Fans of Baz Luhrman’s film ’Strictly Ballroom’ must have been shocked when they saw his dark take on ’Romeo & Juliet’. At the same time, those who are only familiar with ’Romeo & Juliet’ and ’Moulin Rouge’ will be surprised by [...]
Based on Helene Hanff’s novel of the same name, retelling parts of her own life, ’84 Charing Cross Road’ is a heartfelt story about two people from different ends of the world, finding a passion they share – books. Helene (Anne Bancroft) is a New [...]
"Justice League" is the latest animated series from the creative folks at Warner Brothers Animation who forever changed the way "cartoon" superheroes were treated with their critically-acclaimed "Batman: The Animated Series" [...]
’Same Guys, New Dresses’ is a documentary chronicling the 2000 North American Tour by Canadian comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. It is not a presentation of the group’s live show, but a mixture of performance segments and back-stage footage. The [...]
A&E Home Video has pulled out the stops with this final ’Thunderbirds’ set, as it includes the final three episodes of the show and a host of special features – albeit, one can’t help but wonder why some of these features weren’t included [...]
Is it possible for a good cast to ruin a movie? That improbable sounding situation appears to take place in the newly released ’The Temp’ from Paramount Home Video, where a stellar group of actors muddle what could have been a great ’bad’ movie. [...]
In most modern movies the driving force seems to be to make things appear as realistic as possible. With the advent of CGI it’s now possible to make even the most otherworldly of settings look lifelike. Very few things are left to the viewer’s [...]
Paranoia and double-crosses have always been staples of espionage films. We’ve all seen spy movies where a character gets duped by someone that they could trust — typically someone who turned out to be the enemy. Well, what if you were a spy and [...]
The "terminally ill character" or "death & dying" genre is one of the stranger ones in film. Unlike most other kinds of films, with these movies, the audience is fairly certain how the many will end before it even begins. For that [...]
If you want to talk about really great television mini-series, the name A&E has to come up inevitably and the studio once again tops the ante with their new series "Shackleton," which is now making its DVD debut as a beautiful 3-disc set. [...]
