""Editing is what makes film a film." That audacious statement is made at the beginning of this 2005 documentary about the art of film editing. After listening to many editors and directors, movie novices as well as cinephiles may agree. Kathy Bates narrates this whirlwind history of the art punctuated by dozens of scenes to illustrate the effect of film editing in heightening reality and making a visceral impact on the filmgoer. In fact ..."
"The Matrix With The Matrix, Andy and Larry Wachowski crafted one of the most exhilarating sci-fi/action movies of the 1990s. In the not too distant future in an insipid, characterless city, a young man named Neo (Keanu Reeves) sits alone at home by his monitor, waiting for a sign--from what or whom he doesn't know--until one night, a mysterious woman named Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) introduces him to Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne). A mes ..."
"This just-completed project, a first-of-its-kind look at the development of a ground-breaking sci-fi trilogy, illuminates the phenomenal success of "The Matrix" with never-before-seen footage from the original film, new interviews with stars and filmmakers (Keanu Reeves, Lawrence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, the Wachowski brothers, producer Joel Silver and fight choreographer Master Yuen Wo Ping), background on the origins ..."
"Trotz der gesetzmäßig rückläufigen Einnahmen ist Matrix Revolutions ein durchaus gelungener Actionfilm und stellt einen erneuten Meilenstein innerhalb der exponentiell wachsenden Entwicklung der computergenerierten Spezialeffekte dar. Dies mag für jenen harten Kern von Matrix-Fans, welche die Hacker-Mythologie der Wachowski-Brüder in eine Art pseudoreligiöses Popkultur-Phänomen verwandelt haben, nicht ausreichen, aber es gibt keinen Zwe ..."
"Police Academy: 20th Anniversary Special Edition (DVD)When the mayor decides that the doors of the police academy be open to any and all, the applicants swarm forth like hordes of losers in a colorful assortment of nonregulation sizes, shapes and eccentricities.]]"
"The Crossing is a stirring dramatization of General George Washington's surprise attack on the British Army's German mercenaries and the Battle of Trenton. Based on the book by Howard Fast, The Crossing brings to life Washington's historic passage across the Delaware on Christmas night, 1776 and the lopsided fight that followed."
"The Art of The Matrix goes beyond the film. But you cannot be told what this book is...you have to see it for yourself! The most unusual one-of-a-kind giftbook of the season, and the first and only book licensed by the creators of this awesome film--this is the complete pre-production archive of artwork and conceptual drawings, along with the script and commentary in the artists' own voices, in a beautifully printed, large format book, ..."
"Astoundingly silly but incredibly popular, Police Academy is the first film in a seemingly endless franchise that takes aim at the men in blue. After a police academy drops all of its entrance requirements, all manner of misfits flood in, hoping to make it onto the force. One of these misfits, a lazy, aimless cadet played by Steve Guttenberg (Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby), was forced to enlist and tries whatever he can to get kicked out ..."
"Since medieval days in Spain and England pastorelas - or pastoral plays - have re-enacted the long journey of the shepherds to the nativity. Their message has always been simple and ageless: the conflict between good and evil, and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit. This contemporary adaption of La Pastorela was created for the PBS Great Performances Series. It stars Linda Ronstadt, Paul Rodriguez, Cheech Marin and members of E ..."