Dazed and Confused: Criterion Collection
June 2, 2006
After the low budget success of the independent film Slacker (1990), Richard Linklater followed it up with Dazed and Confused (1993) and learned a harsh lesson about moving from the world of indie cinema to making a movie for a major Hollywood studio....
The Scooby-Doo / Dynomutt Hour: The Complete Series
May 25, 2006
The Scooby-Doo! Dynomutt Hour originally aired on ABC every Saturday morning and was packaged as an hour-long show with the first half featuring 16 new Scooby-Doo adventures with Scooby-Dum, Scooby-Doo’s dumber cousin (if that’s possible) joining...
Rumor Has It
May 25, 2006
Since her highly publicized break-up with Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston has wisely kept busy making movies. Alas, they haven’t been that good. Both Derailed (2005) and Rumor Has It (2005) came and went from theatres relatively fast. The latter film was...
Con Air: Unrated Extended Edition
May 24, 2006
By all rights Con Air (1997) should have been an awful waste of time, just another tired Jerry Bruckheimer testosterone action film whose final resting fate should be wedged between beer and pick-up truck ads on television Instead; the film brilliantly...
Napoleon Dynamite: Like, The Best Special Edition Ever!
May 18, 2006
In an attempt to cash in on the recently minted cult film status of Napoleon Dynamite (2004), the film’s star Jon Heder’s emerging film career and director Jared Hess’ new movie coming out this summer, 20th Century Fox have double dipped with a...
Delicatessen
May 17, 2006
Delicatessen (1991) marked the impressive feature film debut of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, two mad geniuses from France who would sadly make only one other film together (the Terry Gilliam-esque City of Lost Children) before going their separate...
That ’70s Show: Season 4
May 12, 2006
Initially disregarded as a lame Dazed and Confused (1993) knock-off, That ‘70s Show has survived for more seasons than anyone thought possible and helped launch the careers of Topher Grace and, to a lesser degree, Ashton Kutcher. To the show’s credit,...
Just Like Heaven
May 4, 2006
Reese Witherspoon goes the old Ghost Dad route and plays a woman haunting Mark Ruffalo’s apartment until he can find a way for her to rest in peace. You know what you’re getting with Mark Waters. With the early exception of Freddie Prince...
Baby Boom / Mr. Mom (Double Feature)
May 4, 2006
Just in time for Mother’s Day comes a repackaged double feature about the “joys” of motherhood, specifically the highs and lows of child-rearing from the female and male perspectives. Both of these films, made during the 1980s, are also fascinating...
Casanova
May 2, 2006
Heath Ledger proved his versatility as an actor in 2005 by playing very diverse characters in four different movies. Hot off the heels of his gay cowboy role in the 1960s in Brokeback Mountain, he went on to portray one of the world’s greatest lovers...
