Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on May 3rd, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on May 2nd, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on May 2nd, 2003
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Welcome to the Tarrytown aerodrome, where Jay Jay The Jet Plane and his friends hang outand learn life lessons. These lessons (the importance of friendship, of overcoming your fears, andso forth) are presented in a clear, gentle way. The animation in these 5 stories is a bit on theeconomical side.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on May 2nd, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 25th, 2003
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Chow Yun-Fat is Godfrey (not “Jeff” as the case has him, though “Godfrey” is, to NorthAmerican ears, an odd name for an action hero), tough-as-nails leader of a group of friends inThailand. Godfrey’s weak cousin gets them involved in a heist masterminded by the Judge(Simon Yam), who leads a gang as flamboyant as they are nuts. Godfrey is betrayed and left fordead, but comes back a year later for revenge. Directed by Ringo Lam, Full Contact doesn’tachieve the heights of John Woo’s b...st work, lacking the impossible-to-top action blow-out ofHard-Boiled or the utter delirium of Bullet in the Head. There are, however, plenty of nifty set-pieces, especially towards the end.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 24th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 20th, 2003
Long before computers began to provide movie-goers with vivid representations of dinosaurs and alien invasions, Willis O’Brien and a young protégé, Ray Harryhausen, were thrilling audiences with stop motion. O’Brien’s masterpiece, of course, was King Kong. Ray Harryhausen developed that painstaking process for films like Earth vs. The Flying Saucers. Jaded audiences of today might find it hard to imagine that the f/x on this film held the fans spellbound in their theatre seats. Now, with digitally remastered prints and the new alchemy of DVD, you can treat yourself to an early craft that has influenced the great pioneers of today’s filmmaking.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 17th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 17th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 15th, 2003
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