The cult phenomenon that is "Mr. Bean" began in England as a series of TV specials that ran from 1990 to 1995. Catching on in America around the mid 1990s, the quirky series launched comedian Rowan Atkinson as an international celebrity thanks [...]
That Stanley Kubrick was one of the most uncompromising American directors is indisputable. He was a man of unique vision who was not to be undermined by producers or actors, and he literally spent years on some of his productions meticulously fine-tuning [...]
As a fan of John Waters' 1988 satire "Hairspray, " I was a bit leery when I heard that the recent Broadway musical adaptation was to be made into a feature film. It was the same feeling one gets when any beloved film is remade, that the new [...]
Michael Winterbottom's "A Mighty Heart" tells the true story of the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi, Pakistan on January 23, 2002. Nine days later, Pearl was murdered by a Pakistani militant group who [...]
All movie stars have at least one movie in their past, made when they were struggling to be noticed, that they probably wish would never surface again. For Brad Pitt, that movie is "Cutting Class." Filmed in 1989 when Pitt was at the tender age [...]
Dario Argento has been one of the celebrated masters of Italian horror cinema since the 1970s, but his directorial output since the late 1980s has been largely disappointing to fans of giallo. It seems that he has never quite been able to measure up to [...]
When a film is proclaimed as the "most notorious Japanese horror film EVER made" and has been banned for decades in its native country, you know you are in for something highly unusual. That is what is printed on the DVD cover art for [...]
Anyone who lived in Texas in 1995 must certainly remember the statewide attention devoted to the death of Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez. Known simply as Selena, the 23-year-old was shot to death in Corpus Christi by her fan club president after [...]
New Line Cinema's "Blade" movie franchise proved to have box-office sustenance from 1998 to 2004. In the title role, Wesley Snipes carried the urban vampire saga sturdily on his shoulders, rousing up a cult legion of fans. It was really not [...]
With political debates swelling around us, we could all use a little levity, and sometimes during our most divisive arguments the best relief is pertinent satire. "Delta Farce," a military satire based around the Iraq war, unites the red and the [...]
