Every year, dozens of movies are released which are based on novels. Most of these are overlooked, either due to the relatively obscurity of the source material or because the film diverged so much from the book. Those films, which are recognized, are [...]
"I am but mad north-northwest; When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw." William Shakespeare, "Hamlet" Act II, Scene II I first encountered Alfred Hitchcock’s breezy 1959 comic [...]
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has hidden an interesting hidden featurette on their release of “TheTigger Movie.” From the disc’s main menu, go to the “Bonus Features” where you will find a menu entry for the interactive trivia game. If you [...]
The good news about ’Supernova’ is that it’s not the total failure which some critics labeled it. The bad news is that it’s still not very good. James Spader leads the crew of an intergalactic ambulance to a rogue moon to answer a mysterious [...]
Oliver Stone is crazy. Maybe. At least it would appear so when you consider his last few films. No matter the subject matter, he increasingly manages to drag along an array of film styles and dizzying editing techniques in combination with his favorite [...]
Although anime, that form of animation from Japan too often characterized by big eyes, big robots, and big tentacles, has been available on VHS in quantity, it is only gradually making its way onto DVD. For the most part this is not a tragedy. While anime [...]
In the late 70’s, film financier Pierre Spengler and the Salkind Family of producers became internationally known with their big-screen versions of "Superman The Movie", it’s sequels, and after that of course, "Supergirl". In light [...]
No one could ask for a better university than the classic Universal monster movies. All the great themes are there: unrequited love, intolerance, jealousy, sin, pride, obsession, and the beast within. Point to any of the original monster films and a map [...]
Here’s another intriguing film from up and comers Vanguard Cinema. ’The Height of the Sky’ won the ’Best Feature Film’ award at the Telluride Film Festival and it’s easy to see why. The film is set in rural Arkansas in the summer of 1935. The [...]
A guiltier pleasure not to be had, ’The Brain That Wouldn’t Die’ finds renewed life in Synapse Films’ spiffy DVD of writer/director Joseph Green’s gruesome, sexy 1959 low budget bloodfest. Brilliant surgeon (aren’t they always?) Dr. Bill [...]
