Frequently Asked Questions

Due to the large amount of e-mail we get, we are not able to answer all questions personally. Okay, we don't get much e-mail at all, and just pretend we do to look cool. You'll still probably not get an answer anyways. Below are some frequently asked questions.

How do I get in contact with you?

The best part is when we get an e-mail asking us how to e-mail us or scolding us for not putting our address up. There are two ways to find out our address. If you cannot find our address, then we don't want e-mail from you. Hints: look at the bottom of any screen on this site for one way, and carefully read the Movies page for another. We reserve the right to mock any e-mails sent to us. And please do not e-mail Answerman asking movie questions unless you want the answer he's going to give you.

Can we send you a movie to review?

Yes! We welcome any movies; mainstream, indie, direct-to-video, digital, animated, whatever. It's important to us to help expose people to a wide breadth of films. There's more out there than what's at the local multiplex. If you send us a movie, we will do our best to review it. As hard as we try, we cannot get to everything, but rest assured we will get to it ... eventually. We do try to review things that are currently out in theaters first, so if your film has (or had) distribution, it will jump further up the list. For further information, please contact Haro or Mongoose (see above).

When is the Legend of 1900 coming out on DVD/video?

Since we haven't gotten this one in a while, it's probably safe to assume that most people know it's out on both formats. The best way to figure out if something is already out is to go to the Internet Movie Database (they rock!). Type in the name of the film you are searching for, and then look at the upper right of the screen. You'll see an icon for VHS, DVD, and CD. If they are highlighted, you can buy them. If not, you can't. To check to see an upcoming release date, you can search for the title at Amazon.com or Rotten Tomatoes under their DVD/VHS tab. If the film is out or coming out soon, both sites will say so. If not, there will be no DVD/VHS tab and no information.

You suck! You hated The 13th Warrior!

Oddly enough, we get a lot of hate mail about our review for this movie. Well, let's look at the facts. First, we gave it a marginally bad rating, and that was probably going easy on it. The rating itself doesn't quite justify the amount of mail we're getting, but oh well. There are plenty of worse things to say about the film. Of the 76 reviews that Rotten Tomatoes compiled, 49 were bad. Not a good sign It cost $85M to make, and only made $33M domestically (which is not good). Yes, box office is not a great indicator of how good a film is, but it just shows that people didn't go out to see it. Michael Crichton wrote the original novel, and he is an important Hollywood commodity. Yet, it took a long time for the rights to be bought, and even longer for the film to be made. Then, Touchstone let it sit on the shelf for a LONG time; never a good sign for a movie. They finally released it at the end of August, when the summer crap finally surfaces. Studios tend to release their bad "big" movies here, so it just shows that the studio that made it had little faith in the film. Worst of all, veteran actor Omar Sharif was so disgusted after doing this film that he quit acting. Thankfully, he decided to reenter acting, but it took nearly 5 years.

One of our first and most cherished pieces of hate mail came as a result of this review. The author, who had retired from the Army, admired the camaderie and sense of honor the film had. He chastised us for having no honor for not liking the film. Huh? One of the first thing that happens here is Antonio Banderas' character getting banished for adultery. He is a devout Muslim, yet over the course of the film his new friends convince him to drink alcohol and murder, things he found sinful at the beginning of the film. Yes, nothing says "honor" like unfaithfulness, murder, and drinking.