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by Brian Thomas (Tue 07-06-2004)
Vive America, mon ami! In the 1960s, French critics came to appreciate American crime and mystery films, coining the term "film noir" (um, "black film") to describe the vague genre of hard-boiled cynicism, sleaze and shadowy cinematography. With at least ... Hell on DVD
by Brian Thomas (Tue 07-27-2004)
I've been rambling on nostalgically a lot about drive-ins this summer, but this weekend I'll be attending a convention that is actually doing something about it. Flash back Weekend's Horro'rama Drive-In will attempt to recreate the drive-in experience wit... Lost comedy lives on DVD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 05-24-2005)
Here are the prize winners in our ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 giveaway: Stacey Allen and Aaron Essig proved to have superior email ninja skills, and will be receiving their prizes shortly. All others can just sit in the crying corner until they get their emoti... 
Hard Boiled Angel Vol.#02
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Fri 12-03-2004)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hyung Se LeeTranslated by:Huiman Alex Choi & Soomin LeeAdapted by:What They SayDetective Jiran Ha is a hard-hitting female cop in a city filled with crime and corruption. Dealing with mistaken identities and investigating stra... Hard Boiled Angel Vol.#01
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Tue 08-17-2004)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Lee Hyung-seTranslated by:Keo Melvin LeeAdapted by:What They SayTOUGH CITY. TOUGHER LADY.
Detective Jiran Ha is a hard-hitting female cop in a city filled with crime and corruption. Heading the Hard Crimes Unit, she faces craz... Miller's 'Sin City', 'Hard Boiled' and '300' rumors
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 01-26-2004)
The pansophical Rich Johnston claims that Robert Rodriguez ("One Upon a Time in Mexico") is one of many filmmakers vying for the rights to Frank Miller's "Sin City." The columnist also comments on the development of Miller's "Hard Boiled" and "300".
Also... Blu-Ray & HD-DVD: Choices Ahead
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 01-12-2005)
Way back in 1996, the home video market was coming off something of a high in the "high end" area of laserdisc releases. A bit of a revival of sorts had occurred as prices had dropped down for regular releases somewhat, players were a bit more affordable ... The Promise of DVD
by Oliver Chin (-)
Reprinted with permission by the author
In 1998, you noticed a slew of Digital Video Disc (DVD) products, ads and offers. Appropriately timed to the new millenium, DVD has been hailed as the perfect format to watch anime. What is it, and should your stor... Diamond November Solicitations (Wed 08-18-2004)
AI YORI AOSHI ENISHI VOL 3 DESTINY DVD SRP: $29.98 AI YORI AOSHI ENISHI VOL 3 W ARTBOX DVD SRP: $39.98 AQUARIAN AGE THE MOVIE DVD SRP: $29.95 AQUARIAN AGE THE MOVIE LIMITED EDITION DVD SRP: $59.95 ARGENTOSOMA COMPLETE COLLECTION DVD SRP: $99.98 AURA BA...DVD & VHS This Week: June 25
by John Thonen (Tue 06-25-2002)
VIDEO NEWSWhile we're all waiting for Quentin Tarantino to finally start production on his too long awaited new film, KILL BILL, we will at least be able to console ourselves with the re-releases of his ground-breaking, trend setting previous efforts. Up ... CPM February 2001 Releases (Fri 12-01-2000)
COSMIC CATFIGHTS ON DVD! The Complete Shamanic Princess DVD & Sprite DVD Available February 13th NEW YORK, NY - Central Park Media, leading distributor of Japanimation on DVD, is pleased to announce the DVD release of the magical action/adventure "The ...ADV Films Announces February 8 Releases (Sat 01-22-2005)
HOUSTON, January 18, 2005—ADV Films, the #1 producer-distributor of anime in the U.S., is pleased to announce the release of several exciting titles in its expanding library on February 8, 2005. NEON GENESIS EVANGELION PLATINUM: 05 The titanic...Freedom Vol. #2 HD DVD
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 08-31-2007)
What They SayDuring routine maintenance on the lunar surface, Takeru finds a strange capsule containing a single photograph. Captivated by the enigmatic girl in the photo, he scours the city in vain for clues to her identity. In desperation, Takeru and fr... Happy New Year!
by Brian Thomas (Mon 01-01-2007)
Yes, Happy New Year – and holy smoke! And I thought there were few DVD releases last week! Well, the short list this week gives us a chance to go over what’s on the way in 2007 in the field of animation. Barnyard is a spin-off... Manga Review: Hard Boiled Angel (Wed 08-10-2005)
Ed\'s catching up on an older release in his pile with a review of CPM Press\' December 2004 release of Hard Boiled Angel Vol. #3 (of 4). Here\'s hoping they finish out the series with the fourth volume.Frank Miller: 'Hard Boiled' director (Tue 04-22-2008)
Frank Miller told MTV Movies Blog that his work directing 'The Spirit' may translate into a gig directing one of his own comics: 'Hard Boiled'. He revealed at Comic-Con that he's been talking over the prospect of the film with his 'Spirit' producer Debor...DVD & VHS This Week: April 23
by John Thonen (Tue 04-23-2002)
VIDEO NEWSBuena Vista recently announced that they would be releasing Tim Burton's wonderful ED WOOD on DVD this summer on August 13. Burton's film is in glorious black and white and boasts a pair of top of the line performances from Johnny Depp as talen... Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle Box Set
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 09-23-2002)
What They SayIt\'s the third season of adventures based on the comics of Rumiko Takahashi, the best-selling female comic artist in the world!
