ReviewsNov 16, 2006
ROBIN HOOD - DVD review
The reader may recall that the Disney animation department experienced some down time between their Golden Age in the late 1930s, 40s, and 50s and their Renaissance in the late 1980s and beyond. In ot
ReviewsNov 08, 2006
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (FILM COLLECTIONS) - Blu-ray review
Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible" franchise is making a huge splash onto Blu-Ray with the simultaneous release of the third film on all three current formats and the simultaneous release of the "Ulti
ReviewsOct 28, 2006
FUNNY GIRL - DVD review
This may be the only film biography in which the fledgling lead, Barbra Streisand, eclipses the star she's portraying. Based on the life of singer and comedienne Fanny Brice, "Funny Girl" is the quint
ReviewsOct 20, 2006
BODY HEAT - DVD review
Critics over the years have called Lawrence Kasdan's sexy, 1981 crime flick "Body Heat" a "sultry noir. " Fair enough. Certainly, the setting is humid and the love story is torrid enough; more importa
ReviewsOct 18, 2006
ROAD TO GUANTANAMO - DVD review
These are historic times. I can't remember another president or administration that has spawned so many books and movies protesting U.S. policies, either subtly or overtly. During Vietnam, college cam
ReviewsOct 11, 2006
ARMY OF DARKNESS - HD DVD review
Franchises in the horror genre live and die by the strengths of their villains. They are built around and survive by the primary baddie. Uncommon is it that a great horror franchise is remembered beca
ReviewsOct 10, 2006
HARD LUCK - DVD review
"Luck ain't nothin' but karma in work clothes," says an ex-con and small-time hood known to everyone as Lucky. That sounds like another karma-conscious bottom-feeder named Earl, but with flashier clot
ReviewsOct 05, 2006
HOLLYWOOD'S LEGENDS OF HORROR COLLECTION: DOCTOR X / RETURN OF DOCTOR X / MAD LOVE / THE DEVIL DOLL / MARK OF THE VAMPIRE / ... - DVD review
Afficienados of old 1930s' horror movies and fans of famous old stars and filmmakers may enjoy this collection of minor horror-movie classics starring major horror-movie actors. The six films offered
ReviewsSep 24, 2006
DOWN IN THE VALLEY - DVD review
Over the past ten years or so Edward Norton has become one of my favorite actors. Even in films I haven't particularly cared for, like "Fight Club" and "The Score," he's been the best part of the show
ReviewsSep 13, 2006
OFFICE, THE (STEVE CARELL) (SERIES) - DVD review
There's always a sense of trepidation when a remake is announced. Why tread on hallowed ground? Fans had every right to worry when NBC decided to do their own version of the British hit series, "The O
ReviewsSep 06, 2006
ACE VENTURA I & II COLLECTION: ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE / ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS - DVD review
The "Ace Ventura" pictures have always struck me as the kinds of things that seem screamingly funny to you when you first see them, especially if you're young, and then years later when you look back
ReviewsAug 27, 2006
BROTHER BEAR 2 - DVD review
If you recall, Disney's original "Brother Bear" from 2003 was one of the studio's last traditionally animated, big-screen theatrical releases, and it acquitted itself pretty well. Naturally, that crie