Posted in: The Reel World by Archive Authors on September 15th, 2007
Urggh. 42 disc (dvd) set, includes all 20 original films, plus Casino Royale. In their own words:
"Presented on two-disc special edition DVDs spanning 42 discs, each mission grants all-access to the chronicles of the agent's storied career from the Bond archives, including deleted scenes, rare interviews, documentaries, featurettes, interactive film guides, music videos, audio commentaries and more."
Posted in: News and Opinions, The Reel World by Archive Authors on September 15th, 2007
(click the cover to expand, btw) I know nothing about this movie other than that the concept sounds intriguing, and that it hits DVD October 23rd. Directed/produced/co-written by Arquette, Fox describes the film as an homage to slasher flicks by Wes Craven & Tobe Hooper. The plot is right from the slasher playbook: group of teens stalked and killed. But the "Arquette Homage" element is intriguing. Calling David Annandale: do you anything about this?
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on September 14th, 2007
One of the handful of films deemed extra special in 2006, Babel had lofty intentions, a lot of hype and plenty of Oscar nominations. And yet, while the film was well directed and very well acted, it falls well short of its reputation. In fact, Babel fails to create a real impact, unless you count the utter depression one experiences while watching it.
Still, the film has lots of fans willing to call it one of the best of 2006. Those folks will be happy to add Babel: 2-disc Collector's Edition to their own collections. That is, unless they already picked up the single-disc version released back in February. Is this double-dip good enough to say, "out with the old, in with the new?" Read on to find out.
Posted in: Random Fun by Archive Authors on September 14th, 2007
Here's an edit of the movie Fargo (read the review here!), cut to include only dialog with the word "yeah." A funny take on a fantastic film, found via digg.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on September 13th, 2007
"Remember when I promised I'd kill you last? I lied."
Time to relieve the glory days. Arguably the finest of Schwarzenegger's over-the-top, muscle-bound 80s action flicks, Commando is finally getting the respect it deserves. This is the perfect example of a movie so bad it's good. Really bad, and really good. Commando has it all: copious one-liners, a ridiculously huge Ah-nold physique, and a body count so high you'll run out of fingers and toes in no time flat.
Posted in: Blog Posts, Random Fun by Archive Authors on September 13th, 2007
The picture tells the story. Read more here, more pics too. Actually, the builder tells his own story in "How-to: Build a Judge Dredd costume (Stallone Version)."
Kevin Goldsmith - the builder, pictured above also knows *a lot* about Judge Dredd, including the original desire to cast Clint Eastwood in the roll later filled by Stallone:
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on September 13th, 2007
Courtesy of the Wong Blogger. I don't know anything about the Ironman, but Robert Downey Jr., a contemporary plot line, and some killer action are making this look sweet.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on September 12th, 2007
At long last, we've received the two greatest films of the 80's on DVD. Finally. Ok, maybe not the greatest films - they're ok at best - but this is the first time they've been released on DVD. Wait, that's not true either. Desperately Seeking Susan, Madonna's sixth best movie, hit the streets on DVD in 2000. And Something Wild, one of the answers to "what was Johnathan Demme doing before Silence of the Lambs?" has been available since 2001.
So what's special about this Totally Awesome 80s Double Feature? Shelf space. You can fit two films in one spot, thanks to MGM's efficient packaging.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on September 12th, 2007
I love horror movies, but lately Hollywood hasn’t done it for me, and Wrong Turn wasn’t an exception. So I wonder how a low budget sequel is going to manage to be better than its phony prequel. But I won’t judge this one until I’ve seen, lets just hope its nothing like The Hills Have Eyes 2, or The Grudge 2, etc.
Wrong Turn 2 takes off shortly after the events of the first film. Right away I’ll let you know that other than the mutant freaks of the first film, this movie has no other links to the first installment, i.e. characters. Slightly off topic, I’ve always thought a movie about a group of reality contestants fooled into thinking they were in a post apocalyptic world could be interesting. This is probably as close as my vision will get to being realized, as it’s about a group of people in a simulated post apocalyptic world who are competing for $100,000. Instead things start getting messed up at the cannibalistic mutants start to show up.
Posted in: Site News by Archive Authors on September 11th, 2007
Hey hey hey - here's a new feature I stitched together - the Trailer Index!
Its a subsection of the site that collects trailers for reviews that we've posted, organized by Genre, playable right there, courtesy of YouTube. So - if you're into SciFi, Action, or Drama, click on over and check out some trailers.