Ranma comes face to face with some of his greatest adversaries yet. There’s Ukyo, a friend from his child... DVD & VHS This Week: July 23
by John Thonen (Tue 07-23-2002)
VIDEO NEWSMovie audiences
Kane Hodder reprises the role he's made famous in 2002's JASON X
© New Line Cinema
weren't waiting for the return of Jason Voorhees, but New Line is betting that the video rental audience is as they announce the Octo... TV Not on DVD: The Your-Two-Cents Edition
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 10-31-2005)
Well, there are weeks where y'all are talkative and weeks where I'm left wondering if anybody even reads this damn thing. Last week was clearly the former, as the subject of TV on DVD seems to have brought you all out of the lurking woodwork. There's a ... DVD This Week: April 30
by John Thonen (Tue 04-30-2002)
VIDEO NEWSSTAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 3 had previously been announced by Paramount, but now the company is sharing info on the supplemental features that the twenty-six episode set will include. “Mission Overview” will be a featurette, with in... DVD & VHS This Week: June 18
by John Thonen (Tue 06-18-2002)
VIDEO NEWSThe death bell has begun to ring for the VHS video system, a point made clear by a recent report in VIDEO BUSINESS magazine which tells that Circuit City has begun to phase out the format from their over six hundred stores. The article explains ... DVD & VHS This Week: March 26
by John Thonen (Tue 03-26-2002)
VIDEO NEWSThose of you who have become ill watching the final, sad season of THE X-FILES can find a fix for what ails you in Columbia TriStar's upcoming release of THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, a feature film with no direct connection to the once near-wor... DVD & VHS This Week: April 2
by John Thonen (Tue 04-02-2002)
VIDIOCY NEWS LORD OF THE RINGS information is starting to come out regarding the DVD release of the film on August 6th. First up will be a two-disc "Theatrical Edition" with disc one offering the film as seen during its highly successful theatrical run. D... Hard Boiled Angel Vol.#03
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Wed 08-10-2005)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hyung Se LeeTranslated by:Huimahn Alex Choi & Soomin LeeAdapted by:What They SayMESSENGER OF JUSTICE
Detective Jiran Ha is hot on the trail of two serial murderers imbued with superhuman abilities. In order to stop them, she ... HD DVD for X-Box 360 and SAW on Blu-Ray
by John Sinnott (Sun 09-24-2006)
HD DVD add-on for X-Box 360 No HDMI: The first pictures of the HD DVD add-on for Microsoft's X-Box 360 were recently posted on IGN.com, and there's some bad news: The accessory apparently will not have an HDMI digital output, only
X-Box 360
&co... DVD & VHS This Week: April 16
by John Thonen (Tue 04-16-2002)
VIDEO NEWSScrappy independent [IMG4R]video distributor Synapse recently announced two upcoming titles which, while lacking in cinematic "name" value, give evidence why the label needs to be paid attention to. INVASION USA is a 1953 no-budgeter wherein the... DVD News & Notes for July 10, 2001
by John Thonen (Tue 07-10-2001)
Universal's Golden Age Of Horror will soon be coming our way when Universal Studios unleashes a host of DVD double-features sure to whet the cinematic appetite of any classic-era horror movie fan. Not wanting to miss out on the interest generated by their... Freedom Vol. #6 HD DVD
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 07-01-2008)
What They SayFirst Japanese animation in HD DVD/DVD twin format to be released simultaneously in Japan and North America, HD DVD includes HDi network function that allows to watch extra features, High-quality animation combining 2D and 3D graphics. Requir... Diamond July Previews (Wed 04-14-2004)
This listing comes from the Diamond Previews catalog. These are early tentative bits of information though some of it has been announced already. Until formal announcements come from the studios, treat these as TENTATIVE and nothing more. No dates are pro...DVD See Saw
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 02-14-2006)
From the feedback received so far, it seems like most readers agree with my stand on the HD disc wars. Most of us are unwilling to open our wallets as wide as necessary to take in the choices we're being given. If we all already had HD monitors, we might ... DVD & VHS This Week: July 9
by John Thonen (Tue 07-09-2002)
VIDEO NEWS2002 has been an uneven year for most cinematic genres, but it’s been a great year for animated films. One of those animated hits will be coming to DVD just in time for Christmas. ICE AGE, the tale of a mammoth named Manny, a sloth named Sid, a ... DVD Review: Yu Yu Hakusho (Thu 06-23-2005)
It\'s hard to believe that this series is almost over or that we\'ve reviewed thirty-one volumes of it so far. Released earlier this week on 06/21/2005, we\'ve got some thoughts up on Yu Yu Hakusho Vol. #31 (of 32) from FUNimation.DVD & VHS: September 10
by John Thonen (Tue 09-10-2002)
VIDEO NEWSThe Fangoria website recently put an end to any ongoing belief in the luck of the Irish, with their announcement that Trimark Pictures has begun casting on LEPRECHAUN: BACK IN THE HOOD. Now, I'm sure little person, and the actor inside Gabe Bart... DVD Shopping Bag: Halloween Box Set
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 10-14-2008)
Last October I headed over to mall to pick up Halloween on DVD. After sitting through Rob Zombie’s awful rendition of John Carpenter’s classic film I knew it was time to pick up the original. I still had my 1998 VHS Limited Edition 2 t... DVD & VHS This Week: March 5
by John Thonen (Tue 03-05-2002)
VIDEO NEWSHIGHLANDER was both a box office and critical dud when originally released in 1986. Since then, a fiercely loyal cult movement has turned the tale of sword swinging immortals into a success story surpassed only by that of the original STAR TREK.... DVD Review: The Laughing Man (Wed 11-28-2007)
Compilations are hard sells in general but even more so when it comes from a lengthy series that spends a lot of time on world building. Jennifer has checked out the 10/02/2007 release of Ghost in the Shell: The Laughing Man movie compilation from Bandai ...DVD This Week: November 6th
by John Thonen (Tue 11-06-2001)
VIDEO NEWSSince it's anybody's guess when THE MATRIX sequels will actually be completed, video fans may react favorably to the upcoming MATRIX REVISITED: GOLD COLLECTOR'S EDITION. The DVD will feature even more behind-thescenes footage than the previous d... DVD News and Release Info for August 21
by John Thonen (Tue 08-21-2001)
VIDEO NEWS· SHREK has already claimed this year's top box office title. It's November 2nd DVD release may claim other records as well as DreamWorks launches the title, at sell-through prices, with their bigg... DVD This Week: October 30th
