On May 6, 1993, the mutilated bodies of three 8-year-old boys were found in a shallow creek in West Memphis, Arkansas. A short time later police arrested three local teenagers, linking the boys’ killings to a satanic ritual. One of the boys confessed. The intriguing court case was about to unfold as filmmakers Joe Berlinger [...]
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills [VHS]
Posted by admin on August 23rd, 2011
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Comments OffJackie Brown [Blu-ray]
Posted by admin on August 7th, 2011
The curiosity of Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown is Robert Forster’s worldly wise bail bondsman Max Cherry, the most alive character in this adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s Rum Punch. The Academy Awards saw it the same way, giving Forster the film’s only nomination. The film is more “rum” than “punch” and will certainly disappoint those who [...]
Posted in Blu-ray Tags: bail-bondsman, black-culture, blaxploitation-films, bridget-fonda, doug-thomas, elmore-leonard, hollywood-film, illegal-money, jackie-brown, loose-term, michael-keaton, musical-score, pam-grier, quentin-tarantino, robert-forster, trademark-style Comments OffFor Love of the Game [HD DVD]
Posted by admin on July 29th, 2010
Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is having a bad day. His girlfriend Jane (Kelly Preston, stunning as ever) says she’s leaving, and his boss (Brian Cox) says he’s selling the business and ace employee Billy may be out of job. Sounds like business as usual for an old-fashioned veteran. However, the business is baseball and for [...]
Posted in HD DVD Tags: baseball-announcer, baseball-career, brian-cox, bull-durham, death-1988, detroit-tigers, doug-thomas, grand-slam, jane-kelly, kelly-preston, kevin-costner, killer-angels, michael-shaara, season-game, viable-link, vin-scully Comments OffBack to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy [Blu-ray]
Posted by admin on July 10th, 2010
Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis topped his breakaway hit Romancing the Stone with Back to the Future, a joyous comedy with a dazzling hook: what would it be like to meet your parents in their youth? Billed as a special-effects comedy, the imaginative film (the top box-office smash of 1985) has staying power because of the heart [...]
Posted in Blu-ray Tags: bob-gale, christopher-lloyd, crazy-scientist, crispin-glover, doug-thomas, imaginative-film, mad-scientist, marty-mcfly, robert-zemeckis, ronald-reagan, tom-keogh, tv-success Comments OffLost in Translation [HD DVD]
Posted by admin on June 5th, 2010
Like a good dream, Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation envelops you with an aura of fantastic light, moody sound, head-turning love, and a feeling of déjà vu, even though you’ve probably never been to this neon-fused version of Tokyo. Certainly Bob Harris has not. The 50-ish actor has signed on for big money shooting whiskey [...]
Posted in HD DVD Tags: bill-murray, bob-harris, doug-thomas, film-lovers, good-dream, grace-note, karaoke-bars, posh-hotel, scarlett-johansson, sofia-coppola, soul-mates, studio-films, virgin-suicides Comments OffMulan (Disney’s Masterpiece) [VHS]
Posted by admin on June 4th, 2010
Solid entertainment from a new group of Disney animators. The story source is a Chinese fable about a young girl who disguises herself as a man to help her family and her country. When the Huns attack China, a call to arms goes out to every village, and Mulan’s father, being the only man in [...]
Posted in VHS Tags: action-films, animation-directors, barry-cook, disney-animators, doug-thomas, eddie-murphy, lea-salonga, mulan-disney, snowy-mountains, story-source, tony-bancroft Comments OffPeter Pan (Fully Restored 45th Anniversary Limited Edition)
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2010
Peter Pan has a special place in the realm of classic animated Disney films: it instills an element of childlike wonder. The 1953 version of James M. Barrie’s story is colorfully told and keeps on the straight and narrow of the book. Barrie’s wondrous focus on child’s play is the key to its longevity: kids [...]
Posted in VHS Tags: 45th-anniversary, animated-disney, broadway-version, childlike-wonder, disney-films, doug-thomas, limited-edition, magic-ability, masterpiece-collection, memorable-songs, peter-pan, thomas-peter, walt-disney Comments OffThe Lion King II: Simba’s Pride [VHS]
Posted by admin on May 17th, 2010
Another made-for-video sequel to a Disney masterpiece. As with the Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas sequels, most of the recognizable vocal talents return, creating a worthwhile successor to the highest-grossing animated film ever. We pick up the story as the lion king, Simba (voiced by Matthew Broderick), and Nala (Moira Kelly) have a new [...]
Posted in VHS Tags: andy-dick, broadway-smash, comic-antics, doug-thomas, ernie-sabella, jason-marsden, matthew-broderick, moira-kelly, nathan-lane, neve-campbell, s-song, suzanne-pleshette, vocal-talents Comments OffToy Story [VHS]
Posted by admin on May 12th, 2010
There is greatness in film that can be discussed, dissected, and talked about late into the night. Then there is genius that is right in front of our faces–we smile at the spell it puts us into and are refreshed, and nary a word needs to be spoken. This kind of entertainment is what they [...]
Posted in VHS Tags: animated-film, animation-feature, buzz-lightyear, computer-animation, don-rickles, doug-thomas, enough-space, feature-length, john-lasseter, new-toy, space-ranger, tim-allen, tom-hanks, toy-story, wallace-shawn, walt-disney Comments Off