More Articles By Cyril Pearl
- Keith Richards: Under Review
MVD VISUAL Street: Sept. 18 Prebook: now > An unauthorized look at rock 'n’ roll’s original bad boy. “This film is not authorized by Keith Richards, his management or record company,” the back cover of Under Review plainly states, and we can see why. Bouncing back and forth between the tabloid-rich lifestyle of the Rolling Stones’ lead guitarist and some insigh... More - Commando: Director’s Cut
FOX Street: Sept. 18 Prebook: now > Guns blast and muscles flex in this newly supplemented Schwarzenegger action fest from the ’80s. An exemplary ’80s-era Arnold Schwarzenegger kill-athon, tailored around its star and following the popular template of the action hero flicks of the time, Commando is re-issued here in a director’s cut that contains five more minutes than was seen in the original theatrical version. More - Gumby Essentials
CLASSIC IMAGES/GENIUS Street: Sept. 4 Prebook: now > Well-priced and smartly supplemented collection of the famed TV clayboy’s most popular episodes. This latest Gumby anthology compiles 15 digitally remastered episodes from the Gumby TV shows of the ’50s, ’60s and ’80s. More - Deliverance: 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
WARNER Street: Sept. 18 Prebook: now > The 1972 classic returns in a refurbished version with new extras. One of the great American films of the ’70s, Deliverance’s story of four Atlanta “weekend warriors”—Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty—canoeing down a Georgia river and getting into some serious trouble remains one of the most terrify... More - All My Loving
MVD VISUAL Street: Sept. 18 Prebook: now > Respected rock doc maker Tony Palmer’s engrossing look at the power of British pop. “Pop music, the classical music of now,” declares Paul McCartney at one point in All My Loving , director Tony Palmer’s 1967 hour-long film about the British pop music scene, a substantial if lesser-known jewel in the treasure trove of ’60s culture docs. More - Bug
LIONSGATE Street: Sept. 25 Prebook: Aug. 29 > Ashley Judd loses her cool in William Friedkin’s paranoid little thriller. Based upon playwright Tracy Lett’s acclaimed 2004 off-Broadway thriller, Bug is a claustrophobic and paranoid movie about, well, claustrophobia and paranoia (among other things). More - Robocop: 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
FOX Street: Aug. 21 Prebook: now > The metallic law enforcer returns toting a bunch of extras and sleek steel package. Director Paul Verhoeven’s breakthrough Hollywood effort returns as a two-disc special edition outfitted with the theatrical and extended cuts of the film and three new featurettes, as well as a slew of previously released supplemental material. More - DOA: Dead or Alive
WEINSTEIN/GENIUS Street: Sept. 11 Prebook: now > Wall-to-wall martial arts mayhem featuring a trio of scantily clad lady warriors. Charlie’s Angels meets Enter the Dragon in filmmaker Corey Yuen’s (The Transporter) slick, sexy and silly take on the best-selling videogame of the same name, which revolves around a martial arts tournament wherein the world’s best fighters fac... More - She
KINO Street: Aug. 28 Prebook: now > Newly colorized and B&W versions of a beloved early forerunner to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Crafted by many of the same players who made the original King Kong several years earlier, She is an adventure film filled with style, grandiosity and color. It’s all the more colorful as it’s presented in a restored, newly colorized edition (as well... More - Redline
WEINSTEIN/GENIUS Street: Aug. 21 Prebook: now > High-octane cross-country racing flick offers car crashes and curvy cuties. Helmed by second unit director and stunt coordinator Andy Cheng (who has worked his wonders on such action films as Daredevil and The Rundown), Redline’s high-concept story is about a bunch of daredevil drivers racing some of the coolest cars you’ve ever se... More - Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Collector’s Edition
MGM/FOX Available now > Philip Kaufman’s remake of the original B-movie masterpiece receives a well-deserved digital update. Philip Kaufman’s outstanding remake (or “re-imagining” as remakes are often referred to these days) of Don Siegel’s 1956 low-budget classic gets a respectable double-disc reissue filled with solid supplements. More - The Best of Sammy Davis Jr.: Live
EAGLE VISION Available now >The legendary performer hits all the right notes in this mid-’80s European show. The song-and-dance legend delivers it all in this late-career performance recorded on tour with a full orchestra in Germany 1985. More - Purple Rain HD DVD
WARNER Street: July 24 Prebook: now > Prince’s star-making cinematic debut gets an unexceptional high-definition makeover. The semi-autobiographical smash that introduced musical icon Prince to the mainstream was re-issued on standard DVD in 2004 with a fresh audio and video mix and a handful of fun supplements. More - American Masters: Atlantic Records—The House That Ahmet Built
AMERICAN MASTERS/RHINO Available now > Comprehensive, clip-and-interview-filled look at the late, great music mogul and the modern industry he pioneered. By virtue of its subject, Atlantic Records and its legendary founder, the late Ahmet Ertegun, The House That Ahmet Built also functions as an excellent look at the evolution of the record industry over the second half of the 20th century. More - Standing Still
GENIUS/WEINSTEIN Street: June 26 Prebook: now > An unexceptional twentysomething ensemble “dramedy” with a familiar, good-looking cast. The Big Chill meets St. Elmo’s Fire in this slick-looking, L.A.-based comedy about a bunch of one-time college friends who get together several years after graduation to celebrate the wedding of two in the group More - The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
NEW YORKER Street: July 17 Prebook: June 20 > Newly updated, extended and supplemented look at the well-known literary figure. Filmmaker Jerry Aronson spent some 25 years accumulating hours of film on Allen Ginsberg for this fine portrait of the late, respected American poet. More - Factory Girl
WEINSTEIN/GENIUS Street: July 17 Prebook: June 5 > A dose of downbeat ’60s culture for pop culture stargazers and indie fans. The short life of Andy Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick—her meteoric rise to fame as a “Factory staple” and sudden descent into drug addiction, poverty and suicide at the age of 28—makes for a harrowing and tragic story. More - The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
PALM Street: June 5 Prebook: May 8 > Japanese “pink film” with some brains will stir those looking for smarter soft-core. A Japanese “pink film”—soft-core erotica filled with nudity and simulated sex—2003’s The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai strives to be a lot more. More - The Ultimate Matrix Collection HD DVD
WARNER Street: May 22 Prebook: now > The ground-breaking sci-fi trilogy delivers state-of-the-art sights and sounds in its HD DVD incarnation. We’re thrilled to report that the hotly anticipated HD DVD version of The Wachowski Brothers’ landmark sci-fi/action extravaganza looks and sounds absolutely stunning, with the films’ breakthrough visual effects coming across with c... More - Legends of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis: Season One
LRS MEDIA Street: May 22 Prebook: now > High-end production elevates this jazz compendium to must-have status. Shot in multi-camera high-definition and delivered in 5.1 Surround Sound, Legends of Jazz does right by its jazz legends, serving up a dozen episodes of lush-looking and glorious-sounding performances by such artists as Dave Brubech, Chick Corea, Lee Ritenour, Marcus Miller, Al Jar... More
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