by John Thonen (Tue 10-30-2001)
VIDEO NEWSJEEPERS CREEPERS was a sleeper hit this summer and MGM is cashing in on its popularity by rushing it to home video as a January release. There will be a Special Edition DVD release offering a making-of featurette, deleted footage and, most eye-p... Hermes: Winds of Love (Sat 03-30-2002)
What They SayFull of exciting adventure and great passion, this animated Japanese favorite tells the legendary tale of the mythological hero Hermes. The creator of the world orders Hermes to defeat the evil King Minos, tyrant of Crete. With his beautiful ...DVD News & Release Info for July 17
by John Thonen (Tue 07-17-2001)
VIDEO NEWS· Double-Feature Deluge: Relative newcomer DVD label Marengo Films will be distributing a number of double-feature discs previously released to VHS under the Englewood Films banner. These include some pu... Miller May Be Up for HARD BOILED
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 04-21-2008)
And it's not a remake of the John Woo classic. No, this would be an adaptation of Frank Miller and Geof Darrow's comic of the same name. The co-director of Sin City and The Spirit talked about being up for the job to MTV. A long time ago, WB wanted to ada... DVD & VHS This Week: July 30
by John Thonen (Tue 07-30-2002)
VIDEO NEWSWhile many video companies are scaling back on the release of extras laden classic film DVD special editions, Warner Home Video recently announced five new ones coming this September. The announcement includes three Academy Award Winners: AMADEU... DVD This Week: August 20
by John Thonen (Tue 08-20-2002)
VIDEO NEWSHELLRAISER: HELLSEEKER, which reunites stars Doug Bradley and Ashley Laurence from the first film in the series, will hit video stores this October. But FANGORIA.COM recently reported that a sequel to that sequel is already in the works. Apparen... HARD BOILED: The Movie
by Frank Kurtz (Fri 08-24-2001)
Warner Bros, is currently negotiating for the feature film rights to Frank Miller and Geoff Darrow's HARD BOILED comic. Should the studio acquire the property, plans are to have David Fincher helm with Nicolas Cage starring. The comic book was oroginally ... DVD News and Release Info for August 7
by John Thonen (Tue 08-07-2001)
VIDEO NEWS· THERE’S NOTHING OUT THERE: SPECIAL EDITION is a good example of the little known or rarely seen title that the DVD explosion is bringing to the surface. On 9/19, Image Entertainment will release this e... STAR TREK: A HARD RAIN
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 03-27-2002)
In what can only be an experiment to see if STAR TREK fans will ever get sick of holodeck stories, a usually relatively reliable author (Dean Wesley Smith) has churned out an emphatically lackluster novel. A HARD RAIN is a pulp fiction detective pastiche ... Touch DVD-Box (Thu 02-10-2005)
What They SayThe well beloved 101-episode TV series, \"Touch\", based on the original work of Adachi Mitsuru serialised in the \"Shounen Sunday\" magazine, is now finally available on DVD. The video is remastered for release in conjunction with the 20th ...Diamond Previews November Solicitations (Wed 11-16-2005)
AFTER CLASS LESSON VOL 1 DVD SRP: $25.00 AFTER CLASS LESSON VOL 2 DVD SRP: $25.00 BURST ANGEL VOL 6 DVD UNCUT SRP: $29.98 CASE CLOSED SEASON 1 VOL 1 DVD UNCUT SRP: $29.98 CASE CLOSED SEASON 1 DVD STARTER SET SRP: $44.98 COWBOY BEBOP REMIX VOL 5 DVD S...CPM March 2001 Releases (Mon 01-01-2001)
JET PLANES. GIANT ROBOTS. VERY SHORT SKIRTS. Agent Aika: Naked Missions DVD & Knights of Ramune DVD Available March 13th NEW YORK, NY - Central Park Media, leading distributor of Japanimation on DVD, is pleased to announce the DVD release of the fan se...Phantoms and Free DVD Players
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 09-09-2003)
In last week’s column, I put out an offer to sell my credibility in exchange for new electronics equipment. Well, no DVD player manufacturers or retailers have responded to my offer (which still stands), but I’m gonna tell you how you can get a DVD player... Freedom Vol. #4 HD DVD
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 02-20-2008)
What They SayIn 1969, man landed on the moon. Now three centuries later, he returns to earth... With nothing but a photograph to guide him, Takeru flees the lunar city of Eden in search of a girl he\'s never met on a planet he\'s never seen. Thus begins t... Diamond December Update (Thu 09-16-2004)
12 KINGDOMS VOL 9 DVD SRP $29.95 2 X 1 2 VOLUME DVD BOXSET $SRP: $39.95 ANGEL TALES VOL 4 SWEET NEW LIFE DVD SRP: $29.98 BLACK WIDOW DVD SRP: $29.99 AQUARIAN AGE VOL 3 DESTINY DVD SRP: $29.98 BODY TRANSFER DVD SRP: $29.95 BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 2004 VOL 1 ...Freedom Vol. #1 HD DVD
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 06-09-2007)
What They SayContains episode 1.
In the 23rd century, mankind has fled earth and emigrated to the moon. The last outpost of civilization is the Lunar Republic of Eden, where the omnipresent Citizens Administration Council grants residents everything the... DIE HARD Debuts On Top of DVD Charts
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 11-29-2007)
The unrated LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (complete with numerous F-Bombs) and the record holiday spending week has placed the fourth installment of John McClane on top of the DVD charts. The film won out on both the rental and sales race for DVD even though it h... The DVD After Tomorrow
by Brian Thomas (Tue 05-11-2004)
As I was gazing lovingly at my growing stacks of DVDs the other day, I was pondering what sort of technology was bound to come along to make them all obsolete. Digital movies aren't even the wave of the future anymore they're the wave of the present. As ... That DVD Bastard
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 08-16-2005)
I'm still getting emails on the subject of Mexican movies arriving on US DVD without the benefit of subtitles that I wrote about back in April. US video labels like Ground-Zero and Brentwood have been picking up these Mexican features, often genre favorit... Toei Enters the DVD Market
by Justin Strauss (-)
Toei Animation has been working hard since 1956 to bring us the absolute finest in anime. Though they started out humble enough, they have grown to become the largest and most famous anime company in Japan. They have worked on countless series, and have b... Look Ahead: Part 2
by Brian Thomas (Tue 01-09-2007)
In last week’s thrilling DVD Shopping List column, we looked ahead to the major and intriguing genre theatrical and direct-to-DVD movie releases scheduled for the next 12 months. We ran out of room halfway through the list, so we pick it up here ... Full ORDER OF THE PHOENIX Dvd Details
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 09-18-2007)
