Email Author Jordan Harper

2007 Stories by Jordan Harper

• Pause & Rewind

  published December 27, 2007

  Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Warner Bros.) — It's the collector's-set briefcase that seals the deal, a gunmetal-gray case that... More >>

• Killer Climax

  published December 13, 2007

  The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) The final installment in the Bourne-again trilogy is the one in which the CIA assassin's true... More >>

• A Bitter End

  published November 1, 2007

  No End in Sight (Magnolia) Charles Ferguson's debut doc, easily the most important in a year full of notable fact-gathering... More >>

• The Boys Are Back

  published October 25, 2007

  Directors Series: Stanley Kubrick (Warner Bros.) Most of the old Kubrick DVDs were crap: full-screen editions with poor... More >>

• Genuine Fake Robots

  published October 18, 2007

  Transformers (DreamWorks) No doubt, Michael Bay's slam-bang action-figure commercial doesn't play nearly as well on TV, no matter how... More >>

• You'll Laugh Dying

  published October 11, 2007

  You Kill Me (Genius) Funny thing seeing Philip Baker Hall in You Kill Me, as he's already played the role of a... More >>

• Fist Things First

  published October 4, 2007

  Caligula: Imperial Edition (Penthouse) (Spoiler alert: Fisting!) One day back in the swingin' '70s, somebody mentioned... More >>

• Special Delivery

  published September 27, 2007

  Knocked Up (Universal) Apparently, as Judd Apatow was making Knocked Up, he was also prepping for its DVD... More >>

• Feeling Feverish?

  published September 20, 2007

  Saturday Night Fever: 30th Anniversary Special Collector's Edition (Paramount) For all its camp-classic status as the ultimate... More >>

• Legs to Spare

  published September 13, 2007

  The Graduate: 40th Anniversary Edition (MGM) Fifteen years after its last home-video commemorative edition (extras... More >>

• Seasons in the Sun

  published September 6, 2007

  The Office: Season Three (Universal) After a shaky first season and a better-with-every-episode second, The Office... More >>

• They Killed the Dog

  published August 30, 2007

  Year of the Dog (Paramount Vantage) It's just about the First Commandment of Hollywood: Don't kill the dog. So it's a... More >>

• The Sympathetic Spy

  published August 23, 2007

  The Lives of Others (Sony) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's film, easily the best of last year, exists on many levels:... More >>

• Keeping the Meter Running

  published August 16, 2007

  Taxi Driver: Collector's Edition (Sony) "Listen, you fuckers, you screwheads: Here is a man who would not take it anymore."... More >>

• Elvis Is Everywhere

  published August 9, 2007

  Bubba Ho-tep Limited Edition (MGM) Intentional camp is difficult to do well. It's a contradiction that usually comes off... More >>

• Fuzz Busters

  published August 2, 2007

  Hot Fuzz (Universal) The second feature from writer-director Edgar Wright and writer-star Simon Pegg (Shaun of the... More >>

• Cold War Reheated

  published July 19, 2007

  Red Dawn: Collector's Edition (MGM) John Milius' 1984 war pic was a mighty bonkers release even back then; not since the... More >>

• When He Was Small

  published July 5, 2007

  Chancer: Series 1 (Acorn) Available solely in the U.K. for years, this is a small-time release featuring a modestly... More >>

• Crackers & Cheese

  published June 28, 2007

  Black Snake Moan (Paramount) The best place to see Craig Brewer's mash-up of blood-boiling exploitation elements would... More >>

• Maybe Too Hard

  published June 21, 2007

  Die Hard Collection (Fox) You don't need to watch the included preview of Live Free or Die Hard to know it's... More >>

• Beat the Crowd

  published June 14, 2007

  Glastonbury (THINKFilm) Only a Julien Temple concert doc would get the R rating -- for nudity (male, mostly, and not... More >>

• Cannibal Corpse

  published May 31, 2007

  Hannibal Rising (Weinstein) Pointless beyond belief, Hannibal Rising serves more as a cautionary tale than horror... More >>

• Good Clean Smut

  published May 24, 2007

  Porky's: The Ultimate Collection (Fox) When writer-director Bob Clark was killed by a drunk driver in April, the obits... More >>

• More Shriek Than Shrek

  published May 17, 2007

  Pan's Labyrinth (New Line) Guillermo Del Toro has made a career of mixing slam-bang special effects (Hellboy,... More >>

• Hitchcock on Holiday

  published May 10, 2007

  To Catch a Thief: Special Collector's Edition (Paramount) Starring Cary Grant as a cat burglar and Grace Kelly as a... More >>