Check back frequently for many announcements of recommended DVDs. Dates in parenthesis are scheduled releases.      

For those of you who have never experienced the dark acid humor of W. C. Fields, Criterion's new DVD release of  1940's The Bank Dick (7/18/00) could be the treat you were waiting for. Fields is a hen-pecked bank guard who becomes an inadvertent hero. Here's hoping the film elements are up to Criterion standards. Also being released on the same date are Six Short Films featuring the comic genius of Fields.

The first brilliant burst of Fellini magic, Variety Lights (7/18/00) makes a DVD debut from Criterion. The 1950 film stars Guilietta Masina and focuses on Fellini's affection for off-beat and fringe characters of society.

Zhang Yi-Mou, China's brilliant director, returns to contemporary mode with Not One Less (8/22/00), his 1999 film set in a remote mountain village. The DVD is from Columbia. You can look forward to an interesting experience as a 13-year-old is hired as a substitute teacher. Don't expect the heat of Ju Dou or Raise the Red Lantern. 

Mifune (8/22/00) is an imaginative comedy from Denmark that focuses on the importance of family and a fascination for Akira Kurosawa's favored actor. Check out another interesting DVD entry from Columbia coming in full frame.

Warners digs into the great MGM catalog for They Were Expendable (5/23/00)), the outstanding 1945 John Ford war movie starring John Wayne and Robert Montgomery. Plenty of good splashes from these PT boats.

Another in the string of eccentric comic melodramas from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, All About My Mother (7/1//00), makes it to the small shiny disc from Columbia. The 1999 film stars Marisa Paredes and Penelope Cruz. Anamorphic widescreen and English subtitles.

You might want to grab a gander at the 1995 Because of You (7/18/00) from New Horizons, a sweetly sentimental Japanese film about a Japanese woman journeying to New York to revisit a piece of her past. 

One of the best courtroom dramas of all time, Anatomy of a Murder (7/11/00) arrives on DVD from Columbia in glorious black and white. James Stewart uses all his down home defense guile to avoid the sharp prosecution thrusts of George C. Scott in the 1959 directed by Otto Preminger.

Paramount presents the 1975 Nashville (6/27/00) on DVD in a special edition including audio commentary and an interview with director Robert Altman. The anamorphic widescreen 2.35 transfer should present the rambling Altman vision to grand effect. 

The rambling follow-up film to Boogie Nights from director Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia (8/29/00),  makes its DVD debut from New Line with deleted scenes and a full-length making of documentary. All three plus hours of the 1999 film is presented in 2.35 anamorphic widescreen.

At long last, you can stop Searching for Bobby Fischer (7/11/00) on DVD as the fine 1993 film about a chess prodigy arrives from Paramount in an anamorphic widescreen edition. Ben Kingsley and Laurence Fishburne present varied angles of the chess board to young Max Pomeranc.

Ever since Dr. No, Ursula Andress has been a delight to contemplate. In the 1965 The 10th Victim (6/20/00), she's part of the futuristic population control game. Marcello Mastroianni makes pursuit complete coming courtesy of Anchor Bay in anamorphic widescreen.

Ron Shelton found the perfect directing rhythms with this buddy sports movie, White Man Can't Jump (7/25/00). Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes shoot the hoops and hustle baskets in this cool 1992 comedy from Fox.

Joe Pesci takes on the forces of the South with his courtroom debut in the 1992 My Cousin Vinny (7/25/00) from Fox. Marissa Tomei, the beneficiary of Pesci's legal expertise, was the surprise Oscar winner for supporting actress.

Before L.A. Confidential and The River Wild, director Curtis Hanson honed his suspense skills on the 1987 thriller The Bedroom Window (6/6/00). French actress Isabelle Huppert is the femme fatale Steve Guttenberg is panting after. From Anchor Bay

Getting to listen to both director Alan Parker and writer Frank McCourt on the audio commentary for Angela's Ashes (7/18/00) should provide an extra layer of pleasure from this well-received 1999 drama detailing the author's impoverished youth in Ireland.