There's been a few changes to the DVD release of HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by Warner Bros Home Video. One of those changes is the additional/deleted scenes which was originally listed as 10 minutes of footage not seen in the theatrical ver... DEMON CITY SHINJUKU
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 09-05-2000)
Last week, we reviewed director Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s anime masterpiece Wicked City(1989), which had been re-released on video, so this week seemed like a good time to take a look at a similarly titled follow-up, Demon City Shinjuku (1993), available on tap... ABE packs 'em in
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 07-26-2005)
So our massive sci-fi TV giveaways from last week have left the ol' prize closet totally exhausted. The prize winners should've been notified by now, and there will never be another giveaway in this column again. Aaaah I should know that I can't fool you... DVD & VHS This Week: August 6
by John Thonen (Tue 08-06-2002)
THIS WEEK'S NOTEWORTHY NEW RELEASESTHE ANTICHRIST (a.k.a. THE TEMPTER) comes [IMG2R]to us from the good old days of rat ridden, derelict dwelling, sticky floored theaters which ran delightfully depraved Italian rip-offs of U.S. made hits in a desperate bi... DVD Shopping Bag: Windfalls and Downfalls
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 08-12-2008)
The time has come Maniacs to catch up on all of last season’s TV. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1, Heroes: Season 2, Dexter - The Complete Second Season, Prison Break - Season 3 and Torchwood - The Complete Second Season are all sla... Bearing a Grudge
by Brian Thomas (Tue 02-01-2005)
Some anime labels have been re-issuing series episodes on Mini-DVDs smaller DVD discs that play like regular full size discs but with lower capacity, and a lower price tag. Recently Warner Bros. got into the same game in a big way with a slate of mostly ... DVD News & Release Info for July 31
by JOHN THONEN (Tue 07-31-2001)
VIDEO NEWS· SUSPIRIA is a milestone of horror filmmaking, which finds its director, Dario Argento, operating at the top of his form. After some years out of release due to legal entanglements, Anchor Bay will brin... Personal Picks from the DVD Files
by Oliver Chin (-)
Reprinted with permission by the author
It's been a while since I reported on how the consumer electronics and Hollywood giants had allied to push Digital Video Disks as the new and improved way to watch home entertainment. Now industry analysts report t... DVD Review: Zegapain (Mon 03-10-2008)
This release was actually pretty hard to get on time for us as we only just got in our copies of new Bandai Entertainment titles last week. That said, we\'re quite happy to take a look at the 02/19/2008 release of Zegapain Vol. #3 (of 6) from them this mo...DVD Review: Astro Boy (Mon 06-26-2006)
Mike\'s been looking long and hard at this release since it clocks in at ove 1200 minutes, and today we\'ve got his thoughts on the 03/28/2006 release of Astro Boy (1963) Ultra Box Set 1 (of 2) from Right Stuf.Anime on DVD: Otakon 1999 Travelogue (-)
Saturday, July 3rd Bright eyed and bushy tailed, we head off in search of... McDonalds! Success! A quick trip to there and CVS to stock up on Coke and some new toothbrushes (curse those cleaning people!) and we're back at the Convention Center. Video Ro...'Spidey' animated DVD: Amazing Animation at a Spectacular SRP
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 01-12-2004)
Following the events of the
blockbuster "Spider-Man" movie, Marvel, Sony and MTV developed the new
animated "Spider-Man" series with the CGI animation gurus at Mainframe
Entertainment. The first season of the series began airing o... The Latest DVD News & Release Dates: July 24
by John Thonen (Tue 07-24-2001)
VIDEO NEWS· You can’t keep a good corpse down as Trimark Home Video has recently announced their August 3rd Special Edition release of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3. Dan O’Bannon’s 1985 semi-sequel/spin-off of Georg... DVD This Week: June 4
by John Thonen (Tue 06-04-2002)
VIDEO NEWSThere’s not much on the video news front this week, so your old pal the Vidiot thought he’d share with you (direct from the American Film Market) some titles which will likely be going the direct-to-video (DTV) route in the near future.RUTGER HA... DVD and VHS This Week: February 5
by John Thonen (Tue 02-05-2002)
VIDEO NEWSDavid DeCoteau, who spoke with the Vidiot a few months ago, has recently announced the latest films under production by his Rapid Heart banner, all destined for direct-to-video release in the near future. Never one to let a trend (such as LORD O... Monsters Unleashed!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 04-27-2004)
According to some label reps I've talked to lately, some voice actors on the English dubbing crews for anime titles have their own fan following. This might seem a little odd at first, but in light of the fact that little supplemental material is included... Daily DVD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 06-28-2005)
One would think that everybody would be scrambling to churn out tie-in merchandise to WAR OF THE WORLDS (see below for some of that). Paramount has a deluxe edition DVD of the 1953 George Pal version ready to go, but reports say Steven Speilberg requested... DVD Review: Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (Wed 01-04-2006)
We had a real hard time justifying picking these up back when they first came out for $29.99 a pop but at the new $9.99 price point we decided to go and finally take a look at these. Luis has gone through all four of them and starts off today with a look ...DVD This Week: August 13
by John Thonen (Tue 08-13-2002)
VIDEO NEWSThe creative talents within the film business have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the machinations of the industry itself. Many films have been made about just how sordid, perverse and stupid the film business really is, and o... Video & DVD This Week: October 2nd
by John Thonen (Tue 10-02-2001)
VIDEO NEWSMany had felt that the JURASSIC PARK series had already overstayed its welcome and that without the direct involvement of the director of the first two dino-hits, Steven Spielberg, audiences would pass on a third helping. Instead, JURASSIC PARK ... Ghost Sweeper Mikami DVD-BOX (Fri 03-11-2005)
What They SayThe Review!The popular 1994 comedy TV series has finally been remastered and released on DVD, and fans of the anime (and worshippers of Tsuru Hiromi and Kouda Mariko) Ghost Sweeper Mikami has never been better. Audio: We are presented with ...Toshiba Officially Drops HD DVD Format
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 02-19-2008)
The High Definition race between Blu-Ray and HD DVD is officially over, Maniacs. We expected this to come soon after the trade announced hints last week but now Toshiba is sending out an official press release as confirmation.
