1,000 Times Good Night (DVD)
1,000 Times Good Night (DVD) A character study in search of a story. I’ve long held the belief that films don’t need to tell a complete story, that sometimes–sometimes–a simple meditation on a theme or character can be…
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Futureworld (DVD): The Sequel to Westworld Explored
Futureworld (DVD) Delos about it. Remember Westworld? Sure you do. Michael Crichton’s 1973 sci-fi blockbuster was ahead of its time in some ways, doing the “futuristic theme park runs amok” years before Jurassic Park, and doing the “unstoppable…
10 Years (DVD): Revisiting Lifelong Friendships at a Reunion
10 Years (DVD) “Why spend your time looking back, when you got so much to look forward to?”–Scotty Initially I was not a fan of Channing Tatum (Magic Mike), but I must admit that I’m really starting to like…
Anna to the Infinite Power (DVD)
Anna to the Infinite Power (DVD) Take it to the Nth degree. Young Anna Hart (Martha Byrne, As the World Turns) is intelligent and talented, but troubled. She has strange dreams she can’t understand. Then, she sees a…
419 DVD review of the Nigerian scam-themed thriller
419 (DVD) Actions have consequences. 419 is the number of the Nigerian penal code for fraud. The famous ‘Nigerian Prince’ scheme is a something for nothing scam that has stolen millions of dollars from people all over the…
The 39 Steps Blu-ray Criterion Collection review of Hitchcock’s thriller
The 39 Steps (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection The MAN who put the MAN in roMANce! Richard Hannay (Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips) is an ordinary Canadian man who finds himself caught up in an extraordinary series of circumstances. After an…
13 Eerie (DVD): Med Students Haunted by Zombies on a Prison Island
13 Eerie (DVD) How many zombies does it take to terrorize college kids? I’m sure just one would do the trick. Six med students are doing their forensics field training on an abandoned island that once housed a penitentiary. Secret…
13 Ghosts DVD review of William Castle’s classic horror gimmick film
13 Ghosts (DVD) See for yourself — if you dare! For some 17 years beginning in 1941, William Castle was a director of second features, ranging from several entries in the Whistler and Crime Doctor series during the…
Strawberry Shortcake: Double Feature (DVD)
Strawberry Shortcake: Double Feature (DVD) Hoisted by my own petard! Let’s make this easy: Strawberry Shortcake: Double Feature is a nostalgia piece, pure and simple. It contains the first two of six shorts produced during the 1980s. While…
20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years documentary on DVD
20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years (DVD) “Da da-daaa. Da da da da da da-daaa.” Documentaries that cover the history of individual Hollywood studios have been common releases in the video era. Warner Brothers, Universal, MGM, and…