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The Alamo

January 3, 2001 // 0 Comments

Even by today’s cynical standards, no one could compete with the star power of John Wayne. He truly was bigger than life. He was "the Duke." ("Repo Man" notwithstanding; those who’ve seen it will get the joke.) He stood out [...]

White Christmas

December 15, 2000 // 0 Comments

"White Christmas" defined the mindset of the time in which it was made. And while the specific appeal it had when first released served its purpose and then expired, associations that successive generations have had with the movie have [...]

Shanghai Triad

December 6, 2000 // 0 Comments

Chinese director Yimou Zhang is a masterful storyteller who manages to wrap highly dramatic and tragic themes into films that are readily accessible and filled with intriguing visuals. It is especially his visual vocabulary that makes films, such as his [...]

The Replacements

December 4, 2000 // 0 Comments

The Replacements was one of the best bands to emerge from the independent music scene in the 1980s and their legacy lives on in the grunge music of today. Frontman Paul Westerberg and company… wait a minute, Guido’s saying something to me. What? [...]

The Sopranos: The Complete First Season

November 30, 2000 // 0 Comments

Flooded with awards whenever it comes to television series, "The Sopranos" is certainly one of the most outstanding TV serial production in recent years. The fact that this series is an HBO production and not general [...]

The Prisoner: Sets 1 & 2

November 29, 2000 // 0 Comments

Following the success of his previous television series, "Secret Agent, " Patrick McGoohan decided to try something very different. The result was "The Prisoner," a 17 episode series that first aired on British television in 1967. The [...]

Doctor Dolittle

November 17, 2000 // 0 Comments

Sporting a gorgeous transfer, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s new DVD release of the 1967 musical "Doctor Dolittle" indeed rekindles childhood memories of an imagination fired by visions of a two-headed dancing llama or casual [...]

Treasures From American Film Archives

November 13, 2000 // 0 Comments

There’s no more familiar artwork than "The Last Supper." But Leonardo daVinci’s fresco has long since ceased to represent either the artist’s own hand or the surface of color he created. A risky technique daVinci tried failed disastrously. [...]

Annie Get Your Gun

November 13, 2000 // 0 Comments

Broadway’s decline in new musicals has been our gain in revivals of some of the true classics. One of the most successful of recent years has been "Annie Get Your Gun, " reworked to give more substance to the real-life tale of famed frontier [...]

Toy Story: The Ultimate Toy Box

November 9, 2000 // 0 Comments

If I were handing out nominations for the most improved home video company when it comes to DVD content, Buena Vista Home Video would have to be on that list. Sure, they still release some movie-only discs, but with titles such as the "Tarzan [...]
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