Toshiba Corporation today a... DVD & VHS This Week: May 14
by John Thonen (Tue 05-14-2002)
VIDEO NEWSMovie re-titling is a practice as old as film itself, but it's usually a marketing con job pulled by some scurrilous, fly-by-night distributor to trick unsuspecting rubes into paying to see a movie they've already seen simply by changing its nam... DVD Review of Vampyr - Criterion Collection
by Robert T. Trate (Sat 08-02-2008)
When Criterion chooses a film it is always noteworthy. Their preservation and highlighting of remarkable films should grab any film aficionado’s attention. Their latest release, Vampyr (spine # 437), is a dark expressionistic vampire film that is mo... DVD Review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2 Disc)
by Robert T. Trate (Mon 10-13-2008)
After nineteen years of waiting, Indiana Jones came back to us. Much like the highly scrutinized return of Star Wars, Indiana Jones has its haters (Matt Stone and Trey Parker especially). Was nineteen years too long to wait? Yes, and for some Indi... 20 Questions with Manga Entertainment
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 08-24-1998)
Many thanks go out to the folks over at Manga who followed through with myself and the fans to try and answer some of the questions on the minds of DVD owners these days. The Q&A session took place with Mike Egan, the GM and Marketing Director in charge o... DVD Review: Gungrave (Wed 01-19-2005)
Just as I thought I was starting to catch up, Geneon hits us hard with an embarassment of riches yesterday but first on the pile has to be the 01/18/2005 release of Gungrave Vol. #4.More CGanime
by Brian Thomas (Sat 09-23-2006)
Don't get me started on a rant about all the Christmas DVDs coming out already or the fact that most of them are just repackaged versions of stuff that came out last year. Just don't. That doesn't mean I'm not in the Spirit of Giving. In our Prize Closet... UK DVD Review: Gilgamesh (Thu 05-31-2007)
Dani\'s hitting the backlog hard for this series as he has another look this week with the 09/18/2006 release of Gilgamesh Vol. #3 (of 7) from ADV Films UK.ABOMINABLE DVD Contest
by Karl Schneider (Mon 10-02-2006)
Cinescape is happy to announce our next contest, a DVD giveaway for the film ABOMINABLE.It is a creature of myth and legend, but has eluded scientific study and capture. He goes by many names in countries spanning the globe: Yeti, Sasquatch and the infamo... ADV Films Announces June 19th Releases (Wed 04-18-2007)
HOUSTON, April 16, 2007 "ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to bring you the first volume of the futuristic sci-fi thriller 009-1 as well as the third volume of this year's premiere title, Le Chevalier D'...Universal Announces Upcoming DVD Titles, Including MUMMY RETURNS
by John Thonen (Tue 06-26-2001)
Universal pictures recently announced three upcoming titles that will soon be appearing on DVD with loads of extras, while looming on the horizon is a special edition release of one of the most important anime features ever made.THE MUMMY RETURNS release ... Fox Announces FF2 & DIE HARD 4 Blu-Ray Releases
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 08-30-2007)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-Ray DVD releases of their latest titles, FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER & LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD. FF2 will hit local North America shelves on October 2, 2007 and hit international zon... ABOMINABLE DVD Contest Winners
by Karl Schneider (Mon 10-09-2006)
Cinescape's ABOMINABLE contest has run it's course and the winners have now been selected.Winners:KerryMarcelloJeffScottTimIt is a creature of myth and legend, but has eluded scientific study and capture. He goes by many names in countries spanning the gl... Slow Summer Months for VHS & DVD Releases
by John Thonen (Tue 07-04-2000)
Summer is traditionally a time for people to spend outdoors, engaged in fun recreational activities such as tsunami sweating, swatting mosquitoes, coping with severe sunburn and braving long lines at theaters showing highly hyped summer blockbusters. For... Aoki Ryuusei SPT Layzner DVD Perfect BOX 02 (Wed 02-08-2006)
What They SayThe Review!Note: This DVD boxset contains episodes 25-38 of the SPT Layzner TV series and the 3 OVAs on five discs, which covers the second arc of the anime and concludes the story. DVD Unlike DVD Perfect BOX 01 which is out of print at the t...DVD Review: Gilgamesh (Thu 10-20-2005)
When people say there\'s nothing good out there these days, it\'s titles like this that prove that some just don\'t look hard enough. Luis is checking in this morning with a look at the 10/18/2005 release of Gilgamesh Vol. #3 (of 7) from ADV Films.DVD Review: Kodocha (Wed 05-16-2007)
With the remaining two \"seasons\" now under a dark cloud, I\'m sure I\'m not the only one feeling hard pressed to support the title. That said, we\'ve got a look at the 04/03/2007 release of Kodocha Vol. #12 (of ??) from FUNimation.Venom on Your DVD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 04-22-2003)
Nothing lasts forever. In my younger days as an avid comic-book collector, I eventually had to face the fact that despite every effort to keep them in a protected, hazard-free environment, pulp paper periodicals were a fragile medium at best and would ine... DVD Review: Origin - Spirits of the Past (Thu 03-22-2007)
Catching up on one of the February titles from FUNimation that we had a hard time getting a hold of, we\'ve got a look at their 02/20/2007 release of Origin: Spirits of the Past this morning.Early DVD Review: Law of Ueki (Fri 11-10-2006)
If there\'s a show that\'s a bit hard to get a handle on, the kind that is playing by the standard rules but has some really interesting creative moments to it, right now it\'s Law of Ueki Vol. #4 (of 13) from Geneon Entertainment. The series started off ...FANTASIA & FANTASIA 2000 on DVD
by John Thonen (Tue 11-14-2000)
The post-Halloween horror doldrums are still keeping the release of new terror titles to a minimum, but mid-November has a nicely eclectic mix of movies that should offer something for almost any fan. The cream of the video crop for the week is far remov... Pioneer DVD-606D (Thu 04-04-2002)
What They SayThe Review!Pioneer DVD-606D Review by Julian Tacher OK. I have now been using this player for the past 8 months and feel comfortable talking about it in detail. First off I\'d like to say that I bought this particular model for the built in...DVD Review: Ah! My Goddess (Mon 08-20-2007)
One of the titles that proved hard to get for awhile, we\'ve taken a whack at the 07/10/2007 release of Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy Vol. #2 (of 6) from ADV Films this morning.Shop @ AnimeOnDVD (Fri 12-03-2004)
The Shop has been updated with today\'s daily deals from Right Stuf as well as their weekly sale that seems to be a box set bonanza:I still need to make some room - so I\'m discounting the His & Her Circumstances DVD Set to only $39.99 - or, you can buy t...Watching Chaplin, Plugging DRAGON
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 07-08-2003)
We put aside our usual DVD discussion this week for a shameless plug! There’s a new book hitting the shelves entitled VIDEOHOUND’S DRAGON: ASIAN ACTION & CULT FLICKS, and critics are already calling it the Bible of Asian psychotronic cinema! A spin-of... Bela Lugosi lives!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 09-06-2005)
Got a big Shopping List this week so let's get right into the Prize Closet, shall we? We've got FIVE copies of the big chunky MILLENNIUM Season 3 to give away! Who wants one? Well, to enter all you do is send an email containing your mailing address to ps... You Say You Want a Revolution?
