Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. My barely thirteen-year-old self had no idea what went on behind the scenes of Supernova when I bought a ticket at the box office in January 2000
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Rent It Advertised as “suspenseful” and “a stick of dynamite”, Robert Aldrich's Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) drops a handful of men in the middle of near-constant danger…with mixed results. The story is simple: six German POWs, including Karl Wirtz (Jeff Chandler) and de facto leader Erik Koertner (Jack Palance), have been offered a large payday to clear unexploded Allied bombs from war-torn …
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Mainstream horror continued to flounder in 2014, but a number of promising independent features managed to fill the void with original chills and thrills. I really like the premise of Leigh Janiak's Honeymoon , and the uneasy, uncertain tension overshadows the somewhat disappointing ending.
Recommended The Season: Once time travel and alternate realities enter the equation in a sci-fi TV plotline, you can essentially kiss newcomer audiences goodbye. Those drawn to the show's premise or ensemble understandably become lost while trying to follow the numerous interwoven threads and the impacts made on various permutations of the future; hell, it can become tedious for those who were …
Rent It The Movie: Finding Fela is an efficient, albeit messy documentary that should provide a decent introduction to those who have never heard of Fela Kuti or have a basic understanding of his work. I belong to the second category.
Recommended Oh, the tortured life of Dragon Ball Z on home video. Despite being nearly 300 episodes after all was said and done, the original DVD's trickled out with a paltry offering of 3-5 episodes per disc.
Recommended The Movie: Even when it was first released thirty-three years ago, On Golden Pond already felt dated, so it's no surprise that viewing it now makes it look older than it actually is.
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Highly Recommended Adapted from the eponymous 1975 play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer—and in turn, Singer's earlier short story “Yentl the Yeshiva Boy” —Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983) is an uncompromising personal project that's held up quite nicely during the last three decades. Our story follows Yentl Mendel (Streisand) and her father (Nehemiah Persoff) in early 20th century …