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Enemy of the State: Unrated Extended Edition

May 16, 2006

Back when Enemy of the State came out in 1998, some of the events depicted and some of the technology that was used seemed unthinkable. After all, one of the main plot points is the United States government trying to pass legislation that would allow... 

Controversial Classics Volume 2: The Power of the Media

March 31, 2006

The 1970s was a fertile time for challenging, politically charged movies. Thanks to Easy Rider (1969) a lot of riskier material was getting green-lit by the major Hollywood studios and, in some cases; they were commenting on the current political climate... 

Quick Change

March 12, 2006

New York City. There have been many cinematic odes to the Big Apple, from Woody Allen’s Manhattan (1979), to Blue in the Face (1995), but few films have shown comedic contempt for this famous metropolis — Martin Scorsese’s double hit of... 

Sam Peckinpah’s The Legendary Westerns Collection

March 7, 2006

Sam Peckinpah defines the word “maverick.” He came out of Hollywood with his own unique brand of filmmaking that often clashed with studio executives. This resulted in a career of tough, uncompromising movies that were either loved or hated – there... 

Burden of Dreams

November 19, 2005

Before George Hickenlooper showed the artistic hubris and madness that swirled around the making of Apocalypse Now (1979) in his documentary, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991), and Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe showed how external forces... 

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