When people talk about Francis Ford Coppola they always mention the Godfather films and Apocalypse Now, and maybe if they’re disparaging him, Jack. But one of his great films almost never gets mentioned, and it’s too bad – The Conversation, released between The Godfather movies, is a masterpiece of paranoia and a real template for … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $26.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 131 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Audio commentary by Mick Garris and Ron Perlman• Interviews with Mick Garris and Stephen King• TrailersThe Pitch“You know that 704 page Stephen King book? Yeah, let’s squeeze that into a two hour telefilm. With the sterling track record of all … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $28.98RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 112 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Behind the scenes featurette• "Two Peas in a Pod" featurette• "Inside the Mind of Akeelah" featurette• "All my Girlz" music video• Bloopers• Deleted scenes The Pitch "It’s Stand and Deliver meets Spellbound!" The Humans Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, and little Keke … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: TartanMSRP: $22.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 90 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Film notes by Justin Bowyer• Making of Ab-Normal Beauty• Trailers The Pitch "It’s Trainspotting meets Before Sunset!" The Humans Parwarith Monkolpisit, Wanatchada Siwapornchai. (I would like some porn chai.) The Nutshell Bank and Som are just a pair of young adults … Continue reading
As Amazon.com starts the future with their digital downloading service (and Apple too), I guess the future of movies continues in a question mark. I’m all for watching movies on your computer. I sat hunched over it through college before I purchased my television. Those were fun times, filled with discovery. Now, ipods I’m not … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $27.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 91 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: None. The Pitch "It’s Empire Records meets Stand By Me! (Minus dead guys and copy-room sex.)" The Humans Enrique Arreola, Diego Cantaño, Daniel Miranda, Danny Perea. The Nutshell Two young teenagers find themselves home along in their Mexico City apartment with … Continue reading
I love my Sony PSP and it infuriates me to hear how lame Japan is sometimes, buying massive amounts of Gamecubes instead of XBOX 360’s and multitudes of DS’s instead of this vastly superior machine (though the DS is fun). One of the main reasons to own a PSP is the recent arrival of very … Continue reading
We’re just a few weeks from the return of Battlestar Galactica for its third season, and anticipation is high. Finally, I’ll have an almost reasonable excuse for being home on Friday nights! In the next few weeks we’ll be having some continuing coverage of the run-up to the premiere, including an exclusive interview with Ron … Continue reading
The liberal media is at it again, as ABC prepares to air The Path to 9/11, a miniseries “docudrama” about the events leading up to the attack on America five years ago. This time the pinkos are taking aim at… Bill Clinton? Yup, the miniseries is being called a blatantly partisan and completely factually incorrect … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Cinema EpochMSRP: $29.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 480 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • All 41 of Don Glut’s amateur films w/ commentary• Behind-the-scenes featurette• Bonus short films• Creature featurette• Photo galleries The Pitch "It’s what would happen if HGTV aired shows with interesting topics." The Humans Mostly Don Glut, the subject of the … Continue reading