by Brian Thomas (Tue 04-06-2004)
Not too long ago, I acknowledged the sad untimely passing of filmmaker and former Cinescape columnist John Thonen. Well, the story gets sadder, as John’s widow is a cancer patient left with overwhelming bills. To help out, friends from the Kansas City fil... Aoki Ryuusei SPT Layzner DVD Perfect BOX 01 (Blue Comet SPT Layzner) (Tue 07-19-2005)
What They SayThe Review!Note: This DVD boxset contains episodes 1-24 of the SPT Layzner TV series on six discs, which covers the first arc of the story. DVD Perfect Box 02 covers episodes 25-38 (end of TV series) and the three OVAs. While DVD Perfect Box...Ghost Rider!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 06-12-2007)
In anticipation of the upcoming comedy Evan Almighty starring Steve Carell, DotComedy has provided our Prize Closet with Carell DVDs to give away! One lucky Maniac will receive The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Office Season 1 and The Office Season 2. To... The (Super) Power 100
by THE EDITORS OF CINESCAPE (Tue 08-05-2003)
In this month's Cinescape (on newsstands now), we offer up the (Super) Power 100. You got the full skinny on Numbers 1-50, but only a casual listing of who made the remaining 100. Now, only available through Cinescape.com, we proudly present the guts, the... DVD Review: Elfen Lied (Wed 06-29-2005)
Catching up on a title that was rather hard to get in stock for us, we\'ve got a late look at the 05/17/2005 release of Elfen Lied Vol. #1 (of 4) from ADV Films.DVD Review of Iron Man: Ultimate 2-Disc Edition
by Tim Janson (Sat 09-27-2008)
Perhaps the most important scene in Iron Man comes at the end of the film. In fact, it comes after the credits when Tony Stark returns home to find Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) waiting for him. Fury tells Stark he’s not the only superhe... DVD Review: 'Legion of Super Heroes - Volume One'
by Jim Harvey (Wed 08-22-2007)
"Overall, I'd have to strike Legion of Super Heroes - Volume One as a Rental. Die-hard fans will undoubtedly purchase it, since the extra content will likely not be duplicated in any season compilations release. But for the casual fan? Rent it before deci... Reeves storms Hell
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 07-19-2005)
That's right, the famous DVD Shopping List Prize Closet is open once again with more goodies. Winners of last week's CRY-BABY giveaway should receive their DVDs soon. This week, we have a cartload of science fiction TV for you, so if you want to win, just... DVD Review of The Inglorious Bastards (3-Disc Special Edition)
by Robert T. Trate (Mon 08-11-2008)
The Inglorious Bastards (1978), known internationally as Quel maledetto treno blindato or in some circles as G.I. BRO, has been given a Criterion Collection quality release by Severin Films. A three disc DVD packed with multiple documentaries, a soundtrac... DVD Review: Air Master (Fri 04-08-2005)
Catching up a bit on some titles that have been hard to find at retailers over the last month, we\'ve got a look at Toei\'s release of Air Master Vol. #1 (of 6) from 03/15/2005.DVD Review of The Fantastic Four; Complete First Season
by Tim Janson (Sun 07-13-2008)
Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes is the fourth animated TV series for Marvel Comics’s flagship title. Premiering on the Cartoon Network the show has had a bit of a spotty broadcast history but now you can see the complete firs... DVD Best Sellers for week ending July 15
by Scott Collura (Fri 07-20-2001)
Kevin Costner has finally made a film that isn't universally reviled. In fact, THIRTEEN DAYS actually received a fairly warm critical response - even George W. liked it - and it has now premiered at number one on the DVD best seller chart. Here are the to... DVD Review of Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
by Robert T. Trate (Mon 09-01-2008)
There are two ways to look at the Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow. The first as a stand alone cartoon and the other would be to look at it as a die hard Marvel fan. Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow takes place in the distant future where Earth’s ... Lady in the Water
by John Sinnott (Sun 01-07-2007)
The end of the HD format Wars?? Could be. Two news releases this past week make it look like the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray may be drawing to a close sooner than expected. And the winner? Both formats.
Warner... Saint Seiya DVD-BOX1 Pegasus Box (Wed 12-24-2003)
What They SayThe Review!Audio As this show was produced 16 years ago, I have worried if it has got some damages on sound tracks, but the audio of vol.1 is clear and noiseless. Video Clear and almost noiseless. I couldn’t have found any sign of da...Fushigi Yugi Suzaku Box Set
by Jim Lazar (Sat 02-16-2002)
The Review!Menus: A-
All of the discs start with the same basic main menu except for the background artwork (which corresponds to the artwork on the disc and the cardboard case). Each menu screen identifies the disc that is inserted, useful if you somehow... TRANSFORMERS Rolls Out To DVD & HD-DVD Oct 16
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 09-05-2007)
The official details for the DVD/HD-DVD releases of Paramount's TRANSFORMERS have been released online. The release date is set for October 16, 2007 for both formats. Here's the press release and the list of items set to appear on the 2-Disc Special ... Anime on DVD: Record of Lodoss War (-)
The Age of Gods was closing. Eternity had come to an end. The heavens shook as the armies of Falis, God of Light clashed with those of Falaris, God of Darkness. In the unceasing battle which followed, the earth wept... The seas boiled... At last, only ...Anime on DVD (-)
Anime on DVD San Francisco Gathering As reported by Reikun The San Francisco gathering took place on Sept 9, 2000 in Japan Town. We chose to meet in from of Kinokuniya Bookstore. The planned meeting was for 11:0...VOODOO MOON DVD Contest
by Karl Schneider (Tue 09-19-2006)
Here at Cinescape we are happy to announce our next contest, a DVD Giveaway of VOODOO MOON.The film starts twenty years ago when a demonic massacre in a sleepy Southern town left two young siblings as the lone survivors. But for adult Cole (Eric Mabius) a... Diamond Comics January Update (Wed 10-22-2003)
12 KINGDOMS VOL 4 DVD SRP: $29.95 ALL PURPOSE CULTURAL CAT GIRL NUKU NUKU DASH VOL 3 MODE THREE DVD (MR) SRP: $29.98 ANGELIC LAYER VOL 3 IDOL WORSHIP DVD SRP: $29.98 BE FOREVER YAMATO DVD SRP: $29.95 BOYS OVER FLOWERS VOL 3 LOVE BEYOND THE...Video & DVD This Week: September 4th
by John Thonen (Tue 09-04-2001)
VIDEO NEWSThe jury is still out on the status of GROOM LAKE, the William Shatner directed sci-fi thriller that Full Moon produced earlier this year. Production of the modestly budgeted feature (shot on digital video) wrapped several months ago - after run... RIGHT STUF’S NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Announces Feb. 18 Deadline to Receive Name in DVD Credits for the EMMA: A VICTORIAN ROMANCE – Season 1 DVD Collection (Thu 02-14-2008)
Box set to include “Victorian Gazette” & available June 24, 2008 GRIMES, IA, February 13, 2008 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to make two announcements about the EMMA: A Victorian...ELEKTRA
by BRIAN THOMAS (Sat 04-16-2005)
Two movies based on the comics of Frank Miller are released two months apart. One becomes the darling of critics and cleans up at the box office. The other is panned all around and is deemed a flop. Why? While SIN CITY revels in the hard-boiled genre trad... Memoirs of the Invisible Woman
by ANTHONY C. FERRANTE (Sat 12-03-2005)
Three years ago, Jessica Alba was getting typecast as the tough chick after appearing for two seasons on the James Cameron-created sci-fi TV series Dark Angel. Three years later, blonde and one of the hottest young actresses in town, she snagged the highl... Multimedia 2000 Releases Bubblegum Crisis DVD MegaSeries: the Ultimate Anime Collection (Fri 09-22-2000)
Bubblegum Crisis MegaSeries includes DVD debut of Hurricane Live!, also sold individually. SEATTLE September 22, 2000 Multimedia 2000 (www.m-2k.com) today announced the revamping of its phenomenally successful Bubblegum Crisis DVD line with the release o...BLADE RUNNER (1982)
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 02-29-2000)
BLADE RUNNER (1982), the science fiction masterpiece directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, based on Philip K. Dick`s novel DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, was derided during its initial release for being lo... “Space Cowboys on HD DVD, X;Men: The Last Stand coming to Blu-ray soon.
