Discus Maximus

New and nifty dvds

"...Anchor Bay Entertainment ($44.98)..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Savinifest

"...of Maniac and Maniac Cop, and managing director of Anchor Bay Entertainment/Video; 3) Live, in person: Tom Savini; 4)..."

March 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Look Ma, No Wrapping

DVD boxed sets, no assembly required

"...Herzog/Kinski Collection Anchor Bay Entertainment ($89.98)..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Video Box Sets

"...(Coffy/Foxy Brown/Friday Foster), and three Frank Sinatra films (High Society/Anchors Aweigh/On the Town). Know any Trekkies who don't drive..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

TV Eye

Lots of midseason premieres in March. So, without much fuss, here's what's coming up ...

"...March 22: Doogie Howser, MD: Season 1 (Anchor Bay Entertainment; four discs, 26 episodes); The French Chef..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...Hausu (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977, Japan) A bevy of young girls are swept..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Discus Maximus

We preview some of the best, brightest new DVDs and box sets.

Dec. 7, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Is it time for an all chimp and monkey network?

"...2 (three discs, Universal Home Video); Profit: Complete Series (Anchor Bay Entertainment); McMillan & Wife: Season One (two discs,..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Inside the Actor's Superego

How Michael Baldwin got here (hint: It involves a showbiz upbringing, Oreo cookies, and shrieking armadas of flying, brain-sucking spheres)

"...series box set (both from the superlative genre company Anchor Bay Entertainment) and a wealth of assorted other projects..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Style! Cine! Swashbuckling!

Sampling the latest DVD has to offer

"...Notebook on Cities and ClothesAnchor Bay Entertainment, $24.98 (each)..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Style! Cine! Swashbuckling!

Sampling the latest DVD has to offer

"...The Complete Musketeers (The Three Musketeers/ The Four Musketeers) Anchor Bay Entertainment, $34.98..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New on DVD: "The Stunt Man"

The 1980 forgotten gem The Stunt Man gets a new DVD box set release.

"...The Sinister Saga of Making 'The Stunt Man' (2001)Anchor Bay Entertainment The new, limited edition The Stunt Man..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Jason Henderson

Alfred HItchcock: The Early Years of the Master of Suspense

Lions Gate and StudioCanal have beaten Criterion to the punch with this intriguing if uneven collection

"...would later make North by Northwest such a whopping entertainment, this is the template for cinematic suspensers yet undreamed...."

Feb. 23, 2007 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Brand on the Run

Synergy is the name of the game at Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the Alamo empire

"...Severin Films. Then James Shapiro, former acquisitions head for Anchor Bay, came on board as chief operating officer. Both..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...Bringing Up Baby (1938; on DVD: Turner Home Entertainment, $26.99): Bookish zoologist Cary Grant, heiress Katharine Hepburn, and..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

DVDanger: Horror Roundup

The best and the rest of the month's home releases

"...in Britain), it transfers the spooky activities to Tampa Bay. Paige Pritchard (Marina Petrano) is the standard teen with..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Supremacy

A timely and tragic depiction of intolerance and bigotry

"...Joe Anderson) was a Neo-Nazi ex-con, fresh out Pelican Bay. Five days after he was released (less than a..."

April 25, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Here Be Monsters

Back in the home-release stack after SXSW

"...Animal (Scream Factory), Wolfcop (RLJ Entertainment), Muck (Anchor Bay) and Teeth & Blood (RLJ Entertainment)..."

April 4, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Demons' / 'Witchboard'

Director Kevin S. Tenney talks scream queens and classic posters

"...Cutie and the Boxer (Starz/Anchor Bay): UT grad Zachary Heinzerling nabbed an Oscar nomination..."

Feb. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: Berberian Sound Studio

Analog audio horror that will send a chill through your ears

"...Anniversary Special: The Day of the Doctor (BBC Home Entertainment) Five decades of the greatest, longest running TV science..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Which is Your Leatherface?

The SXSW three R's of horror panel takes an axe to film stealers

"...Jason Goes to fucking Hell?" snarled Weinberg, but Image Entertainment's VP Mark Ward had two counterpoints from his time..."

March 12, 2012 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Men With Guns

Instruments of destruction -- from exploding arrows to samurai swords -- get top billing in recent DVD releases.

June 7, 2002 Screens Feature

Give Us News, STAT!

Clooney's Cute, But Not After 10pm

"...illustration by Doug Potter It was, as KXAN anchor Robert Hadlock said, "a history-making episode." Indeed it was...."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Estate Sale Roundup: September 11-14

It's only rock & roll, and we like it.

"...Clash, the Stones, Devo. Tons of miscellaneous music and entertainment memorabilia, rock books, and DVD’s. Thousands of CD’s and..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Brass Bands, Russian Circles, Swindlers, and More Crucial Concerts

Get out and get loud

"...Bikes Austin, this night at the museum features multiple entertainment mediums. There’ll be live music from Blakchyl, Thelonious Love,..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Radio Snack

Food on the airwaves in Austin

"...important to many people as a source of information, entertainment, and tribal connection. Music, news, sports, politics, gossip, religion,..."

July 15, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack