Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery landed on Home Video this week in 1993, after an August 21, 1992 theatrical fall off the edge of the world.

Twin Movies happen more often than coincidence can explain. Sometimes it’s studio espionage, scripts getting pitched around until someone decides to loosely interpret the core idea without technically stealing it. Sometimes it’s a cultural fad everyone wants to cash in on before the window closes, like when breakdancing briefly convinced multiple studios they needed to … Read more

Legend (1985)

Legend arrived on home video this week in 1986, after a lukewarm April 18th US theatrical release.

Thanks to some gorgeously lavish full-body makeup effects by Rob Bottin, to me, Tim Curry will always be the definitive rendering of the devil. Legend was Ridley Scott’s attempt to course-correct after Blade Runner pretty much tanked. Fantasy was supposed to be bankable and the studios were desperate to find the next Star Wars by … Read more