John Carpenter and Columbia TriStar have shared a long history of films which have made their way to DVD. Now Columbia has decided to salute his work with a new three pack of some of his best work with the studio. The three films in the collection are the [...]
Yesterday’s announcement listed the street date for Columbia TriStar’s The Next Karate Kid as August 7th. The actual street date will not be until the 28th. The other films listed (“Three Ninjas: Kick Back” and “Three Ninjas: Knuckle Up”) will [...]
On the surface, ’Tootsie’ may appear like a simple cross-dressing fun, material for straight-out laughs and mockery. Upon closer scrutiny however it quickly becomes obvious that ’Tootsie’ is in fact much more of a social study and commentary than [...]
After the recent announcement of the second and third Karate Kid movies, Columbia TriStar Home Video will be adding the forth and final installment of the series, The Next Karate Kid to their DVD lineup along with two films from the more recent martial [...]
Originally released in 1997 as one of Columbia TriStar Home Video’s premiere titles, Fly Away Home was a rather dissapointing DVD, containing only a fullscreen transfer and no features whatsoever. Now, four years later, Columbia TriStar has decided to [...]
Often overlooked as a throwaway eighties film, Columbia TriStar Home Video will present one of the few sequels to surpass the original when Short Circuit 2 makes its digital debut this summer. After learning all he can in the Oregon forests, Johnny Five [...]
Tom Hanks is a very talented and skilled actor. We all know that. But would he be able to carry the majority of an entire movie all by himself, without any supporting cast? Until recently, that question may have been reason for speculation and discussion, [...]
For many years, Michelle Yeoh has been a superstar in Hong Kong cinema, kicking and punching her way through memorable movies that have helped establish female characters as strong leads. After being voted “Miss Malaysia” in 1983, Michelle took her [...]
Just when the exotic nature of DVD-R is beginning to cool, Verbatim is set to release DVD-RW media this fall. The new media, which is complaint with the current DVD specifications, will initially have a maximum capacity of 4.7GB (the equivalent of a [...]
No author’s works have been so visited on the silver screen as Wiliam Shakespeare’s. And no author’s work has been so broadly interpereted. Now Kino Video brings two of the earliest and historically notable film versions of Shakespeare’s work to [...]
