Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 21st, 2005
The Film
Suspect Zero follows the contradictory teacher/student relationship between serial killer Benjamin O’Ryan (Ben Kingsley) and FBI Agent-in-Pursuit Tom Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart, sporting as much chin as Bruce Campbell). O’Ryan is a tormented refugee of a government program to tap psychic powers for military intelligence, and Mackelway is a borderline-rogue agent, tormented by visions and headaches. Without letting slip any spoilers, the movie sees O’Ryan draw their paths together in pur...uit of justice for him self, his victims, and Mackelway.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 21st, 2005
Primer is notable not only for its critical success, having won awards at Sundance and been lauded by independent and mainstream media alike, but also for its production methods: independent, low-budget, and home-brewed. Using rented equipment, his parent’s garage, his brother’s apartment, a slew of public facilities, and a desktop PC, Shane Carruth (writer, director, producer, and one of two main characters) has created a $7,000 Sci-Fi Drama that’s able to compete with the efforts of the big studios.
< ...>Ultimately, Primer defies classification – it can stand as an intelligent Sci-Fi film, riddled with realistic engineering and cutting edge ideas, or as a Drama, Suspense, Thriller, or Mystery. The film blends elements of all to create a film that is involving in its human dimension, terse and edgy in its suspense, and ultimately pleasing to all audiences that appreciate a thought-provoking film.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on April 18th, 2005
Warner Bros. will release the Adrien Brody/Keira Knightley thriller The Jacket on June 21st. This disc will be presetned in a 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio tracks in both English and French. Extras will include a "Look of The Jacket" documentary, a "Jacket: Project History" featurette and a collection of deleted scenes.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on April 14th, 2005
On June 21st, Miramax Home Entertainment will release the Bruce Willis action/thriller Hostage. This disc will be presented in an anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. Extras will include an audio commentary (with director Florent Siri), a behind-the-scenes featurette, and a collection of deleted/extended scenes.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on April 12th, 2005
We have newly updated our release calendar and our cover gallery with hundreds of upcoming titles. From here on out, these resources will remain to be keep up-to-date. Be sure to check them out!
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 10th, 2005
The who’s who of Hollywood have assembled once again in this sequel to the highly successful film Ocean’s Eleven. This time around the cast are equally great and extremely entertaining to watch, but the film seems to lack the same strong storyline that it predecessor carried with it.
This time around, the story takes place a few years after the Bellagio heist. A leading European thief known as The Nightfox, consumed with being the best thief in the world, derives a plan to take out Ocean and his te...m. He informs Terry Benedict, the owner of the Bellagio, that Ocean and his men are the people who robbed him year back. Benedict gives all 11 2-weeks to come up with the cash they stole from him… or they are all dead. As can be expected, after numerous misses and comedic capers, the team one’s up The Nightfox, and clears their dept to Benedict.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on April 5th, 2005
Paramount Home Entertainment will release the Samuel L. Jackson basketball drama Coach Carter in separate anamorphic widescreen and fullscreen versions on June 21st. Each disc will include an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track, two behind-the-scenes featurettes, and six deleted scenes.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 4th, 2005
The Woodsman is not a story for the faint of heart. The content is disturbing to say the least… it is a story of a convicted pedophile that has a “thing” for young girls. The story is actually much more then that… it has a strong focus on the inner demons that the pedophile faces in attempt to clean up his life.
After being released from a 12-year prison sentence, Walter Rossworth (Kevin Bacon) tries to re-enter society by getting a job at a lumberyard, and moving into his own apartment (coincident...lly across the street from an elementary school). He meets a woman (played by Bacon’s real-life wife Kyra Sedgwick), and his life starts to show some promise – a new relationship, a decent job, and a new chance at life.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 4th, 2005
I’ll start this review with a disclaimer about my Astro Boy knowledge level – for those Astro Boy fans reading this, I’m not an Astro Boy die-hard, and while I have some hazy recollections from my youth, until a few days ago, that’s about where my AB knowledge ended.
Astro Boy Backgrounder
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on April 3rd, 2005
MGM Home Entertainment will release the Get Shorty sequel Be Cool (starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn & Cedric the Entertainer) on June 7th. This film will be presented in an anamorphic widescreen transfer along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. Extras will include a "Be Cool, Very Cool" making-of documentary, deleted scenes, a gag reel, five close-up featurettes (on The Rock, Cedric the Entertainer, Christina Milian, Andre 3000, & the Dance Partners), the "You Ain't Woma... Enough to Take My Man" music video, and the theatrical trailer.
