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"The Dead" is a fabulous picture, the last great film from a great director - it`s fully deserving of special edition treatment on DVD. Like all great filmakers` who`ve had long careers Huston had a few misfires, but even some of his lesser movies such "The Mackintosh Man" and "Reflections In...

Brosnan should play bond at least one more time. Eon may produce the films, but if Sony are stumping up most of the budget they are going to want who they deem will give them the best return on their investment. So given that each new Brosnan Bond movie outgrosses it`s predecessor(at least...

Good to see this one surface on dvd..... I remember "Inserts" coming out in the UK in 1976, it got a few bookings only - it presumably wouldn`t have been released at all outside the USA if "Jaws" hadn`t hit. Liked the poster tagline - "They made dirty movies but their lives were dirtier...

Gordon, that`s a great list. Would especially like to see something better done for "Sweet Smell Of Success" and "In The Heat Of The Night". Incidentally, the current region 1 "Thunderbolt & Lightfoot" would appear to be missing some scenes if the running time stated on the box is correct...

Not on my particular wishlist, but the use of the `Stones "Gimme Shelter" was inspired. Wasn`t that episode directed by Kathryn Bigelow? Regards

Can`t wait to get "Bad Timing" in a decent widescreen edition. I was recently lucky enough to attend a talk given by Nicolas Roeg at the Hay Festival (following a screening of the brilliant "Performance")which was interspersed by clips from his films - the snippet from "Bad Timing" was sourced...

Good to see "Torture Garden" get a release, I`m a sucker for the Amicus horror anthologies and I`ve only seen this one once before. As for "The Fog", I haven`t seen the current U.S. disc but the region 2 looks fine to my eyes, so won`t be double dipping on this title. Regards

Gordon Thanks for the info re "Long Weekend", I`ll make a point of seeking out this dvd, it`ll be especially interesting to see this in it`s originally intended widescreen ratio. It must be 20 years since I saw this movie on tv, but it lingers in the memory, like many Australian movies of...

I`ve never seen "Outback" though I think it may have aired on UK tv once upon a time..... which is how I saw "Long Weekend" an atmospheric piece which I`d like to see again. Dvd releases of both would be most welcome. Regards

A few months ago I picked up "The Dirty Dozen" reg 2 as part of a fortnightly "War Movie Classics" series with a (quite interesting) magazine about the making of the film. Oddly the packaging stated the dvd was presented in 2:35 widescreen. Knowing the original aspect ratio was @1:85 I assumed...

Agree that the Dolby Digital track on "The Long Kiss Goodnight" is a kicker. I also thought the full screen presentation one of the more satisfying of it`s kind, the compositions just seemed better than the widescreen version, even if that`s how Harlan intended it to be seen. In fact, this...

"Hawk The Slayer" (1980) is hilarious. As mentioned ealier many of the `50`s cheapo sci/fi horror flicks are so bad they`re funny, my favourite is "Killer Shrews". Regards

Bowie from 1971 thru 1980 was terrific, every new Bowie release in thoses days was a major event and he rarely disappointed. Almost inevitably the high quality paled, but it`s been good to see him return to something like his old form with "Heathen" & "Reality". Incidentally the 30th...

In no particular order of merit.... 1. Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan 2. Hunky dory - David Bowie 3. Abbey Road - The Beatles 4. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones 5. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 6. GP - Gram Parsons 7. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 8. Parachutes - Coldplay 9...

Classic Floyd on SACD is great news. Presumably this is intended for a 30th Anniversary re - issue, like DSOTM ? Regards

The non appearance of the Dan albums on SACD is a major disappointment......and a little curious given the release of "Gaucho" a while back on SACD ( and DTS CD for that matter )and the availability of their two most recent albums on DVDA. There was talk on these very boards @18 months ago that...

Haven`t heard this one for a while.... remember it as being very much in the style of "Avalon", in the UK " Slave to Love" was a hit single. Didn`t realise it was out on sacd so may well pick it up. Roxy, though they have a following, seem to me a tad underated these days - they had a pretty...

One of the great rock/pop albums of all time... The recently reconstructed "Smile" is good, but "Pet Sounds" is sublime. And it sounds wonderful in any version, mono, stereo, surround, whatever. Regards

1. Alien Quadrilogy. 2. The Godfather Trilogy. 3. Almost Famous Bootleg Edition. 4. Boogie Nights - later 2 disc edition. 5. The Amicus Collection - Region 2. 6. Spinal Tap - Criterion collection. 7. Once Upon A Time In The West. 8. North By Northwest. 9. T2 - Extreme Edition. 10. Contact.

An observation from the U.K.... Whilst browsing the new dvd releases at our local supermarket this afternoon I picked off the shelf the "Metallica - Some Kind Of Monster" documentary. This was rated 15 (no one under 15 admitted ) in British cinemas but the dvd was rated 18. Looking closer at...

Yeah, Mickey Rourke rules in this one. Hard to believe now that back in the `80`s he was starring in major pictures for the likes of Coppola, Cimino and Parker and was being talked up as heir apparant to De Niro. Particularly enjoyed his performances in "Pope Of Greenwich Village" and...

It`s a long time since I`ve seen this one but my memories of it are fond - Lester had a hell of a tall order to follow the original and he did a good job. Berenger & Katt were also pretty good. Regards

Haven`t seen it myself but(according to the cover)the region 2 "Battle Of Britain" has DTS as well as DD and the Walton score. MGM/UA seem to be the only major company who release special editions in Reg 2/4 land before Reg 1! Regards

Agree with david on the laserdisc pcm track - to my ears it sounded clearer and more dynamic than the original dvd release - haven`t seen/heard the special edition dvd though. Great film, one for the ages. Regards

Thoroughly enjoyed "Lifeforce" when I saw it on cinema release, one of the best "bad" films I`ve ever seen. Awful dialogue but terrific special effects(by Star Wars maestro John Dykstra if I remember rightly)it looked great on the big screen - looking forward to an anamorphic release perhaps...

Great news. Can`t wait to see this one as intended, the nearest I`ve seen has been the 16:9 Channel 4 broadcast a few years ago. Have looked out for the widescreen ntsc laserdisc on eBay but it rarely surfaces and when it does it goes for a pretty penny. Watched it recently on Sky and it plays...

I remember when "Sorcerer" was released to cinemas in the U.K. late 1977 it was actually titled "Wages Of Fear" and ran @95mins. I didn`t see it at that time but when first broadcast on British tv in 1980, also in this truncated version and (amazingly for the time)in widescreen. The AR was...