Patricia Arquette

Shout! Factory gives us “Stigmata” in high definition

January 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

While details are still scarce, we have just learmed that Shout! Factory is preparing to release the 1999 MGM production Stigmata for release on Blu-Ray Disc in May under their Scream Factory label. Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) has absolutely no [...]

Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” arrives in January

December 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Paramount Home Entertainment has added director Richard Linklater’s profound movie, Boyhood, to its roster, scheduling a Blu-Ray and DVD release for January. Filmed over the course of 12 years with the same cast, “Boyhood” is a groundbreaking story [...]

Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Fourth Season

September 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

I’ve been hooked on “Boardwalk Empire” since its first season, and I thoroughly enjoyed the mix of Prohibition-era mobster movie and crime drama, despite the excessive violence and the gratuitous sex. I was therefore really looking forward to this [...]

Ed Wood

September 21, 2012 // 0 Comments

Tim Burton's loving tribute to cult-trash director Edward D. Wood Jr. is available on Blu-Ray Disc, at last. I did not hesitate for a moment to put this disc in my player and give it a spin to see how it lives up in high definition. The film tells [...]

Human Nature

January 13, 2003 // 0 Comments

With the recent critical buzz surrounding screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s latest two efforts, ’Adaptation’ and ’Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, ’ it’s only fitting that New Line would release on DVD one of his lesser known works, 2002’s [...]

Bringing Out The Dead

May 18, 2000 // 0 Comments

In our fevered ’been there, done that’ culture, people sometimes disregard the fact that great artists often revisit themes over the course of their creative lives. How many times did Hitchcock explore the idea of someone falsely accused? The works of [...]

Stigmata

February 23, 2000 // 0 Comments

Stigmata: Marks or sores corresponding to and resembling the crucifixion wounds of Jesus. With this explanation given in a dictionary, it quickly becomes obvious that "Stigmata" has to be a movie with religious overtones. A quick look at the [...]