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Prom Night III: The Last Kiss / Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 15th, 2003

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09 15 2003

Prom Night III: The Last Kiss / Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil

David Annandale 1.33:1 Fullscreen, Artisan Entertainment, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (English), DVD, Horror 0

Synopsis Though a largely undistinguished series the Prom Night hit something of a high watermark with Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (***). Advertized, on its initial release, as “ARomantic Comedy From Hell,” this sees the demonic prom queen Mary Lou Maloney escapingfrom Hell (where she was stuck in an infernal chorus line) to […]

Outer Limits: Complete Second Season

Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on September 14th, 2003

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09 14 2003

Outer Limits: Complete Second Season

Gino Sassani 1.33:1 Fullscreen, Box Set, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (English), DVD, MGM, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Television 0

Maybe there wasn’t anything wrong with your television set, but what were the network executives thinking? It’s hard to believe that a show as influential and as well known as The Outer Limits never made it to the end of its second season. The original Outer Limits was cancelled just 17 episodes into season 2. […]

Escape to Witch Mountain

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 9th, 2003

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09 09 2003

Escape to Witch Mountain

David Annandale 1.78:1 Widescreen, Disc Reviews, Disney, Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), DVD, Family, Special Edition, THX Mastered 0

Synopsis Tony and Tia Malone are different from the other kids at the orphanage. They can makethings move just by thinking about it. Tony can levitate. Tia can talk to animals. They come tothe attention of evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland, doing his patented Mean Rich Guyroutine), who dispatches Donald Pleasance to bring […]

Mark of Zorro, The

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 8th, 2003

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09 08 2003

Mark of Zorro, The

David Annandale 1.33:1 Fullscreen, Action, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (English), Dolby Digital Mono (English), DVD, MGM, Spanish Mono, Studio Classics 0

Synopsis Returning to California after some years in Spain, Don Diego de Vega (Tyrone Power) finds that hisfather has been deposed and that the region is ruled by a venal, corrupt governer under the thumbof tyrannical lieutenant Basil Rathbone. Pretending to be a useless fop by day, Diego dons maskand sword by night as […]

Bend It Like Beckham

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 7th, 2003

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09 07 2003

Bend It Like Beckham

David Annandale 1.85:1 Widescreen, Comedy, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (Spanish), Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French), DVD, Fox 0

Synopsis Parminder Nagra is at odds with her family, who want her to follow the traditional path foran Indian woman. She wants none of that, and dreams instead of becoming a professional soccerplayer. Kiera Knightley is already playing on a female team, but has her own familial issues, witha mother (Juiet Stevenson) who despairs […]

24 – The Complete Second Season

Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on September 1st, 2003

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09 01 2003

24 – The Complete Second Season

Archive Authors 1.78:1 Widescreen, Box Set, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (Spanish), Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), DVD, Fox, Television 1

24 is one of the most ingenious television plots ever devised… a real-time day in the life of a Counter Terrorist Unit. Like the first season, this second season contains twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat, never knowing what will happen next. Kiefer Sutherland has resurrected his career with […]

Comedy of Terrors / The Raven

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on August 27th, 2003

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08 27 2003

Comedy of Terrors / The Raven

David Annandale 2.35:1 Widescreen, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital Mono (English), DVD, Horror, MGM, Midnite Movies 1

Synopsis Richard Matheson, one of the most important talents in the horror field (his filmed novelsinclude Hell House, The Shrinking Man and I Am Legend — the latterdone twice, as The Last Man On Earth and The Omega Man), scripts this twoblack comedies. In The Comedy of Terrors, Vincent Price is the scheming owner […]

Bringing Down the House

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on August 27th, 2003

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08 27 2003

Bringing Down the House

David Annandale Buena Vista, Comedy, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French), DVD 1

Synopsis Steve Martin plays a tax lawyer who has let his job consume his life. This has already costhim his marriage, and might soon cost him his children. He engages in some chat room romance,but the woman he meets isn’t the blond lawyer he was expecting, but escaped con Queen Latifah,out to clear her […]

Main Event, The

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on August 12th, 2003

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08 12 2003

Main Event, The

David Annandale 1.78:1 Widescreen, Comedy, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital Mono (English), Dolby Digital Mono (French), DVD, Warner Bros. 0

