The Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore Collection
June 11, 2005
In some respects, Adam Sandler has come a long way since Billy Madison (1995), his first starring role after four years on Saturday Night Live. Recently, he has starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Technicolor romantic comedy, Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and...
Looney Tunes: Golden Collection Volume 2
June 10, 2005
Fresh from the success of their first volume, Warner Brothers has released a brand new collection of classic Looney Tunes cartoons just in time for Christmas. With the exception of a disc devoted entirely to Bugs Bunny, there is a surprising amount of...
The Battle of Algiers
June 9, 2005
Shot with unflinching detail and in a realistic, documentary style, The Battle of Algiers (1966) documents the Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French from the years 1954-1957. The Criterion Collection has assembled an impressive...
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
June 8, 2005
Paul Mazursky’s directorial debut, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) is a satire of the sexual revolution in the 1960s. The film zeroes in on Hippie New Age philosophy and shows how ridiculous it is in some respects. Mazursky’s film explores...
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
June 5, 2005
At first glance, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (2003) seems like a very conventional film noir story but it is in fact told in a very unconventional way as director Mike Hodges refuses to spell things out. Will Graham (Owen) is a retired gangster brought...
Peep Show
June 4, 2005
Voyeurism has been taken to a new level with series one of ‘Peep Show’ and if you’ve never heard of or seen it, it’s probably not what you think it is. Take all thoughts of nudity or erotic perversion out of you head and replace...
Wes Craven’s Don’t Look Down
June 3, 2005
The name Wes Craven should conjure up many favourable images for horror fans, as he’s been dubbed ‘the master of the horror genre’. Unfortunately the tag ‘Wes Craven presents….’ doesn’t exactly to the same thing,...
The Office: The Complete Collection
June 2, 2005
The Office is a British TV comedy that came seemingly out of nowhere to garner enthusiastic universal critical acclaim and wide spread popularity in its home country and a devoted cult following here in the United States where it is shown regularly on...
Secret Honor
June 1, 2005
Before Oliver Stone’s Nixon (1995) gave us one of the more definitive examinations of controversial American President, Richard M. Nixon, Robert Altman made a little seen cinematic take of his own, entitled Secret Honor (1984). After burning his bridges...
Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection
June 1, 2005
The newly released Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection contains nine of the Master of Suspense’s movies from 1940 to 1959. It’s an intriguing mix of the famous (North by Northwest) and the underrated (Mr. and Mrs. Smith). All of the films in the...
