GoodFellas: Special Edition
December 8, 2004
“For as long as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster.” – Henry Hill From his early days making Mean Streets (1973), Scorsese was always fascinated by gangsters. As a child, he had grown up around them and was intrigued by...
Da Ali G Show: Season 1
December 8, 2004
Ali G is the creation of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. He’s a clueless hip hop fan turned journalist. Ali G became quite the sensation in his home country, making a movie and even appearing in a Madonna music video. His own TV show was inevitable....
I, Robot
December 7, 2004
One mistake was all it took for Big Willie to lose his crown as king of the summer blockbuster. Now I, Robot is his rise from the ashes of Wild Wild West. The script is near perfect. The special effects are near perfect. The direction is near perfect....
Candyman
December 7, 2004
Based on Clive Barker’s short story, “The Forbidden,” Candyman (1992) is one of the first horror films to open acknowledge and use urban legends as the basis for its story. When most people think of such things the first ones that come to mind are...
Garage Days
December 6, 2004
Alex Proyas is known primarily for making big budget, high concept action films like The Crow (1994), Dark City (1998) and the recent I, Robot (2004). This is why his little seen Garage Days (2002) is something of a curious anomaly. It is a low-budget...
Pitch Black Special Edition
December 5, 2004
One of the best low-budget sci-fi films of its time is coming to special edition DVD. Pitch Black, starring Vin Diesel as the mysterious rouge character Richard. B. Riddick finally gets the treatment it so deserved. Pitch Black was a surprising success...
Mamma Roma
December 1, 2004
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s short career was marked with controversy and notoriety. He made films that satirized and critiqued the political and religious conventions of Italy. Mamma Roma (1962) was Pasolini’s second film and his take on the Italian neorealist...
