When thinking of John Woo, most people immediately have a predetermined image in their minds, of dazzling action movies with blazing guns and explosions, choreographed and staged to create an almost lyrical tragedy in the midst of all the mayhem. What [...]
In Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s release of “Toy Story 2, ” which can be found in the “Toy Story 2-Pack” as well as the “Toy Story Ultimate Toy Box, ” you can find an interesting feature that is not easy to detect. During Buzz [...]
Steve Brooks, a notorious lady’s man and chauvinist has had one affair too many. Extremely unpopular among his countless former flames, Steve is one day invited to a party at one of his girlfriends’ place. What appears to be a sensual private party [...]
Ronnie Ashcroft’s dreadful calling card to the cinema begins as a heist caper, with the abduction of a prominent socialite. The kidnappers almost reach freedom when they encounter the glowing She-Monster on a deserted (what else?) highway. Smashing [...]
1993 seemed to be a year in which romance flourished, full-force, on the big screen. With sweeping, epic love stories like Vincent Ward’s "Map of the Human Heart," Martin Scorsese’s "The Age of Innocence" and James Ivory’s [...]
To understand exactly what writer/director Jeremy Podeswa tries to accomplish with ’The Five Senses, ’ it’s first necessary to know where the idea for this quirky little film originated. After reading Diane Ackerman’s remarkable book, ’A Natural [...]
Almost ten years after completing their remarkable debut film — a masterpiece of independent filmmaking entitled ’It Happened Here’ — Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo teamed up once again to tackle another historical drama. While their [...]
When "What Lies Beneath" was trailered in theaters, I didn’t care much for the film because the story seemed predictable and the trailer obviously gave away most of the film’s highlights and plot points. As a result of this, what I [...]
Up until now, the rules have been simple. A documentary is a film that documents an actual event, person, etc. A mockumentary is a film that imitates the style of a documentary, while telling the story of a fictional person or event. (It should be said [...]
There are those who say that popular media is intellectually bankrupt and may actually be making people dumber. I personally disagree with this, as I learned everything I know from movies and television and I’m a walking encyclopedia of fun-filled [...]
