If Pixar has become a victim of its own success, you could use the “Pixar Short Films Collection: Vol. 2” as Exhibit A to show that the studio has become more commercial—even before they hooked up
You have to wonder why studios lavish enormous sums of money on films written and directed by people who have never made a full-length film before. Maybe they're expecting another "Citizen Kane. " Wha
A lot of people—probably none so much as Tobey Maguire, who played Peter Parker/Spidey in the first three films from Sam Raimi—raised their eyebrows when Sony announced that **“The Amazing Spider-Man”
PBS Distribution recently released two series on Blu-ray and DVD: “Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl” and **“Broadway: The American Musical.”**Watching the latter, I couldn’t help but think that it couldn’t ha
Warner Bros. already released "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 and 2," to high-definition Blu-ray in separate three-disc sets; now they've released both films in a single, six-disc box s
In 2009, TV Guide named “Friends” Number 21 on their list of the Top 50 Shows of all-time, and it could have gone higher. Over 10 seasons fans became incredibly close to this group of twentysomethings
Count me among those who thought the first Blu-ray release of**"Patton"** was just fine. But the anti-DNR crowd complained loudly enough so that Fox apparently heard and remastered the 1970 Best Pictu
It’s hard to say what “Painted Skin: The Resurrection” is actually about. It’s not so much a story as it is an experience of different visual themes. The first and foremost of which is Love. This
Thirteen is supposed to be unlucky. Many hotels don’t even have a 13th floor. But for the Pixar Animation crew it’s just another number in their unbelievable string of hits: [“Toy Story” (1995)](http:
Like romantic comedies, time travel novels and push cart hot dogs, it really doesn’t pay to think too much about the contents of supernatural horror films. If you’re going to get anything out of viewi
"This movie is a comedy. I wanted to be sure and clarify that right up front, because when the film was first released to the paying public they didn't seem to realize it was supposed to be funny. " -
The thing about any cult classic is that if too many people like it, it's not a cult classic anymore. So, a genuine cult film has to be just eccentric enough to make it controversial, with only a smal