Posts by Sam Hatch

Although I love the film for other reasons as well, I still the think the number one draw for me is that it presents a fully realized world for you to visit for a few hours. Car chases and gunfights aside, I find myself getting the...

Don't worry about picking up 'The Rocketeer' on LD -- it's one of my favorite films, but that was always one of my least favorite laserdiscs. I didn't have the CAV edition, but the picture on the CLV disc is atrocious. The DVD is a...

Am I reading this right -- are you telling me that the spitting-image photo of Chris Cooper behind bars on the Parole Hearing newspaper article (also titled 'The Jason Valen Case' or something similar) at approx. 1:39:34 on the DVD is...

I haven't seen the Superbit edition of 'From Here To Eternity' as of yet, but I plan on picking it up soon. As far as I can tell, the Superbit monicker mainly implies the extra space given to sound and image bits. Most of the early...

On the Chris Cooper tip, he still manages to fit in a cameo in the film -- his picture and story are on the coffee-'ring'ed newspaper right before the 'big scene'.

I've grown up with Kubrick films (my odd dad let me watch 'A Clockwork Orange' when I was eight or nine) and while I have a few problems here and there with them, I really enjoy watching his work. All except for 'Eyes Wide Shut', which...

I like it for the reasons everyone else stated, but there's one more... Luc Besson obviously thought this universe out since he's supposedly been inventing it since his teens, but above all else what sucks me into The Fifth Element...

Loved it as well! The perfect example of a 'B' movie done right. The campy tone, constant visual jokes ("Prudent Aggression"/the 'mouse' pad/"Numm Nuts"/"Big Ben" Clock) and sly references (Bruce Davison painting/Scully the cat)...

I've inherited the gene as well. When folks suggest that I rent a certain title on DVD, I feel as if they's speaking in Swahili. I can't foresee myself ever renting a disc. At the most, I'll enter the store and buy a few used...

Forgot to mention something about Session 9 -- the featurette on the disc talking about the hospital and filming there was really freaky. The bit with (the actor who played Swanney in Trainspotting) mentioning that voices were telling...