Synopsis Barbra Streisand is a perfume tycoon who, due to the dishonesty of an employee, suddenlyfinds herself broke. Her only remaining asset is a contract with a washed-up boxer (RyanO’Neal). Streisand decides to turn her fortunes around by managing O’Neal. The pair take aninstant dislike to each other, and squabble all their way into […]

Tinto Brass Collection, The

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on August 8th, 2003

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08 08 2003

Tinto Brass Collection, The

David Annandale 1.78:1 Widescreen, Box Set, Cult Epics, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital Mono (English), DVD, Italian Mono, Mature 0

Synopsis There are three movies here: Miranda, The Key and All Ladies Do It(whose Italian title, Cosi Fan Tutti sounds much less awkward). Though taking place indifferent periods (the first two are set in Fascist Italy, while the third is more modern), all threeshare some similarities in terms of plot: a dark haired-beauty has a […]

Thing from Another World, The

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on July 31st, 2003

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07 31 2003

Thing from Another World, The

David Annandale 1.33:1 Fullscreen, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital Mono (English), DVD, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Special Edition, Warner Bros. 0

Synopsis Fifty miles from an Arctic research lab, and spaceship crashes into the ice. A team is sent toretrieve the vessel. They accidentally destroy it, but do bring back a block of ice containing thepilot. The ice melts, and the monster is on the loose. Cut off from help, a small band of soldiersand […]

City Hunter

Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 14th, 2003

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07 14 2003

City Hunter

Archive Authors 1.85:1 Widescreen, Action, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 5.1 (Cantonese), Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), DVD, Fox, Hong Kong Legends 0

Quite possibly the worst Jackie Chan film ever … strike that … quite possibly one of the worst films ever, City Hunter is a live-action film based off of the Japanese anime of the same name. Here, Chan plays private detective Ryu Saeba, who, along with his partner, Kaori (Joey Wong), are hired to track […]

O Brother Where Art Thou?

Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 11th, 2003

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07 11 2003

O Brother Where Art Thou?

Archive Authors 2.35:1 Widescreen, Buena Vista, Comedy, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), DTS (English), DVD 1

Joyously unhinged and very inventive, O Brother Where Art Thou? is the latest film from the imaginative minds of the Coen brothers. Based very roughly (and loosely) on Homer’s “Odyssey”, it’s a Depression-era musical about three convicts who escape from a chain gang to unearth a buried treasure, get one of the men home to […]

Shield, The – Complete First Season

Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 9th, 2003

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07 09 2003

Shield, The – Complete First Season

Archive Authors 1.33:1 Fullscreen, Box Set, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (English), DVD, Fox, Television 0

FX decided to jump on the cable bandwagon last year and come up with their very own original series, The Shield. The show stars Michael Chiklis, formerly of The Commish, as Vic Mackey, a hard-nosed Los Angeles detective that gives bad cops a good name – but in a bad way. Mackey is head of […]

UHF

Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 9th, 2003

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07 09 2003

UHF

Archive Authors 1.33:1 Fullscreen, 1.85:1 Widescreen, Comedy, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (English), Dolby Digital 2.0 (French), Dolby Digital 2.0 (Spanish), DVD, MGM 0

UHF is one of those cult films that has gained quite a following over the years. Fans of the film have been clamoring for a DVD release for many months now and somewhere in the hallowed halls of MGM, someone did something about it. The company is going to release a full-blown DVD of the […]

All That Jazz

Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 9th, 2003

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07 09 2003

All That Jazz

Archive Authors 1.85:1 Widescreen, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (English), Dolby Digital Mono (French), DVD, Fox, Musical 1

It’s showtime! Dead for nearly two decades now, choreographer/director Bob Fosse (Cabaret, Lenny, All That Jazz) created this sardonic semi-autobiographical tale that takes a long, hard look at his compulsive and neurotic life that was rife with women, sex and smokes, as well as some rather serious alcohol and drug abuse. In All That Jazz, […]

Dude, Where’s My Car?

Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 7th, 2003

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07 07 2003

Dude, Where’s My Car?

