Recent content by Karl F

Shane didn't realize that Vic wasn't picking up because of Shane's name on the caller ID -- he assumed (and told Corrine) that Vic was "in the field" and not picking up for that reason. --K

Interesting. I'd heard the term before, but hadn't seen any pics, so I wasn't sure that this was an example of it. I'd also heard that DVD rot was a "myth." (see this article: http://www.techtalkradio.com/features/dvdrot.htm -- which says, for instance, that "... there might be some oxidation on...

http://filmistruth.com/images/dvd.jpg (Click the link to see the disc in question.) I own a video store and I've had a number of Kino discs change color like this. They also stop working, either freezing in the middle or not loading at all. Kino says they've had no reports of anything...

Man, it's so sad that you apparently missed "The New WKRP in Cincinnati"... --K

I'm pretty certain Ebert's referencing the movie. That paragraph's in present tense; the first half would've been past tense if Ebert was talking about a prior appearance. Anyway, someone who saw it in the theater will chime in soon enough, I'm sure. --K

I watched the DVD and just now I'm reading Ebert's review. The review mentions that we see footage of Treadwell on David Letterman's show. No such footage is seen on the DVD. So, not having seen the movie theatrically, that's my assumption: removal of Letterman footage (due to rights...

I keep 'em in the tins, not in any particular order, and not with my other DVDs -- they're on a bookshelf with my Disneyland books. (Mostly because I'm running out of DVD shelf space, not due to any particularly rabid desire to keep all the Discney stuff together.) --K

PICTURE: The Aviator DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood LEAD ACTOR: Jamie Foxx LEAD ACTRESS: Hilary Swank SUPPORTING ACTOR: Thomas Haden Church SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Sideways ANIMATED FEATURE: The...

Yeah! Especially The Tall T. --K

I know this isn't the Movie Discussion thread, but I gotta make a quick nitpick with something Michael said (in his excellent and thoughtful review!): "There’s a few party scenes, which are pointless and another scene where the guy gets out of bed to kill a fly. These hear really don’t add...

AWESOME~! Best news I've had this week. This was the #1 title on my hope-this-comes-to-DVD list. Between this and Grisbi, 2005 makes me happy already. --K

Joel, I finally got this in for my store and took it home to check it before putting it out on the shelf. On my copy, the subtitles come up automatically, and there doesn't seem to be a way to switch them off. Maybe yours is defective? --K

In a recent DVD purchase of mine (I *think* "The Saddest Music in the World," but I don't remember for sure -- it's MGM, in any case), there's a little insert flyer advertising Errol Morris films as "Coming Soon to DVD!" They are: The Thin Blue Line, Gates of Heaven, and Vernon, Florida --...

It's a slipcover with the pic you see on Amazon, on both the front and back. Inside that is a cardboard fold-out holder with the other design on the front (Tom Hanks looking to the side) and a list of features on the back. This unfolds, just like -- for example -- the Simpsons box sets or the...

I love Grisbi -- it was on my Top Ten I-hope-this-comes-out-on-DVD-some-day list. Cross it off! It's sort of a crime movie on the surface, but really, it's about loyalty and growing old. I highly recommend it if you liked Bob le Flambeur or Rififi. --K