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XXX marks the spot

October 4, 2002 // 0 Comments

Vin Diesel is forging a career out of over the top action flicks. The newest entry in his portfolio is the high-adrenaline spy film XXX. The box office hit comes to DVD from Columbia TriStar just in time for your New Year’s Eve Party. Xander Cage (XXX) [...]

Columbia TriStar claims Innocence

October 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

The well received winner of the Audience Award at Cannes. The romantic drama Innocence will make a long overdue arrival on DVD this December. For 50 years, Claire has dealt with the support and comfort of a loveless marriage. Seemingly satisfied that her [...]

Panasonic creates first DVD/Hard Disk Recorder

October 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

Taking on the “the more goodies the better” philosophy, Panasonic has created the first DVD-R/DVD-RAM recorder with built in Hard Disk recording options. Hard-Disk recording, popularized by systems such as TiVo and UltimateTV has been enjoyed by [...]

All About Eve is improved

October 2, 2002 // 0 Comments

A personal favorite, Bette Davis gave perhaps her best performance in the Academy Award Winning, AFI recipient All About Eve. After putting out a perfectly respectable, but fairly featureless version of the film some years back, Twentieth Century Fox Home [...]

Columbia TriStar reveals My Wife is an Actress

October 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

Still making its rounds at the art house theatres, the French romantic comedy Ma Femme Est Une Actrice, better known as My Wife is an Actress will make its DVD debut in December. Successful sportswriter Yvan and popular film star Charlotte enjoy a [...]

Fat City and Quicksilver get stripped down releases

October 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

Two inspirational dramas are coming from Columbia TriStar. The boxing story Fat City, and the labor story Quicksilver are both getting basic releases this December. Jeff Bridges stars as the likeable, simpleminded amateur boxer on a brief rise who catches [...]

Charlie Chaplin gets a facelift.

October 1, 2002 // 0 Comments

No one can fault Image Entertainment for their excellent releases of the films of Charlie Chaplin. The video restorations were breathtaking and the extras extraordinary, but now Warner Brothers Home Entertainment and the French production company MK2 have [...]

Red Dwarf Series I crashes to Earth

September 30, 2002 // 0 Comments

The long-running British sci-fi/comedy Red Dwarf has garnered quite a fan base on both sides of the Atlantic, and although the Region II version of the series will arrive before its appearance on our shores, Season I, (or Series I) will arrive this [...]

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Work comes to DVD

September 30, 2002 // 0 Comments

Warner Brothers Home Entertainment and Eagle Rock Entertainment present the famed concertmaster Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert in Andrew Lloyd Webber: Masterpiece Live From The Great Hall of The People – Beijing. This staged “greatest hits” concert [...]

K-19 emerges

September 27, 2002 // 0 Comments

The latest Harrison Ford film failed to grasp audiences, but perhaps the DVD will introduce the film to audiences. K-19: The Widowmaker is coming in December from Paramount Home Entertainment. The story of USSR’s first nuclear ballistic submarine, which [...]
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