Ian Holm

“All Quiet On The Western Front” arrives in July

May 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

Shout! Factory has added the 1979 adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet On The Western Front to its title roster for release on Blu-Ray Disc in July. At the rise of World War I, German patriot Paul Baumer (Richard Thomas) and his friends enlist [...]

Holocaust

May 14, 2008 // 0 Comments

As a teenager in 1978 I witnessed a TV mini-series that shook me to my foundation. For the first time the atrocities of the Nazi Regime, the horrors of the Jewish genocide were driven home to me in a matter that was tangible. Not the dry dissertation in [...]

From Hell

October 17, 2007 // 0 Comments

It has been some time since a film about the infamous "Jack The Ripper" has been released and since the topic is always good for some spine-tingling on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense, "From Hell" was a release I was thoroughly looking [...]

Time Bandits

September 18, 2005 // 0 Comments

A possible re-telling of "The Wizard of Oz, Terry Gilliam's 1981 "Time Bandits" contains all the usual irreverent, wacky, British humor we've grown to know and love. And puppets and trolls. David Rappaport stars as Randall, a [...]

The Day After Tomorrow

September 29, 2004 // 0 Comments

It’s been some time since the last really big disaster movie, if memory serves me right, and it is truly refreshing to see that we have a real treat again here. It also seems evident that German ex-patriot Roland Emmerich has a faible for these kinds of [...]

Time Bandits

February 5, 2004 // 0 Comments

Terry Gilliam’s ’Time Bandits’ is making a return to DVD in a Special Edition from Anchor Bay. The quirky film about a kid getting lost in time with a bunch of wee thieves on a crime spree through the ages. Visiting Napoleon, Agamemnon, Robin Hood [...]

From Hell

May 20, 2002 // 0 Comments

It has been some time since a film about the infamous "Jack The Ripper" has been released and since the topic is always good for some spine-tingling on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense, "From Hell" was a release I was thoroughly looking [...]

The Fifth Element: Superbit

October 4, 2001 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

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