The Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
July 31, 2006
It’s Transformers, but definitely not how you’d remember it. In 1987 the Americans decided they didn’t want to make the cartoon anymore and ditched it after 3 episodes into Season 4. The Japanese were not ready to let this show die....
Yi Yi: Criterion Collection
July 27, 2006
Edward Yang is part of the New Taiwan Cinema movement, a group of filmmakers that depict the effects of living in urban environments in post-World War II Taiwan. Among his contemporaries are Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Tsai Ming-Liang. They are all interested...
Commander in Chief: Inaugural Edition, Part 1
July 25, 2006
With the demise of The West Wing, Commander in Chief had hoped to pick up the slack with the same kind of touchy feely liberalism albeit with a novel twist – the President of the United States of America is a woman. The show came with the Hollywood...
The Incredible Hulk: Season 1
July 24, 2006
“Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” This classic, prophetic line, spoken in the opening credits of The Incredible Hulk T.V. show by Dr. David Banner (Bixby) was always a prelude to our hero getting angry at someone or...
A Better Tomorrow: Ultimate Edition
July 24, 2006
Some call him the “Mozart of Mayhem,” some, the “greatest action director of all time,” others, “the most popular director from the east,” but he’s simply, John Woo. That’s what this Ultimate Edition 2 disc set is really about, not...
Basic Instinct: Unrated Extended Cut
July 21, 2006
After the success of Basic Instinct (1992), the notion of a sequel was quickly proposed but it wasn’t going to be that easy as the project languished in development hell for many years with several screenwriters and directors being attached and then...
Monterey Pop
July 20, 2006
Shot on a weekend in June of 1967 at the height of the Summer of Love, Monterey Pop (1968) was documentarian D.A. Pennebaker’s look at the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival. Not only did this concert capture the essence of where rock...
Find Me Guilty
July 18, 2006
There is always a certain amount of anticipation when Sidney Lumet makes another New York City based movie about crime and corruption. Some of his best films – Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Prince of the City (1981) and the underrated Q & A (1990) –...
Road House: Deluxe Edition
July 18, 2006
After the success of Dirty Dancing (1987) made Patrick Swayze a household name, he followed it up with two unimpressive movies and then came Road House (1989) which was a modest success commercially and savaged by critics as he unsuccessfully tried to...
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: The Complete Series
July 17, 2006
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. was a short-lived television program that attempted to resurrect westerns like The Wild Wild West and Maverick complete with lots of two-fisted action and adventure and a good dose of humour supplied by its star, Bruce...
