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FILM COMMENTARY & REVIEW LINKS

Asian DVD Guide : Find out which version of the movie has the best picture & subtitles.
CHUD : Cinematic Happenings Under Development...and it's funny too.
DIGITAL BITS : Info on upcoming R1 DVD releases.
DVD Talk : Some nice DVD info & a great section for release dates.
IMDB : The Internet Movie Database. Huge but unreliable. Good stuff.
Joe Bob Briggs : The Drive-In Movie critic.
Mondo Digital : Great cult DVD review site run by a regular contributor to VIDEO WATCHDOG. Great links page.
Monkey Peaches : A nifty site full of info about new and upcoming Asian films.
Rottentomatoes: Reviews for every movie from every critic. Essential. With game reviews also.

 

FILM PURCHASING LINKS

Anchor Bay Entertainment: Three of the most beautiful words in the world of DVD.
The Criterion Collection: The other three most beautiful words in the world of DVD.
Deep Discount DVD : Cheap DVDs on the net, and FREE SHIPPING!
DVD Price Search: Find the cheapest price.
HK Flix : Cheap, fast & reliable foreign DVD site.
Video Tropic: Surf, Sun, and Cheap Movies.

 

FILM MUSIC SITES

Film Score Monthly
Film Score Review
Michael Kamen Online
SoundtrackNet
Varese Sarabande: "Absolut Soundtracks".

 

BOSTON'S FINEST

Boston Camera Rental
Boston's Kaiju Big Battel: Must be seen to be believed.
Martin Finke Online: Singer/songwriter/friend. ( With a music video coming soon!)
New England Film: An Independent Film and Movie Resource.

 

OTHER MISC. FUN STUFF

Alex Cox Online: Director of "Sid and Nancy" and "Repo Man."
Andy Sidaris Online: Director of bikini-action classics.
Back To the Future online
Bob and David : The men behind HBO's "Mr.Show".
Boxofficemojo: Box office records from this weekend back to the early 80's.
Bruce Campbell Online : The hardest working chin in show business.
Burt Reynolds Online : Official site of The Bandit himself.
Cinema Treasures : A Celebration of when movies were grand and theaters were grander.
David Lynch Online
Drew's Script-o-rama: Free database of scripts, screenplays & more.
Drive-Ins : Another great Drive-In site, with local theater listings and lots of DI resources.
Drive-In Theater Database : Great site with a searchable database of theaters and some fun downloads. Get the screensaver!
DVD Maniacs : Good reviews, great forums.
DVD Profiler : Great, FREE software to manage and cross-reference your DVD collection.
Elmore Leonard Online: The homepage of Hollywood's favorite living crime novelist.
Episodes Guides : Great, comprehensive list of episode guides to just about every TV show you can think of.
Forrest J. Ackerman's Wide Webbed World : The Father of Sci-Fi's very own site.
Grudge Match: Where else can you discuss "John McClane Vs. The Death Star?"
Henry Rollins Online: The star of HEAT has his very own website!
Hidden Features : Your DVD Easter Egg Headquarters.
Hong Kong Movie Database : 'Nuff said.
John Lurie: Writer/director/composer/musician/artist/fisherman.
Kevin Smith Online: Writer/actor/director/luckiest-man-on-Earth.
Kung Fu Cinema : One-stop source for info on classic and upcoming martial arts films on the big and small screen.
The Mark & Mike Show: The continuing adventures of the guys from American Movie.
MC Frontalot: The spiritual cousin of MC Hawking. A rumored pairing in the works?
MC Hawking: Wrong on so many levels...but who cares?
Possible Films:The Official Site of filmmaker Hal Hartley ("Amateur," "Trust," "No Such Thing")
TV Party! : Digs deep into TV's past to detail the lesser-known, yet fondly-remembered highs and lows of the small screen.
Video Business : Early industry news and stats for those who like the "inside" word.

 

GAMING LINKS

Bucker and Garcia: I've got Pac-Man Fever. It's driving me crazy.
Captain Code: Your one-stop shop for videogame cheats and strategies.
GameFaqs.com: Your OTHER one-stop shop for gaming secrets and walkthroughs.
Grand Theft Auto 3: Quite possibly the greatest videogame Matt has experienced since "BattleZone" in the 80's.
Kent Paul's 80's Nostalgia Page: A faux nostalgia site to get you hyped for Grand Theft Auto 4: Vice City, set in a Miami-esque city in the 1980's.

 

updated 5 June 2005

 

 

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