dvd reviews

West Side Story Special Edition Studio: MGM/UA Year: 1961 Rated: NR Film Length: 152 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (2.20:1) Subtitles: English, French and Spanish I knew this would be a very difficult review to do from the onset. What could I possibly write that...

The Day The Earth Stood Still Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Year: 1951 Rated: G Film Length: 92 minutes Aspect Ratio: Full Frame (1.33:1) Subtitles: English and Spanish Editor's Note: Jack Briggs came to me and asked if he could review the upcoming DVD release of one...

Tuck Everlasting Studio: Walt Disney Year: 2002 Rated: PG Film Length: 90 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (2.35:1) Subtitles: English, French and Spanish A secret is about to be discovered. An adventure is about to begin If you could choose to...

Sunrise Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Year: 1927 Rated: NR Film Length: 95 minutes Aspect Ratio: Full Frame (1.20:1) Subtitles: French & Spanish In this day and age it's difficult enough to convince people to watch a classic B&W movie, let alone one that is...

Deep Space Nine Season One Studio: Paramount Year: 1993 Rated: NR Film Length: 908 minutes Aspect Ratio: Full Frame (1.33:1) Subtitles: English Of all the Star Trek TV shows that have been created, none had been a bigger challenge to both producers and audiences...

Stargate Ultimate Edition Studio: Artisan Year: 1994 Rated: PG-13 Film Length: 119 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (2.35:1) Subtitles: Spanish Sealed and buried for all time is the key to mankind's future. Let me get this out of the way right...

An Affair to Remember Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Year: 1957 Rated: NR Film Length: 119 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (2.35:1) Subtitles: English and Spanish "If you can paint, I can walk! What woman out there can resist a romantic story about a...

Predator 2 Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Year: 1990 Rated: R Film Length: 108 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (1.85:1) Subtitles: English and Spanish Hunting season opens again... You know the old saying...."You can take the Predator out of the...

Igby Goes Down Studio: MGM Year: 2002 Rated: R Film Length: 98 Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (2.35:1) Subtitles: English, French and Spanish Insanity is relative One of the toughest jobs I sometimes find as a reviewer is trying to make sense of...

The Bourne Identity Studio: Universal Year: 2002 Rated: PG-13 Film Length: 119 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (2.35:1) Subtitles: English and Spanish He was the perfect weapon until he became the target I'm a real sucker for a good spy...

The Pianist tells the true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman as it chronicles his life from 1939 to 1945 in Warsaw ghetto during Germany’s occupation of Poland. Adrien Brody plays the classical pianist in what is to become a career defining performance. Roman Polanski sidesteps the melodrama and...

How Green Was My Valley Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Year: 1941 Rated: NR Film Length: 118 minutes Aspect Ratio: Full Frame Subtitles: English and Spanish Though I have told this story many times before, it does bear repeating....although I have always...

The Woman In Red Studio: MGM Year: 1984 Rated: PG-13 Film Length: 87 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (1.85:1) Subtitles: English, French, Portugese and Spanish Businessman Teddy Pierce (Gene Wilder) has always been the perfect husband and...

Sunset Boulevard Studio: Paramount Year: 1950 Rated: NR Film Length: 110 Minutes Aspect Ratio: Full Frame (1.33:1) Subtitles: English "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Many of you may not be too surprised that up until this point...

Mickey Mouse In Black & White Studio: Walt Disney Year: 2002 Rated: NR Feature Length: 250 minutes Aspect Ratio: Full Frame (1.33:1) Subtitles: English It's moments like this that you really come to appreciate not only the DVD format but studios like...

Glengarry Glen Ross 10 Year Anniversary DVD Studio: Artisan Year: 1992 Rated: R Film Length: 100 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (2.35:1) Subtitles: English and Spanish Lie. Cheat. Steal. All In A Day's Work. For years I have been hearing...

Sports Night The Complete Series Studio: Buena Vista Year: 1998 Rated: NR Film Length: 1260 minutes Aspect Ratio: Full Frame (1.33:1) Subtitles: English Let's get this out of the way. I don't watch sports and I generally do not enjoy shows about...

Pumpkin Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Year: 2002 Rated: R Film Length: 117 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (1.85:1) and Full-Frame (1.33:1) transfers Subtitles: English, French and Spanish A comedy for the romantically challenged. First of...

Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition Studio: New Line Year: 2001 Rated: PG-13 Film Length: 208 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (2.35:1) Subtitles: English One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One...

Star Wars Episode II Attack Of The Clones Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Year: 2002 Rated: PG Film Length: 143 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (2.35:1) Subtitles: English A Jedi Shall Not Know Anger. Nor Hatred. Nor Love. It's sort of...

Sorry, if this subject excited some, this is a review of the 1998 DVD release of the ERA Home Video HK DVD of Zhang Yimou's "Raise the Red Lantern". You can access it (and the screen captures/bit rate etc.) by CLICKING HERE ERA are also the owners of Zhang's "Lifetimes" (aka "To Live") and...

Sleeping Beauty Studio:DisneyYear:1959 (year of my favorite Cadillac)Film Length:75 minutes Aspect Ratio:16X9 encoded 2.35:1 (4x3 encoded 1.33:1 P/S on same disc)Audio:5.1 DD EnglishExtras:Feature Commentary on Disc 1, and a 2nd disc overflowing with SE contentRelease Date:Sept. 9, 2003...

Weird Science Studio: Universal Year: 1985 Rated: PG-13 Film Length: 94 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Enhanced Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Subtitles: English (Close-Captioned), Spanish, French Audio: English – Dolby Digital 5.1 & DTS 5.1; Spanish Surround...

Hello DOLLY! Studio: FOX Year: 1969 Rated: G Film Length: 148 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16X9 encoded 2.20:1 (box mislabled as 2.35:1) Audio: 4.0 DD English (box mislabled as 2.0), 1.0 DD Spanish/Frendh Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, Trailer Release Date: Available Movie...

Leap of Faith Studio: Paramount Year: 1994 Rated: PG-13 Length: 107 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1, Anamorphic Audio: DD 5.1 Subtitles: English Release Date: September 9, 2003 Leap of Faith stars Steve Martin as a Jonas Nightengale, a slick con-man posing as...

Nobody's Fool Studio: Paramount Year: 1994 Rated: R Length: 110 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1, Anamorphic Audio: DD 5.1 Subtitles: English Release Date: September 9, 2003 Nobody’s Fool is a character study. There is little here that resembles plot - it’s all...

Levity Studio: Columbia TriStar Year: 2003 USA Rating: R Canada Rating: 14A Film Length: 100 minutes Genre: Drama Aspect Ratio: 16X9 Enhanced Widescreen (1.85:1) Audio: Dolby Digital: 5.1 English, 5.1 French Subtitles: English, French Release Date: August...

Return of the Secaucus 7 Studio: MGM Year: 1980 Rated: R Film Length: 107 minutes Aspect Ratio: Full-Frame (4:3) Subtitles: English, Spanish Audio: English - Monaural John Sayles may not enjoy the same recognition as directors of more “mainstream” material like...

The Breakfast Club Studio: Universal Year: 1985 Rated: R Film Length: 98 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Enhanced Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Subtitles: English (Captioned), Spanish, French Audio: English – Dolby Digital 5.1 & DTS 5.1 Before I write another word, I...

I.Q. Studio: Paramount Year: 1994 Rated: PG Length: 95 minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audio: DD 5.1 Subtitles: English Release Date: September 9, 2003 * I.Q. is an unusually quirky romantic comedy from 1994, starring Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins and Walter Matthau...