by John Sinnott (Sun 11-05-2006)
Column News: With the switch over to the new site design, I thought I’d make a couple of minor changes in High Def Revue. The most notable one is that the Blu-ray discs will be listed first in the Upcoming Discs section from now on. ... Fox Techs Up for DIE HARD 4
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 10-17-2007)
This has never been utilized in the entire history of DVDs but Fox plans on starting a new trend with their upcoming release of LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, scheduled to hit shelves November 20, 2007. The Special Edition DVD will come with an electronic co... VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES IMPRESSIVE DVD SALES OF NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW (Tue 09-25-2007)
Feature Film Based On Popular Anime And Manga Series Debuts At Number 25 On Nielsen VideoScan San Francisco, CA, September 25, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation...AN Entertainment Schedules Haré+Guu DVD 4 (Fri 07-14-2006)
The jungle fever rages on in the fourth volume of the international cult hit comedy HARÉ+GUU, a show Anime on DVD calls, "One that really needs to be seen." The plot thickens, the bizarre humor and absurd gags carry on, and fans are guaranteed to hunt do...DVD & VHS This Week: May 21
by John Thonen (Tue 05-21-2002)
VIDEO NEWSThis August, Warner Brothers Home Entertainment will offer up two DOCTOR WHO DVDs, including "Tomb of the Cyberman," a four episode story arc with Patrick Troughton as the good doctor. These episodes had been missing for years before copies were... DVD Review: Marmalade Boy (Sun 11-14-2004)
Box sets tend to be one of the things we love and hate around here since getting through them in a timely matter is hard to do - especially if you\'re not allowed to watch one of them without your wife since she\'s just as much of a fan of the show. But a...DVD Review of Birds of Prey The Complete Series
by Tim Janson (Thu 07-24-2008)
Over five years after its last episode, Birds of Prey: The Complete Series, is available on DVD. The show premiered on the WB Network just one year after Smallville, and certainly Warner Bros. was hoping for a similar success story. Alas, the sh... DVD Review of THE INCREDIBLE HULK: The Complete Third Season
by Robert T. Trate (Sun 06-01-2008)
One doesn’t need to see every episode to follow the adventures of David Banner (Bill Bixby). The opening credits alone give you all that you need to know what is going on with David Banner and his alter ego the Hulk (Lou Ferrigno). David Banner as t... DVD Review: Elektra: Unrated Director's Cut (Wed 10-19-2005)
"While the 'Daredevil: Director's Cut' scrapped the extras in favor of an expanded and improved movie, the 'Elektra: Director's Cut' offers only marginal improvements to the film and one excellent featurette weighed down by an excess of superfluous materi...Hard Work And Guts! Gunbuster Contest (Mon 01-01-2007)
Bandai Visual USA will be releasing what many consider one of the greats of anime OVA series in February 2007. Available in North America only on VHS for years, this first time DVD release brings the recentl...DIE HARD Stays On Top of DVD Sales
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 12-07-2007)
Live Free or Die Hard maintained its top spot on the national sales and rental charts for the week ending Dec. 2. The fourth installment pulled in another $10.26 million in rental revenue in its second week in the market.Paramount/DreamWorks' Shrek the Th... DVD Review: Otogi Zoshi (Mon 04-11-2005)
Catching up on another new series that kicked off recently, we\'ve got a look at the 03/29/2005 release of Otogi Zoshi Vol. #1 (of 6) from Media Blasters. Information on this title has been hard to get - did you know that this first volume has a second di...DVD Review of Popeye the Sailor 1938-1940
by Tim Janson (Mon 07-07-2008)
The second volume of Popeye shorts has been released, covering the years 1938 – 1940. The two disc set features 31 shorts along with numerous extras. There is a misconception that every Popeye short involved him eating spinach and fighting... C2F Shop - 'Fantastic Four' Extended DVD
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 06-05-2007)
Comics2Film kicked off our Daily Giveaways by offering readers a free copy of 'Fantastic Four' on DVD, bud die-hard fans may want to click right through to the Shop for the new Extended Edition debuting on DVD today.
