BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Eyethink PicturesMSRP: $24.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 84 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary by cast• Commentary by crew• "If These Wigs Could Talk" behind-the-scenes featurettes• 4 bonus songs• Bloopers• Multi-angle optionsThe Pitch "It’s like Hedwig and the Angry Inch as performed by a barbershop quartet, with governmental politics as a stand in for … Continue reading
You’re not crazy, it’s been forever since the last installment of this five part series, which I told you would play out over the course of a week. Now, maybe on Earth-C* a week lasts this long, but here on Earth Prime this is way late. Sorry. My original intention was to do this as … Continue reading
In 2001, Warners Brothers held a double screening of their upcoming summer movies A.I. and Cats & Dogs at the Steven J. Ross Theater on the Warners lot. They did this because the hype around A.I. had reached a fever pitch and they knew that the press would do anything to see the movie – … Continue reading
It’s been easy sport since the 2002 publication of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film to lambaste David Thomson for losing touch with the modern cinema. There’s his continuing aversion to horror filmmakers (appraisals of Joe Dante, Mario Bava and John Landis are elided in favor of useless entries for barely average hacks like Arthur … Continue reading
In celebration (or dread, realistically) of the impending release of Live Free or Die Hard, the time is ripe to revisit the other three films in the series. In the spirit of great thieves, I’ve blatantly stolen Devin’s 10 Days of 13 format to celebrate John McClane’s previous excursions into octane. So for the next … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Criterion CollectionMSRP: $39.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 145 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Audio Commentary by film historian Ginette Vincendeau• New Interviews with cinematographer Lhomme and editor Francoise Bonnot• Archival video excerpts, including on-set footage and interviews with Melville, cast members, writer Joseph Kessel, and real-life Resistance fighters• Melville et "L’armée des Ombres,"a short … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions Gate MSRP: $44.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 500 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • “Themed” featurettes• Season 6 Outtake ReelThe Pitch“It’s Ned and Stacey, except Ned’s gay, Stacey’s an even bigger twat, and Ned’s best friend is the most annoying man on the planet!”The HumansEric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, Megan MullallyThe NutshellSee, … Continue reading
It was two in the afternoon and Ed Brubaker was on the phone with me slurring his words. It’s easy to imagine Brubaker, the guy who killed Captain America and who has written hard-bitten crime comics like Lowlife, Sleeper and now Criminal, as sitting at his computer with an open bottle of bourbon and a … Continue reading
If you’ve been reading the front page, you know that Hollywood has been considering a variety of options to firm up box office revenue and thwart the looming threat of piracy. One of the most controversial is the “premiere” day-and-date release which would see major blockbusters available for cable PPV purchase prices in the $30-$50 … Continue reading
Here are some tidbits and rants: In censorship news, Manhunter II is getting the old AO treatment. I’m not going to rant about how silly it is that there is a rating for 17 year olds and older (Mature) and one for 18 year olds and older (Adults Only). So a 17 year old can … Continue reading