If the tears my eleven-year-old daughter released in the theater is any indication, My Dog Skip (7/11/00)  will make an excellent DVD for family viewing. Skip hits the street from Warner replete with audio commentary and deleted scenes.

Anything with Kirk Douglas in  it still holds for me. Diamonds (7/18/00) arrives from Buena Vista with Douglas playing an ex-prize-fighter. Did he draw on memories of Champion (1949) for inspiration?

The film that made the reputation of the Merchant/Ivory filmmaking team, A Room with a View (7/4/00) is a welcome addition to the DVD catalog. Daniel Day-Lewis and Julian Sands and Helena Bonham-Carter explore the delights of youth and Florence.

The too often neglected gem from Federico Fellini, Il Bidone (7/18/00) is arriving on DVD courtesy of Image. The comic buffoonery is led by American tough guy Broderick Crawford.

At long last you get to go in the water again. Jaws(7/11/00) makes it's long awaited DVD in special edition sharkskin from Universal, including a making of documentary, deleted scenes, out-takes, and more. 

Hitchcock's sublime suspensor, North By Northwest (8/29/00) is being packaged as a special edition by Warner. Screenwriter Ernest Lehman delivers an audio commentary. I can't wait to join Roger Thornhill on the face of Mount Rushmore once again. 

Selections from the feature archive include articles on Akira Kurosawa,  Frank Darabont, Blonde Bimbos, Hollywood Street Gangs, or Vietnam: The Hollywood Pariah, and many more...

A Western is a Western is a Western

Place or time it's still a Western from John Ford's Drums Along the Mohawk to John Sturges' Bad Day at Black Rock.

The  Movie Poster Archive include extensive poster images from the films of stars like Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Katharine Hepburn and many more. This month's featured star is Frank Sinatra.

'I stick my neck out for nobody.' :Humphrey Bogart as Rick in Casablanca after ignoring peter Lorre's pleas for help.

Need a daily fix of movie quotes. Reel Quotes Newsletter has the answer. Click on the Reel Quotes symbol symbol for more.

Ask Digital Man is the web's only 24-hour, totally FREE source for all your home theater, DVD, Dreamcast, PC, and Networking tech support needs!

They may be judgmental, but that's the point, isn't it. Lots of DVD reviews plus news and more.
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The DVD Answer Man is a new site devoted to spreading the DVD gospel. Answers to questions, reviews, links and more....

Brad Lang continues to add more interesting to the extensive collection at Classic Movies.  Everything from actors and actress to your favorite directors is linked at the site.

Direct from the corridors of the Home Theater Forum, Home Theater Talk is the newest place on the Net to discuss everything home theater. Friendly atmosphere and knowledgeable folks are the secret ingredients.

Frank Darabont is the cover interview in the current online issue of Fade-In Magazine. Check it out along with other savvy features of this excellent book

A great place for movie lovers and techies to visit for exchange of ideas. New speedy interface is an inspiration for more dialogue.

Imaging Science Foundation
The Imaging Science Foundation promotes proper standards in home theater viewing. ISF trained technicians offer monitor calibration services to consumers. The difference in a  properly calibrated monitor can be astounding. Click on the image to find an ISF member near you.

Elite Entertainment President Vini Bancalari talks about his horror roots with DVD Unleashed. Find out why Vini has started a new DVD enterprise, Focus Film Entertainment. Watch for Sherlock Holmes coming into focus on DVD. Click DVD Unleashed to read all about it.

Bruce Hershenson Move Posters

Bruce Hershenson has been running successful movie poster auctions for a number of years, most notably for Christies. His site includes many images and a huge variety of posters for sales from his periodic catalogs.  

Home to The American Society of Cinematographers. Includes features from American Cinematographer Magazine and more...

Reviews of  affordable remote controls in the market place. Codes and tips as well.

DVD Demystified makes it all clear.The official Internet DVD FAQ for the rec.video.dvd Usenet newsgroups.

Odd Man Out/B+,B: This straight-forward IRA tale takes on dream-like qualities under the polished direction of Carol Reed. Stunning images and an amazing James Mason performance.

Check out these selections from our DVD Review Archive. New releases are constantly in our face, but catalog gems should not be forgotten.