Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007

By PopMatters Staff

It was the year of the behemoth box set, the multi-disc triumph that tried to give long suffering fans everything their demanding little digital hearts ever desired. Here are PopMatters' 30 picks for the best DVDs of the year. [25 January 2008]

Face/Off

By Jesse Hassenger

This may be the last time the Woo signatures -- slow-mo gun battles flanked by slo-mo birds; "balletic" leaps through the air; two-man Mexican stand-offs -- were effective in a remotely serious manner [13 September 2007]

Paycheck (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'A true hero,' says John Woo on the commentary track for the Paycheck DVD, 'always reaches out a helping hand to others.'" [17 May 2004]

Paycheck (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Michael (Ben Affleck) doesn't set out to control anything: he just wants to get paid. [8 January 2004]

Windtalkers (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Though it might be argued that Nicolas Cage roaring and contorting in slow motion makes for good action cinema, it's hardly the basis for a thoughtful interrogation of how war works, how it shatters (or otherwise forever changes) participants, and reinforces systemic racism. [13 June 2002]

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

By Lucas Hilderbrand

Director John Woo takes on China’s greatest literary work and a Western audience [31 October 2008]