Action

Shaft

June 5, 2000 // 0 Comments

"Shaft" is one of the few action thrillers that managed to capture fans of traditional thrillers and those of urban films at the same time. The film walks a thin line and succeeds in taking viewers on ride into New York’s Harlem, where the [...]

Cliffhanger

June 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

After having rather unsuccessfully tried to wet his feet in more comedic roles, in 1993, actor Sylvester Stallone decided to return to the action roots that made him a Hollywood superstar. The vehicle that should take him back into the throne he had held [...]

Lethal Weapon

May 26, 2000 // 0 Comments

Currently, Warner Home Video is going through a phase in which a number of titles that had originally been released when DVD was first introduced are now re-released to the format. DVD as a platform has grown significantly in the past three years and to [...]

The Guns Of Navarone

May 23, 2000 // 0 Comments

"The Guns of Navarone" is widely hailed as one of the greatest adventure films of all time. And it’s no wonder, considering the wealth of talent that was involved in its production. Starring Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn; [...]

Conan The Barbarian

May 22, 2000 // 0 Comments

As we all know, genre-cycles come and go in Hollywood. In the early ’80s, there was an insurgence of mythical fantasy films, which came to be known as "sword & sorcery" movies. This trend was no doubt influenced by the popularity of the [...]

Dreamscape

May 18, 2000 // 0 Comments

Thanks to films such as the "Nightmare on Elm Sreet" series and "An American Werewolf in London", today’s audiences are accustomed to the seamless incorporation of dream sequences into movies. While movies have always featured dreams [...]

Fight Club

May 10, 2000 // 0 Comments

A lot of controversy has surrounded the release of "Fight Club" both as a novel and the subsequent film by David Fincher. While the reason for the controversy can be easily spotted in the works, I found it generally less problematic after seeing [...]

The World Is Not Enough

April 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

For the third time Pierce Brosnan is taking on the part of Ian Fleming’s James Bond in the 19th installment of the highly successful series of movies, "The World Is Not Enough." Progressing with the notion to develop Bond a little further, [...]

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

April 27, 2000 // 0 Comments

After Sean Connery resigned as James Bond, finishing "You Only Live Twice, " the men behind the highly successful series of James Bond movies, Harry Salzman and Albert R. Broccoli, faced the challenge to find an actor who could fill Connery’s [...]

Dr. No

April 24, 2000 // 0 Comments

"Dr. No" is the first disc in the second volume of "The James Bond Collection". It is the 1962 film that started it all. James Bond graced the silver screen for the first time and introduced the world to the British secret agent, [...]
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