I saw it in a theater here in Birmingham... you actually won't lose much by not seeing it in a theater this time around. The premise is that it's a student film shot with a handheld, and most of it looks like one. Not knocking it necessarily—it was a good concept the first two times I saw it...
I'm actually having close to the same issue, thought I can't tie it to dimming lights or a possible electrical problem like you can... The flickering happens at the EXACT same spot in various discs every time they are played. I would love to know what's causing this... I have the 970HD and...
It's been sporadic... Here in Birmingham, Alabama, there are five Best Buys within 20 miles of each other. Only one got the sets in and stocked today. I'm really wondering if there's not something bigger at play here, given the widespread reports of this being hard to find—not just a Best Buy...
The disc is very good, and the color timing adds to the effect of the film. It's a product of its time from a presentation perspective (the film, not the DVD) and it is represented very well on the current DVD.
I used to watch COTTON CANDY, Ron Howard's awful but somehow compulsively watchable TV movie about a battle of the bands competition, every time it came on TV and it was one of the first things I ever taped on VHS. Now I wish I had it, but I can't find it. Bootlegs abound and I've even heard...
I hear you... but for me, "The Shining" is the close second. There's something just powerful about the way "Sematary" explores inconsolable grief, particularly in the case of tragic, sudden death. The movie is incredibly shallow in that regard compared to the book, but maybe the remake will...
I guess I'll buy ANYTHING that gives me more Stephen King. A commentary and a 45-minute documentary sound pretty good to me. As scary as this movie can be, particularly if you have kids, it's about 1/10 as scary as the book. The book is easily the most disturbing thing King has ever written...
I'll buy this tomorrow... saw it in the theater and dug it. I'll tell you one thing... that scene at the drive thru
is just about the sickest, slickest little piece of gore filmmaking you'll ever find in a mainstream cineplex horror movie. Absolute stomach-churning brilliance.
Well, the rumor is that the "Cujo" SE has been dropped, which is sad. It's the one that really needed a new DVD. The "Pet Sematary" transfer is quite nice now. But some of those new extras look nice. I've always wished someone would do a "video tour" of Stephen King's Maine. Though the movies...
I would plunk down major bucks today ... TODAY! ... for The Complete Nashville. As great as that film is, the fact that any major studio would consider releasing a film in two or three parts must mean what was cut is spectacular. Anyone who has ever read "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" or "Down and...
I passed for months on the iPod video, thinking I would never use it (screen too small, love it for music but not video, short battery life, etc.). Now having watched an entire season of NewsRadio on my iPod video during lunch, in waiting rooms and at various other moments my mind would...
I enjoyed the commentary a great deal for one reason: Dolly. She's just about as likeable as any celebrity I can think of, and she keeps it real. In fact, there are times when she's the only one saying anything, as if Jane and Lily lose interest towards the end of the film. It's worth a listen...
The old flashy, red-and-black New Line logo was all about Freddy. I probably watched the first Elm Street film 100 times at various sleepovers and junior high parties. Every time I hear Columbia's logo music, I start singing the rave riff at the end from "Go," which is one of my favorite...
I blogged not too long ago about Network and how oddly "right" it turned out to be, but I think it's worth pointing out just how terrifying Arthur Jensen's speech to Beale is in the last third. I don't want to believe all that has come to pass, but I do. Those who want to remain somewhat...
Were you WATCHING Katrina coverage on TV? Romero proves his genius by being oddly prescient about haves and have-nots in the wake of a real disaster. You'll always have people like the film's Riley who are a force for good and want to save as many as possible... you'll always have the Cholos...
If "Titanic" is compared in this thread with "GWTW" (and it has been several times), it won't be the first time. Janet Maslin from the New York Times practically dubbed it this generation's GWTW, and I do think she's right. I personally haven't seen the film since 1997, but I remember walking...
I've only had my Olevia 32" for a few days, but wow, am I impressed. I was turned on to these sets by a swanky studio where my church did some recording. They use Olevia for their computer monitors and they looked amazing. I took a DVD to my local CompUSA and checked the sets out... simply put...
Aaron! I'm shocked! ;) "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" don't come within miles of "middlebrow." Some could even make a good argument that "Close Encounters," "Jaws" and even "E.T." are masterpieces. I'm not enough of a Spielberg fan to do so, but I know they're out there. Didn't...
Exactly right. It takes time. King is appreciated now, but not the way he WILL be decades from now. "Different Seasons" is a beautiful book of short fiction, too. "Man in the Black Suit" was originally published in the New Yorker (how's THAT for literary cred), won the O. Henry Award for the...
Well, you could argue they already do. As fiction goes, King's stuff is THE popular entertainment of the last quarter century—not a passing fad a la Da Vinci Code. And King's lucky that his critical attention is beginning to happen in his lifetime. Only recently have "critics" begun to come...
It's worth noting that the title of the column is "The Pop of King" ... this is meant to be a comment on popular culture, not the film culture that many of us live and breathe on this board. For the Everyman (think of your parents, or your brother who rents straight from the new release shelf at...
"The Hills Have Eyes" DVD from Anchor Bay contains the entire "Directors" doc on Wes Craven. Very entertaining. The "Directors" discs were at one time available separately... they're pretty scarce to buy new separately now. I really enjoyed all of the ones I've seen.
Music licensing didn't seem to hold up Murphy Brown... tons of original recordings used by original artists and I bought the whole first season for $23. Even if music IS the issue, witness the success that was the Freaks and Geeks set. Higher price but the music stayed the same, which is what...