Reviews

BROTHER BEAR 2 - DVD review
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

CARRIE'S WAR - DVD review
ReviewsJun 19, 2006

CARRIE'S WAR - DVD review

Years ago, you never heard much about the evacuation of children to the countryside when London was under attack during World War II. Lately, though, film versions of fictional accounts are shedding l

PLATOON - DVD review
ReviewsMay 23, 2006

PLATOON - DVD review

Like Oliver Stone, who offers a commentary on the film and a dozen deleted scenes, I hadn't seen "Platoon" for a good many years. Watching it again, 20 years after it won an Oscar for Best Picture, I

PHANTOM OF LIBERTY - DVD review
ReviewsMay 22, 2006

PHANTOM OF LIBERTY - DVD review

It is redundant to describe a Luis Bunuel film as strange or eccentric – that's what the term "a Luis Bunuel film" means. In fifty years of filmmaking, Bunuel produced a body of images and ideas that

BLAZING SADDLES - HD DVD review
ReviewsMay 21, 2006

BLAZING SADDLES - HD DVD review

Although the film is more than three decades old, "Blazing Saddles" still looks great, more so now in its new high-definition transfer. With video quality that is better than ever, sound that is bette

CRIMSON TIDE - DVD review
ReviewsMay 18, 2006

CRIMSON TIDE - DVD review

How can you beat a title as good as 1995's "Crimson Tide"? The words of the title are short, concise, catchy, and, more important, provocative. Well, one way to outdo the title is to have Denzel Washi

CON AIR - DVD review
ReviewsMay 12, 2006

CON AIR - DVD review

If you're like me, you think of Jerry Bruckheimer as the quintessential producer of dumb-action popcorn flicks, and if you like this kind of thing, "Con Air" is one of the quintessential dumb-action p