SciFi

Dune

December 20, 2006 // 0 Comments

David Lynch sure managed to anger devoted fans of Frank Herbert when he decided to bring the novelists story of "Dune" to the screen back in 1984. Following his less than stellar presentation that never came close to box office expectations, [...]

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 [...]

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

November 30, 2006 // 0 Comments

Look! Up in the Sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's an extremely lame movie! Director Ivan Reitman continues his comedic downhill slalom into mediocrity with his latest film "My Super Ex-Girlfriend." Back in the eighties, [...]

Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines

November 22, 2006 // 0 Comments

For as long as I can remember, I have always employed "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" as a reference point for testing out a new format as well as to showcase all the best that my home theater had to offer. I have done so since the early days of [...]

Dust Devil: The Final Cut

November 21, 2006 // 0 Comments

South African director Richard Stanley has had quite the peculiar career. Having directed only two feature films since 1990, he has managed to stir up a strong cult following among horror aficionados. His "Hardware" (1990) was a modest hit but [...]

Superman Returns: 2-Disc Special Edition

November 20, 2006 // 0 Comments

With more false starts than an American-made vehicle, the Man of Steel's prolonged absence from movie screens finally ended during the summer of 2006. After soaring back into the skies with some fairly respectable box office receipts, Warner Bros. [...]

V For Vendetta

November 20, 2006 // 0 Comments

In the post-9/11 world, it seems that people are growing increasingly more suspicious of their governments and the media's representations of them. Ideals of freedom are called into question with every political event, and liberals and conservatives [...]

John Carpenter's The Thing

November 15, 2006 // 0 Comments

A critical and commercial flop when it was first released, John Carpenter's "The Thing" is now considered by many as Carpenter's "magnum opus" and one of the better remakes. Starring Kurt Russell and Keith David, John [...]

Forbidden Planet

November 14, 2006 // 0 Comments

This 1956 science fiction classic has long been a landmark of the genre that is beloved by millions and viewed over and over again. To celebrate the movie's 50th anniversary Warner Home Video has not only restored the film to its original glory but [...]
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