ReviewsFeb 08, 2004
LA DOLCE VITA - DVD review
Some films are so legendary that you have to wonder how it is that you missed seeing them. Italian director Federico Fellini is such an iconic name that I've often alluded to him when joking about peo
ReviewsFeb 03, 2004
LION KING 1 1/2 - DVD review
Since their inception the Disney folks have been shrewd enough to know how to maximize their profits. In the beginning they started the practice of re-releasing their major animated features to theate
ReviewsJan 27, 2004
MY FAIR LADY - DVD review
Warner Bros. studios continue their extraordinary series of two-disc special edition classics with this re-release of "My Fair Lady" on DVD. It's appropriate that the film celebrate its fortieth anniv
ReviewsJan 13, 2004
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - DVD review
Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) and "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There" (1871) have been brought to the screen many times, but, oddly enough, none of the m
ReviewsJan 04, 2004
DUEL TO THE DEATH - DVD review
When Quentin Tarantino made "Kill Bill," it was said he based his story on every old Hong Kong martial-arts movie he could lay his eyes on. If so, then 1982's "Duel to the Death" must have been one of
ReviewsDec 11, 2003
44 MINUTES - DVD review
"Ninety per cent of cops go through their entire career without ever firing their gun. " --Michael Madsen, "44 Minutes" And then there are those few times when they do draw their weapons, and it's fr
ReviewsDec 03, 2003
ANGEL EYES - DVD review
The knocks against this offbeat dramatic romance are easy to see. Some people will find it overly sentimental, melodramatic, and pretentious. Its situations will seem exaggerated, its dialogue insipid
ReviewsNov 16, 2003
ALONG CAME A SPIDER - DVD review
Despite the fact that you are going to hear a good deal of negative criticism from me about this film in the next few minutes, and despite my lack of any serious regard for its credibility, let me beg
ReviewsNov 06, 2003
ALIEN QUADRILOGY: ALIEN / ALIENS / ALIEN 3 / ALIEN RESURRECTION - DVD review
It's safe to say that "Alien Quadrilogy" at a whopping nine discs is one of the biggest sets of DVDs ever devoted to a specific series of theatrical releases. The package includes regular and special
ReviewsOct 25, 2003
FINDING NEMO - DVD review
Pixar Studios, using 3-D computer graphics, have had an amazing succession of animated hits in the last few years with "Toy Story," "A Bug's Life," "Toy Story 2," "Monster's Inc.," and 2003's "Finding
ReviewsOct 15, 2003
CITY OF GHOSTS - DVD review
"City of Ghosts," the 2003 dramatic thriller from star, cowriter, and first-time director Matt Dillon was a huge, huge box-office bomb. It looks to have been seen by more film critics than regular mov
ReviewsOct 04, 2003
LIPSTICK - DVD review
Movies about rape are almost always losing propositions. If you depict a rape onscreen, then you run the risk of sensationalizing the act and titillating the audience. However, if the rape occurs offs