According to the sales materials i... 23 Skidoo
by Randall Larson (Thu 02-22-2007)
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Harry Gregson-Williams has taken a sidestep from the magnificent orchestral sweep of Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, and Flushed Away to provide a somber and spooky score... BLUES BROTHERS DVD Release Party
by News Editor (Thu 09-01-2005)
Universal Pictures recently held a DVD release party to celebrate the release of the new 25th Anniversary BLUES BROTHER DVD. Co-writer and star Dan Aykroyd participated via satellite from Toronto.Here are some video clips from the evening that Universal m... HUSTLE down to the DVD store
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 08-09-2005)
We found in our mailbox a screener for a new black & white horror feature from William Winckler (DOUBLE-D AVENGER) that is "thisclose" to landing a DVD distributor. FRANKENSTEIN VS. THE CREATURE FROM BLOOD COVE recalls the monster pictures of the 1950... DVD Review of R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly
by Tim Janson (Sun 10-05-2008)
Max Doyle (Sterling Beaumon) is a high school freshmen who is obsessed with magic who discovers his house is haunted. Max’s father (played by Peter DeLuise) is obsessed with sports and tries to get Max interested in athletics, just like his ol... Herrmann Noir
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-18-2003)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSFSM's Golden Age Classics' release for December (the label's 81st CD release in five years!) is the landmark Bernard Herrmann score for Nicholas Ray's 1952 film noir thriller, ON DANGEROUS GROUND (FSM Vol 6 No 18). The film was ... DVD Review of The Ruins
by Tim Janson (Sun 07-27-2008)
Based on Scott Smith’s best-selling novel, The Ruins finds a group of four college friends on vacation in Mexico where they meet a German tourist who invites them to visit a local Mayan ruin. The natives of the area are none too inviting and fo... THE MATRIX REVISITED Part One
by Eric Moro (Tue 12-04-2001)
It’s no secret that when THE MATRIX hit theaters back in 1999, it revolutionized the way sci-fi action films were made and boggled the minds of many a moviegoer. In the process, however, it managed to become one of the most successful genre films ever, ta... DVD Review of Witchblade the Complete Series
by Tim Janson (Sun 08-24-2008)
The most amazing thing about the Witchblade TV series was that there WAS a Witchblade TV series. The show premiered before the influx of genre shows that we’ve seen over the past few years and the fact that the character is not exactly a househ... Review: 'Man-Thing' DVD (Fri 06-10-2005)
"'Man-Thing' is a victimless crime. Marvel will still make movies, and Man-Thing will still fill up old comics bins. Now he'll just have a low-priced DVD, too. I'm not disappointed because I had a benign feeling of dismay long before I even saw it. Is the...PHANTOM MENACE to hit DVD
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 06-19-2001)
Lucasfilm has finally caved to fan pressure, and 20th Century Fox's need to get much video cash, and decided to release STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE on DVD. It's slated for a October 16 release.What's more, it looks like all Lucasfilm's talk ab... Review: 'Birds of Prey: The Complete Series' 4-Disc DVD
by Jim Harvey (Mon 07-14-2008)
We present this guest DVD review from James Harvey at The World's Finest Online
With the runaway success of 'Smallville', The WB was quick to come up with a Batman spin-off, 'Birds of Prey'. After a highly successful premiere, the series quickly hit ... Review: Elektra DVD
by Jim Harvey (Fri 04-01-2005)
Another silly and predictable comic book movie that is only saved by the stylish martial arts, the cool use of CGI, and the fact that Garner is actually quite likeable as Elektra. It will probably be too slow for most action fans, although it does try har... Blu-Ray or HD-DVD?
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 12-11-2007)
This week ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ arrives in three different formats of DVD: Standard DVD, High Definition DVD (HD-DVD) and Blu-Ray DVD. All of these formats are releasing the Harry Potter films in a box set. With... Anime Expo - Saturday Report
by Andrew Tei (Fri 07-05-2002)
.hack//SIGN - Koichi Mashimo
Koichi Mashimo (President of Bee Train, director of .hack and Noir), Ken Iyadomi (Bandai Ent. VP & panel host), and another Japanese guest (who didn\'t say much) were present at the panel.
This is one of the more interestin... Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:6
by Brian Shea (Sat 02-16-2002)
The Review!Audio:
Audio was excellent as usual; everything sounded clear. I checked out the Japanese and English Audio Tracks. The Japanese sounds great, along with every other DVD, although I can't help but hate plenty of the voices in the dub, which bri... Fox sets tenative DVD sell dates for 'X3' and 'G2' (Sat 10-08-2005)
A recent promotional mailing from Fox integrated marketing lists the following tentative 2006 DVD schedule for movies that have yet to open in theaters Cheaper By the Dozen 2 (spring); My Friend Flicka (summer); Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (3Q); X-Men 3 (Q3/Q...Cromartie High School DVD Complete Collection (Thinpak)
by Mark Thomas (Tue 10-07-2008)
An absurdist comedy that stumbles at times, but overall provides an enjoyable experience. What They SayTeen life is tough. And high school life is even tougher. But if you\'re one of the delinquents sent to Cromartie, it\'s...well, put it this way, it ain... ADV Announces Princess Blade DVD (Tue 10-07-2003)
STYLISH MARTIAL ARTS THRILLER IN STORES NOVEMBER 18, 2003 HOUSTON, October 7, 2003-ADV Films announced today a November 18, 2003 street date for the DVD release of the stunningly beautiful Japanese martial arts motion picture "The Princess Blade," which...AT WORLD'S END Plunders DVD Competition
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 12-13-2007)
The sales aspect of the DVD market was dominated this week by Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, pulling more than twice as many copies as Spider-Man 3 and significantly more DVDs than Shrek the Third in their respective first w... HEROIC TRIO on DVD
by Craig D. Reid (Tue 11-07-2000)
Rather like THE MATRIX, this week’s box office winner CHARLIE`S ANGELS is chock-full of farcical frenetic action that is nothing new to those familiar with Hong Kong`s far-out Fant-Asia films of the `80s and early `90s. CHARLIE`S ANGELS is a sort of throw... Bandai Announces Remaining DVD Re-Releases for 04/2004 (Wed 02-25-2004)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES REMAINING DVD CATALOG RE-RELEASE FOR APRIL 2004 February 25, 2004 (Cypress, CA) ? Bandai Entertainment announced the remaining DVD catalog titles set for re-release during the month of April 2004. The r...Anime on DVD: Essential Tenchi Muyo (-)
Tenchi Muyo Tenchi Muyo is the flagship title of Pioneer's anime group, and has been for quite a number of years. Tenchi essentially revolves around a young man named Tenchi, who through a variety of circumstances, ends up with half a dozen alien wom...Chat with Charles McCarter of Bandai
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 11-10-2000)
All right, lets get this little shindig on the way.
Good evening everyone. :)
This being our first official studio chat, we're finding our way in how we're doing things, so please bear with us tonight.
Charles McCarter of Bandai has been gracious enou... Anime on DVD: Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (-)
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 Few can debate the impact that the original Bubblegum Crisis series, first released in 1988 in Japan and 1992 stateside by AnimEigo, has had upon anime in general, and anime in the U.S. specifically. The original 8-part OV...King Kong coming to HD DVD, The Fifth Element on Blu-Ray
by John Sinnott (Sun 09-10-2006)
King Kong: Fans of Peter Jackson's 25-foot ape have something to beat their chests over as KING KONG will be coming to HD DVD on November 14th. The disc, released by Universal, will have a suggested retail price of $29.98 and boast 1080p resolution and... ADV Films announces Evangelion & Cutey Honey DVD (Thu 09-28-2000)
HOUSTON - ADV Films is proud to announce our latest titles to be released on DVD, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Collection 02 and Cutey Honey: Collection 1. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Collection 02 DVD Personal differences between two of the Eva pilots sets the...PRISON BREAK Season 3 Hits DVD Aug 12
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 07-18-2008)
Most men would think breaking out of prison once is hard enough. However, escaped convict Michael Scofield finds himself wrongly incarcerated, this time in a Panamanian Prison where there are no rules, no wardens and no escape. In “Prison Break&rdqu...