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fangoria.com recently posted the full specs of the DAY OF THE DEAD 2-disc set: Anchor Bay has informed Fango of the final specs on its amazing two-DVD release of DAY OF THE DEAD, coming August 19. This is the first Anchor Bay title to use the new DiviMax high-definition transfer process, and...

I just watched the opening trilogy of Season 2, namely episodes "The Homecoming", "The Circle" and "The Siege" and thought they were quite interesting. What caught my attention, though, was the fact that Frank Langella wasn't credited for his appearance as Minister Jaro, a key figure in the...

I was thinking whether it would make sense to view the two films as one broken in two parts (ala Lord of the Rings), since the first one seems to build up to the second in terms of story/themes/character arcs. I haven't watched the first X-Men for some time, but isn't Jean's prologue there...

Since they seem to own the rights to a plethora of characters from the DC universe, wouldn't it make sense at some point to attempt an ensemble piece, like Kingdom Come, JLA or even something original, what with the remarkable success of the X-Men franchise?

What I really found a considerable achievement on the filmakers' part was the fact that the newly introduced mutants were, to me at least, as defined and interesting overall as the 'old' ones, despite their short screen time and lack of exposition on the previous installment. I imagine a clash...

I'm not sure if this belongs here or should be posted elsewhere, but anyway: As a fan of puzzle/adventure games I've always wanted to play the above classics, ever since I saw 7th Guest played at a friend's PC back in the early 90s. Since it was designed for DOS and when I eventually bought my...

Regarding Ozu, I hope they release Tokyo Story someday. Certainly a film needed to be seen by as many as possible. Also, after the superb Solaris DVD I can't wait for more Tarkovsky; mainly The Mirror and Ivan's Childhood (wasn't the latter announced a while back at their website?).

Favorite moment: the Ents emerging from the forest heading to Isengard. For some reason I felt this was the most moving moment of the film (Shore's score obviously helped). However, I suspect my overall favorite scene of the trilogy will be Dernhelm revealing himself as Eowyn during battle ...

One of the characters I was incredibly drawn to, which I really wasn't expecting, was Theoden's personal guard (Hama?). From the moment he -knowingly- lets Gandalf keep his staff to the very end, I felt characteristics such as nobility, loyalty and devotion really came through. All that with...

Probably Star Wars: Episode II and Tarkovsky's Solaris. I felt it would perhaps be an interesting idea to watch sequentially 2 films representing the complete opposite sides of the sci-fi spectrum.

OK, I read Empire's Two Towers coverage yesterday and caught the following plot detail that will apparently appear on film: Grima has a keen eye on Eowyn I haven't read Lord of the Rings for a while but believe this isn't mentioned in the book. Can anyone confirm whether this is change the...

According to DVDFILE : At long last, the third in George Romero's famous zombie trilogy Day of the Dead will finally hit DVD on April 29th, courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment. Featuring stomach-churning gore effects by legendary effects wizard Tom Savini, this horror classic comes uncut and...

Actually, I've been doing some research on the subject (specifically working in Germany) and I even went to Munich this winter in order to ask a friend working there. The short story is that finding a job ranges from rather difficult to fairly easy, depending on your education level and field of...

Speaking of upcoming Anchor Bay horror titles, anyone with a solid interest in european horror and particularly the Dracula films/literature, please be sure to check out Werner Herzog's german remake of Nosferatu. It's coming on 7/9, featuring both the german and english language versions plus a...

I never believed the US would outplay Germany in their national sport and that the latter would opt for a 10-man defence for most of the game. We can only hope these efforts won't prove to be an exception and a consistently competitive national team might as well become reality in the future...

A few notes on Germany: Considered by many as the second most succesful (and historic) national team after Brazil, and the most succesful in Europe. The word that best characterizes Germany has to be 'efficiency'. While their players are hardly the most technical one could find, their...

The Italians' whining shouldn't surprise anybody. They've retained that attitude troughout their whole WC campaign. The second yellow card on Totti (and not a straight red, as some misinformers would have us believe) was justified, as the latter dived spectacularly in order to gain a penalty...

Actually 2001 is one of the very few films of which I'd rather own a bare-bones disc, due to its themes/structure/nature. So I was glad they removed the Clarke interview from the previous release :)

Do the Unfinished Tales include anything cocerning the Second/beginning of the Third age? To my understanding, the Silmarillion features the history of the first, but I'm really interested in the whole Last Alliance period. Also, while reading the Appendix I found some notes on the witch-king of...

Great post(s), Seth. I'm really looking forward to the DVD in order to scrutinize the film a bit more. My favorite scene has to be the one starting with Merry and Pippin running into Frodo and ending with the latter jumping on the ferry to (temporal) safety. It's the scene I thought all of...

quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I disagree. TPM had the "battle droid" march type of theme as well. That's one that gets stuck in my head frequently. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Have to agree with Tom about the inability to switch audio (and particularly subtitles) on the fly. Quite annoying. But apart from that the disc is top-notch and the video transfer possibly redefines the word pristine. I also listened to Burton's commentary near the end and he did seem rather...

Regarding the storyline I was wondering about Palpatine's role and screen time on Episode II. I haven't noticed this mentioned much, but to me Palpatine IS one of the central figures of Episodes I-III and should be used more - and more creatively. Anyone else feel the same way?