Dune: Extended Edition
March 7, 2006
Based on the classic science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, Dune (1984) was a project that passed through the talented hands of Alejandro Jodorowsky, H.R. Giger, Ridley Scott, and David Lynch only to leave behind a trail of defeated creative minds and...
Corpse Bride
March 7, 2006
Tim Burton returns to the kind of darkly comical gothic material that helped establish his career and reputation with Corpse Bride (2005). He’s also gone back to the same kind of stop motion animation that he utilized so memorably in The Nightmare Before...
Dead Poets Society: Special Edition
March 7, 2006
Dead Poets Society (1989) is significant in Robin Williams’ career in that it was his most dramatic role at that point. Also, it was a film in which he did not have the most screen time. His character is not the central focus; rather it is the boys...
Creature Comforts, Vol. 2.2
March 7, 2006
In 2005, Aardman Animations lost a lot of their 30 year history when a storage unit went up in flames destroying irreplaceable storyboards, awards, props and pieces of film memorabilia. Also damaged was material for some of Aardman’s popular projects...
The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave
March 7, 2006
The Tomorrow Show first aired on NBC in October 1973 in the late night time slot after The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and lasted until January 1982. In that time, Snyder had a number of musicians from the Punk and New Wave scenes on his show. As...
Two for the Money
March 4, 2006
Director D.J. Caruso got his start in T.V. working on shows like the short-lived Buddy Faro, Dark Angel and edgier material like The Shield and Robbery Homicide Division. He soon migrated to the same kind of dark material with his feature films, The Salton...
Flightplan
March 4, 2006
Flightplan (2005) came out around the same time as another on-the-plane thriller, Red Eye (2005) which boasted hot, up-and-coming actors Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy and directed by Wes Craven. Flightplan’s big draw is Jodie Foster. Both films...
Repo Man: Collector’s Edition
March 4, 2006
“Not many people got a code to live by anymore,” says Bud (Stanton), the veteran repo man to his protege, Otto (Estevez) near the beginning of Alex Cox’s Repo Man (1984). This film is all about personal codes and philosophies. It seems...
In Her Shoes
March 4, 2006
Curtis Hanson is a chameleon-like filmmaker. From L.A. Confidential (1997) to Wonder Boys (2000) to 8 Mile (2002), he refuses to be pigeon-holed by any one genre. His latest effort, In Her Shoes (2005), adapted from Jennifer Weiner’s novel by Erin Brockovich...
Inside Deep Throat
March 3, 2006
Deep Throat (1972) was the first pornographic film to be distributed and presented on a mainstream level. It was made for only $25,000 and went on to gross a conservatively estimated $600 million. The film also ended up being banned in 23 states. The...
