DVD Review: Across the Universe
Jude is a dock worker in Liverpool, England looking to get more out of life.
Author: Sam
News: DVD Saves A Life?
A South Carolina fire chief has the DVD format to thank for saving his life. Chief Barry McRoy was heading into a Waffle House, when a fight between two men in the restauarant’s foyer ended up in a gun being fired. The stray bullet hit McRoy, but, the DVD and the plastic case it was …
News: More Bourne
In an article in Variety trumpeting the virtues of Universal Studios, buried deep in the article is the following sentence: “Shmuger and Linde landed Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon for a fourth “Bourne” movie.” No word on whether Tony Gilroy, the Oscar-nominated writer of the Bourne films, will also be returning. Let the Bourne puns …
Academy Awards: I Drink Your Milkshake
Remember when ‘Saturday Night Live’ was really funny? Neither do I. The show returned to the airwaves Saturday night, the first episode since the writer’s strike. One of the last skits they did was one of the best I’ve seen them do in ages. It’s called ‘I Drink Your Milkshake,’ a parody of a Food …
A Bunch of Bava: Five Dolls For an August Moon
Sometimes, a job’s just a job. Such is the case with 1970’s ‘Five Dolls For an August Moon.’ (Also known as ‘Island of Terror.’) Bava described the job as such: ‘They paid me on Saturday and we started shooting on Monday.’ That said, the movie is not completely devoid of enjoyments. George Stark is a …
A Bunch of Bava: Black Sabbath
‘Black Sabbath,’ is a triptych of a film, putting together three short films to make up one feature-length film. The movie is hosted by Boris Karloff, who also appears in the second film. The first story is, ‘The Telephone,’ about Rosy, a woman who receives a threatening phone call. She’s alone and it’s night and …
News: Toshiba to Kill Off HD DVD This Week?
High-Def Digest is running a report that Reuters news service picked up in Japan quoting an unnamed source at Toshiba that the company may pull the plug on its HD DVD players as early as next week. ‘We have entered the final stage of planning to make our exit from the next generation DVD business,’ …
‘The People vs. George Lucas’ Needs You
Ok, so, you know how you and your friends have always complained that George Lucas ruined your childhood irrevocably by adding footage to the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy? Remember how you felt when you found out that Guido shot first? Well, here’s your chance to quit complaining and do something about it. Exhibit A Pictures, …
A Bunch of Bava: Knives of the Avenger
‘Knives of the Avenger’ was the third of four movies Mario Bava made in 1966. As impressive as the output is, the style in direction of each of the four is equally solid and never lacking. However, sometimes the story lines of some of these films make it difficult for one to pay attention. ‘Knives,’ …
News: ‘Persepolis’ Shown Legally in Tehran
Oscar-nominated animated movie ‘Persepolis’ has been shown legally in Tehran, albeit in an edited version. The animated movie, based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. The movie is considered controversial in Iran because of its satiric take on the 1979 Iranian revolution. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the movie ‘Islamophobic’ and ‘anti-Iranian.’