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White Christmas
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]