Happy Thursday ... Well, I haven't rushed these two reviews and I think they came out okay - not as overwritten (that's writer talk for windy-blowhard) as some.

Image Entertainment finally presents a decent (actually, an excellent) DVD of John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. It's a financially undernourished but handsomely shot exploitation film that dares to revive Howard Hawks' filmic formula, and survives on style alone. Got a smoke?

And Columbia TriStar has released a disc of a film that never used to look so good, John Cassavetes' Gloria. Gena Rowlands is an acting force of nature as she guards her 7 year old companion against mob thugs and hitmen.

Thanks for all the nice letters & responses ... it's back to the reviews ... Glenn