Living somewhere between a documentary and a mockumentary, ’Half Japanese: The Band Who Would Be King’ is a real documentary, but it’s hard to believe that any of it is true. The film follows the alternative-rock band Half Japanese through an [...]
When discussing silent films, the first titles that usually come to mind are the great comedies of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, or foreign classics such as ’The Passion of Joan of Arc.’ But even back then there was a place in Hollywood for that [...]
For many of us, the passage from youth to adulthood is difficult at best. By the time we’re expected to become responsible adults we’ve become so accustomed to the rituals of adolescence that we resist leaving the comfort of our chosen family of [...]
Narrated by Meryl Streep, with music and songs by Sting, ’The Living Sea’ is a beautiful visual and audio experience. From the tropical lagoons of Palau, to the raging seas off the coast of Maine, this IMAX experience provides a very broad, [...]
When Oscar time came around this year "Boys Don’t Cry" was the talk of Tinseltown – among many other films, of course. But one thing that was so remarkable about this particular movie was the fact that actress Hilary Swank had made such [...]
Based on Canadian naturalist Farley Mowat’s autobiography, ’Never Cry Wolf’ tells the tale of a young scientist sent alone into the wilds of Northern Canada to uncover proof that wolves are responsible for the rapid decline in the local caribou [...]
A rather unsuspecting hidden feature can be found in New Line Home Video’s Platinum Edition of Atom Egoyan’s masterpiece “The Sweet Hereafter.” It is very inobtrusively hidden in the menus of the disc, and it is audible. If you go to the disc’s [...]
With its ever-growing film library, MGM has access to not only a large number of classic films, but also to a large number of star-studded movies from the 70s and 80s. Now, one of these films has been making its way to DVD, the 1979 doomsday film [...]
Over recent months I have really become suspicious, every time a new horror film showed up in theaters or DVD respectively. The reason is quite simple. For the most part, recent horror movies just could not convince with their Generation X approach, their [...]
By many cherished as Dario Argento’s ultimate masterpiece, "Deep Red", which is probably better known under its original Italian title "Profondo Rosso" is a giallo that could easily rank as the textbook version of the genre. [...]
