Before Jeffrey Katzenberg left Disney a few years ago and co-founded Dreamworks SKG with his friends David Geffen and Steven Spielberg he was heading Disney’s animation department and led them back to glory after a hefty plunge in the eighties. Movies [...]
As time goes by and many great films celebrate their umpteenth Anniversaries, film restoration is becoming more and more of an issue. Sometimes these projects focus mostly on preserving the images as we got to know them, sometimes changes are made and [...]
Since Indiana Jones made his last appearance on the silver screen in 1989 no film had seriously attempted to follow in the footsteps of this highly successful trilogy. I am sure in part this had to do with the fear of being compared to the big [...]
In 1991, the Milwaukee police made a gruesome discovery in the apartment of a man named Jeffrey Dahmer and soon the entire nation was aware of his grisly acts. That same month a film called "Body Parts" opened nationwide and was immediately [...]
When you can get your hands on a Jackie Chan movie, it is practically always a warrant for an action-packed and completely furious film, sprinkled with hilarious comedy throughout. Some time ago, Miramax licensed the rights to Chan’s 1992 film [...]
In 1982 a film appeared in theaters around the globe that was completely different from anything we had ever seen on the silver screen. Jim Henson and Frank Oz, the inventors of numerous puppet TV specials, including the award-winning and highly popular [...]
TV movies and mini series always have a problem standing out beside mega-budget Hollywood productions. Fortunately Hallmark Entertainment has become some sort of an authority in the field over recent years, delivering some surprisingly well produced films [...]
Ron Howard’s 1982 comedy “Night Shift” has been released by Warner Home Video as one of their standard editions, containing a pan & scan transfer as well as a widescreen presentation that is enhanced for 16×9 TV sets. The picture is clear [...]
Universal Home Video’s release of the musical film “The Wiz”, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson contains a great Easter Egg. If you go to the disc’s main menu and then to the “Monus Materials” you will find a menu entry for a featurette. [...]
Trimark Home Video presents “Netforce” in a very good fullscreen presentation. Since the film has been produced for TV, it is supposedly the aspect ratio the film was originally shot at. The image is very clear and highly detailed without any noise or [...]
