonder, if [...]
The Great Depression. Not a time one would generally associate with laugh out loud humor but Hollywood has an odd tendency to release great comedy films during times of national hardship and struggle. Poking fun at the very real circumstances of the time [...]
In the spring of 1997 a small film came to theaters that was quite different from the crop that was showing at the time. The movie was "Waiting for Guffman, " a vehicle written, and directed by Christopher Guest, who also stars in the film and [...]