Archive Authors 1.85:1 Widescreen, Comedy, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), DVD, Fox 1

To be completely fair, Dude, Where’s My Car? was neither the worst movie of last year, nor the worst movie of its kind during the year. Heck, at times, it even showed signs of comedic inspiration. However, before I seem too kind, Dude, Where’s My Car? is as dumb and crass as its title implies. […]

Dark Blue

Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 4th, 2003

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07 04 2003

Dark Blue

Gino Sassani 1.33:1 Fullscreen, 2.35:1 Widescreen, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (French), Dolby Digital 2.0 (Spanish), Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), DVD, MGM, Special Edition, Suspense / Thriller 0

Synopsis We are in the last five days before the Rodney King verdict will set LA on fire. Movingthrough the mean streets is one mean cop — Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell). Perry is very much avintage Ellroy character: hard, mean, utterly corrupt, but still possessing the glimmerings of asoul. He is contrasted by his […]

Basic

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on July 3rd, 2003

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07 03 2003

Basic

David Annandale Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French), DVD, Sony Pictures, Suspense / Thriller 0

A Ranger training exercise goes horribly wrong. The instructor (Samuel L. Jackson) and halfthe cadets are missing. There are two survivors. One is injured, and the other was seen engagedin a firefight with one of the other cadets. Investigating are Connie Nielsen and John Travolta,who bounce back and forth between the two survivors as the […]

The Right Stuff

Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on June 23rd, 2003

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06 23 2003

The Right Stuff

Gino Sassani 2-Disc, 2.35:1 Widescreen, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (French), Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Drama, DVD, Special Edition, Warner Bros. 0

Converting Tom Wolfe’s classic book The Right Stuff was undoubtedly a difficult task. The original 7 Mercury astronauts were epic figures in American history. Perhaps the last of Earth’s true explorers, astronauts are the stuff that every kid’s fantasies are made of. It seems nearly impossible to capture such incredible bravery and charisma in the […]

Half Past Dead

Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on June 20th, 2003

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06 20 2003

Half Past Dead

Gino Sassani 1.33:1 Fullscreen, 1.85:1 Widescreen, Action, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), DVD, Sony Pictures 3

Steven Seagal is certainly showing his age in Half Past Dead. To ardent fans of his tough-guy act, this might be a bad thing. To those of us just looking for a good film, I think it’s actually a good thing. With Seagal’s ass-kicking held more in check there appears more room for a story […]

Animal Crossing (Gamecube)

Posted in Game Reviews by Archive Authors on June 18th, 2003

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06 18 2003

Animal Crossing (Gamecube)

Archive Authors 1 player, Average Difficulty, Game Reviews, Gamecube, Mono/Stereo, Nintendo, Simulation 1

Few titles have the ability to be both cute and popular amongst all types of players, yet with Animal Crossing, this is exactly what one gets. The game has such great playability to it, that everyday brings something new and refreshing to the table. The character and town designs are almost unbearably cute–but in a […]

Brute Force (Xbox)

Posted in Game Reviews by Archive Authors on June 12th, 2003

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06 12 2003

Brute Force (Xbox)

Archive Authors 1 - 8 players, Action, Average Difficulty, Game Reviews, Microsoft, Stereo/Dolby Digital (Game), Xbox 0

Sometimes when a game is delayed and put out a little later than planned, the anticipation surrounding the title can help it with the fan base that had been waiting for it. However, that anticipation can cut both ways with folks who had been waiting for a game to release and end up just losing […]

Never On Sunday

Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on June 11th, 2003

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06 11 2003

Never On Sunday

David Annandale 1.66:1 Widescreen, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital Mono (English), DVD, Foreign, MGM, Spanish Mono, World Films 0

Melina Mercouri plays Illia, a character who makes prostitution seem like a carefree Utopia.She lives in a version of Greece where there only appear to be 5 women, and they are all ladies of the night. Into this extraordinarily male fantasy comes Jules Dassin, a deluded American idealist who wants to save Illia from herself. […]

Star Trek: Nemesis

Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on May 31st, 2003

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05 31 2003

Star Trek: Nemesis

Gino Sassani 2.35:1 Widescreen, Disc Reviews, Dolby Digital 2.0 (English), Dolby Digital 2.0 (French), Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), DVD, Paramount, Sci-Fi / Fantasy 0

If ever there was a film that was badly misunderstood it is Star Trek: Nemesis. The most common complaint I’ve heard is it was too much like an episode. Excuse me, but isn’t it supposed to be? Nemesis has everything a good Star Trek film should have. The character chemistry, space battles, a morality tale, […]

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