“‘Like, man, watch out for the bad acid’…Woodstock has always been, to my mind, a monument to myth-making, and American myth-making at that. And here the myth has been expanded by 40 minutes of previously unseen footage. Again, you get your money’s worth in terms of time, though I think not necessarily musically. If All The President’s Men doesn’t seem dated, Woodstock does, for the simple reason that, for most of us, its reality has a remarkable air of unreality…”
“From the director who made the first Batman feature (also a very collectable DVD), Tim Burton, this film is made for DVD. The transfer is superb, with vivid colour, lots of detail, and zowie special effects. Like The Arrival and Independence Day, Mars Attacks is about the earth being invaded, but this one’s a send-up, with a galaxy of stars, including Jack Nicholson as the president and a Vegas gambler, Pierce Brosnan in a hilariously over-the-top performance as the peace-loving presidential advisor, Martin Short as his publicity hack, Glenn Close as the first lady, and so on. Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Danny deVito and Tom Jones also star, the latter playing himself and singing It’s Not Unusual in Vegas…”
“If Africa is hot, Antartica is cool, even cold. When I saw this film on the big screen, it seemed as if they had the air conditioning turned up a little too high…Brrrrr. Both historical and natural, it looks both across and under the Antarctic ice, revealing a richness of life’s diversity even below freezing. Though the film gets a little cute when dealing with the penguins, it also offers some great shots of the stark landscape from helicopters and planes. There is great visual beauty in this film that makes one less concerned about digital artifacts, but then, the panorama is less busy than the African plain or the Brazilian rain forest.
