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New Films Named To National Film Registry

December 28, 2006 Rich Drees

Boasting a combination of popular classics, modern hits and forgotten films of historic significance, the Library of Congress announced its annual list of 25 films to be added to the National Film Registry. “The annual [click for more]

Review: CHILDREN OF MEN

December 27, 2006 Rich Drees

A bomb rips through a coffee shop, but the death of more than a dozen people in a London terrorist action isn’t the lead story on the news. What is news is the announcement of [click for more]

Happy Holidays! (And a brief site update)

December 24, 2006 Rich Drees

Happy holidays! I’d like to take a few moments to thank everyone who has stopped by the site this past year. Every month our traffic numbers have gone up and I take that as an [click for more]

Review: THE GOOD GERMAN

December 17, 2006 Rich Drees

Much has been written about Steven Soderbergh’s latest film The Good German and its obvious debt to 1942’s Casablanca, to the point where one could be forgiven if it seems that Soderbergh is the first [click for more]

SUPER Correction

November 28, 2006 Rich Drees

Warner Brothers have announced a disc replacement program for the defective discs in their new Superman Ultimate Collectors Edition which we mentioned yesterday. Here’s a statement from Warners Home Video via The Digital Bits– Bonus [click for more]

SUPER Mistake: Warner Brothers Fumbles SUPERMAN DVD Set

November 27, 2006 Rich Drees

Fans of the Superman films who are looking to run out to their favorite DVD retailer tomorrow to pick up Warner Brothers’ “Ultimate Collector’s Edition” box set may want to wait a few days. Sure, [click for more]

Review: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

November 24, 2006 Rich Drees

Christopher Guest has carved himself a specific niche in filmmaking, assembling a cast of actors who basically improv a film off of a basic, skeletal outline. The results have been impressive- Waiting For Guffman (1996), [click for more]

Saying Good-Bye To Robert Altman

November 22, 2006 Rich Drees

Late yesterday afternoon, in the wake of the announcement of his passing, Robert Altman’s production company Sandcastle 5 Productions sent out a press release with statements from the many actors and film professionals who worked [click for more]

Review: CASINO ROYALE

November 17, 2006 Rich Drees

In the past, the advertising for the soon-to-be-released latest installment in the James Bond series would trumpet loudly, “Bond is back!” But with the release of Casino Royale and the assumption of Daniel Craig into [click for more]

After Dark’s Horror Fest This Weekend (With Theater List)

November 13, 2006 Rich Drees

Although I’m no great fan of the more recent spate of extreme horror films, I have to admit that the idea behind this coming weekend’s After Dark Horror Fest is one that seems so obvious [click for more]