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PAYBACK (DVD)

By | July 1999

It’s fitting that Paramount gave a watchable but, in the end, unexceptional DVD presentation to this watchable but unexceptional Mel Gibson thriller, which was released to disappointing theatrical grosses in February…

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PAYBACK (DVD)

It's fitting that Paramount gave a watchable but, in the end, unexceptional DVD presentation to this watchable but unexceptional Mel Gibson thriller, which...

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SLEEPY HOLLOW (DVD)

Paramount hasn't been known to create terribly comprehensive DVD presentations, but they take a big step in the right direction with the disc for Tim...

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After making a respectable premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, this Alec Baldwin starring vehicle fell from view before just now surfacing on...

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The DVD premiere for this year's winner of the Best Picture Academy Award (among four other statuettes) had been a highly anticipated event--that is, until...

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A lot more fun is to be had with the collector's edition for Universal's other summer comedy hit, the raucously raunchy teen laugher American Pie. The disc...

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ANGELA'S ASHES (DVD)

Much like Alan Parker's film, Paramount's DVD presentation of Angela's Ashes is solid and respectable if not exactly spectacular. Any hopes of anything...

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THE 4TH FLOOR (DVD)

It hasn't been too long (1986) since William Hurt won his Best Actor Academy Award, yet here he is playing the "boyfriend" to another recent Oscar nominee...

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THE HURRICANE (DVD)

Norman Jewison's film of the true story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's wrongful conviction and years-later release was expected to be a major contender in...

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NOTTING HILL (DVD)

While it's nice to see a disc packed with extras, sometimes less could not only be more, but also preferable. I got that feeling watching Universal's...

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THE SOPRANOS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (DVD)

Being one of the unfortunate few deprived of cable television, I had not been able to see for myself the award-winning tube sensation that is "The...

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