Marlon Brando Archives - DVD Review & High Definition

Last Tango In Paris

March 14, 2011 // 0 Comments

It is interesting to know so much and so very little about a film. One of the perks of reviewing home media, especially after a company it trying to solidify its catalogue on a relatively new format, is the opportunity to visit some older films that may [...]

Superman: The Movie – Four-Disc Special Edition

December 18, 2006 // 0 Comments

Look! Up in the sky! It's…well, you know. We are all more than familiar with the Superman mythology by now, and over the past few weeks, it seems that every incarnation of the comic book legend has been spruced up, repackaged, and placed [...]

Superman: The Movie

December 15, 2006 // 0 Comments

It's simply been a long time since I last sat down to watch the original "Superman", or any of it's sequels for that matter. I now had the chance to view the newest addition to the HD-DVD catalog lineup, 1978's "Superman: The [...]

The Chase

February 2, 2004 // 0 Comments

Every once in a while movies show up that literally screams at you. ’The Chase’ is such a film and the message it screams is ’Humans should not be allowed to bear weapons, because they are too dumb!’ I feel that adequately describes the essence of [...]

The Score

December 4, 2001 // 0 Comments

Every once in a while a movie comes along that has apparently been overlooked by audiences in theaters and when you get to watch it, you want to tell the world about it, because it really is very good. "The Score" is such a movie. A superb [...]

Apocalypse Now Redux

December 3, 2001 // 0 Comments

When "Apocalypse Now" first appeared in August 1979, the film industry had just come to grips with the "blockbuster mentality" fostered by the wild successes of such popcorn pictures as "Star Wars," "Jaws," [...]

The Godfather: DVD Collection

October 29, 2001 // 0 Comments

As DVD matures and finds more players in more home, the list of "must-have" titles continues to shrink. Just in the past few weeks, standards like "Snow White, " "Citizen Kane," and the first "Star Wars" (not the [...]

Superman: The Movie

May 10, 2001 // 0 Comments

Wednesday, December 20, 1978. I had just gotten over a bout with walking pneumonia. One benefit was it kept me out of the 10th grade for four days. The down side was that it prevented me from seeing "Superman: The Movie" during its opening [...]

Candy

April 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

Hey, remember that movie that starred Marlon Brando as a guru who lives in the bed of a 18-wheeler, Richard Burton as a drunken poet, Walter Matthau as a general, and Ringo Starr as a Mexican gardener? Me either. But these unlikely teammates were gathered [...]