Sin City
January 29, 2006
Sin City began as series of graphic novels created by Frank Miller as loving homages to the gritty pulp novels of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Mickey Spillane and classic film noirs from the ‘40s and ‘50s. Miller’s world—the dangerous,...
Jurrasic Park Trilogy: The Extras Disc
January 29, 2006
A note to readers that this review only refers to the fourth disc that comes with the Jurassic Park Trilogy. That fourth disc being the extras features disc for each of the original films. The words and verdict are a reflection of the extras only and...
The Transporter: Special Delivery Edition
January 25, 2006
Since The Fifth Element (1997), Luc Besson has been content to write and produce B action movies with international casts and crews to keep down costs and maximize profits with a winning formula that features a protagonist of few words, kick-ass action,...
Sahara
January 20, 2006
Clive Cussler’s adventure novel gets the big screen treatment with Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn on the trail of buried treasure in the desert (you can guess which one). Scanning the bookshelf at your local, well book shop, you would think...
The Blues Brothers: 25th Anniversary Edition
January 15, 2006
It has been 25 years since John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd’s most famous characters, the Blues Brothers roared their way onto the big screen and re-introduced the world to the joys of classic rhythm and blues. After receiving criticism for only releasing...
Kingdom of Heaven
January 13, 2006
There’s a moment in Kingdom of Heaven where our hero Balian asks his enemy Saladin what the city of Jerusalem is worth to him. “Nothing,” he replies. “Everything.” This paradox is the prevailing problem with the film itself;...
Branded to Kill: Criterion Collection
January 4, 2006
Seijun Suzuki cut his teeth on pop musicals, comedies, action and war films. Over time, he became impatient with his status as a B-movie director while some of his peers were making A movies. Often stuck with substandard screenplays, the frustrated director...
Dracula III: Legacy
December 15, 2005
Move over Blade, there is a new vampire franchise in town. Tired of slick, over-produced horror movies like Underworld (2003)? Look no further. Dracula III: Legacy (2005) is the latest installment in a surprisingly durable franchise. Director Patrick...
Hostage
December 5, 2005
Quentin Tarantino has said that he cast Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction (1994) because he reminded him of Ralph Meeker, an actor who had a classic film noir quality to him that the filmmaker was looking for. Willis exudes the same kind of presence in two...
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
December 1, 2005
The Crow franchise has gotten progressively worse since its first installment back in 1994. So much so that this latest effort has gone directly to video despite the presence of name stars like Edward Furlong, Tara Reid and Dennis Hopper. The template...
