BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $49.92RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 101 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary by John Fricke and archival interviews• "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" storybook• "Prettier than Ever" restoration featurette• "Ultra-Resolution Process" restoration featurette• "We Haven’t Really Met Properly" cast profiles• "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!AUTHOR: Frank BeddorPUBLISHER: EgmontMSRP: N/A for AmericaPAGES: 376 For many writers, there’s an undeniable lure in remaking an existing property. Hollywood falls to the temptation far more often than it should. Writers of fiction are a touch less prone to overzealous reimagining, simply because the market doesn’t support it, but … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: 20th Century FoxPRICE: $29.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 144 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURE: • Interactive behind-the-scenes featurette• "Pilgrim’s Guide" text commentary• History Channel documentary• A&E documentary• Internet featurettes• Theatrical trailer [Note: the review copy sent to CHUD was apparently an early promotional copy, and as such displayed a text stamp across the bottom … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Dreamworks Home EntertainmentMSRP: $19.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 90 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Behind-the-scenes on "Cracking Contraptions" The Pitch "We’ll stick cozy mysteries in clay, and paint huge-ass grins on them. You can’t stop us, because we’re doing it in my garage." The Humans Peter Sallis as Wallace’s Voice; Nick Park and Co. … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lifetime Home VideoMSRP: $19.98RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 90/89 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: One featurette per disc The Pitch "Let’s hire men to write and direct movies about aborted feminism!" The Humans Widow on the Hill: Natasha Henstridge (Species, Ghosts of Mars), James Brolin (The Amityville Horror), Jewel Staite (Serenity). Lies My Mother … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Columbia Tristar Home VideoMSRP: $14.94RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 88 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Trailers The Pitch "It’s Police Academy in a mortuary! No? Okay, it’s actually necrophiliac porn in a mortuary." The Humans Paul Bartel (Gremlins 2, The Usual Suspects) as the film’s resident corpse-dating mortuary owner, Mary Woronov (Dick Tracy, The … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: PalmMSRP: $24.98RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: N/ASPECIAL FEATURES:• Four short films• Two interview featurettes• 56-page art booklet This volume of the Palm Directors Label series, featuring Stéphane Sednaoui, is pretty skimpy on the biographical details. There’s a reason the title is prefaced by The Work Of… Rather than focus on the … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Universal Studios Home EntertainmentMSRP: $26.96RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 96/123 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Feature commentary• Cast interviews• Q&A with Kevin Smith• Outtakes• View Askew’s Look Back at Mallrats• The Erection of an Epic featurette• Feature commentary w/ Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Scott Mosier, Vincent Pereira• Music Video for … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $59.98RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 993 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Diaries from the Set featurettes• The Music of One Tree Hill featurette• Change is Good featurette• Selected Commentaries• Unaired Scenes "Pop" isn’t a derisive word; it’s descriptive. It implies something suitable for consumption by a broad demographic, something inoffensive and … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentMSRP: $14.94RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 82 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: A throwaway sequel, Return of the Boogeyman The Pitch "Oh god oh god I had this great dream and now I lost it–" The Humans Suzanna Love (Strangers in Paradise, Cocaine Cowboy), Ron James (Tommy Boy), John Carradine (The … Continue reading