Susan Sarandon is one of the finest actresses in Hollywood for a long time. The 1994 drama ’Safe Passage’ once again underscores the actress’ tremendous ability to create very natural performances and characters that could apply to anyone of us. In [...]
Just as American horror films have degraded into mostly brainless, dim-witted teenie assaults in recent years, Hong Kong horror films have also changed form. While they are not quite as hard trying to be hip – meaning they are not insulting us with the [...]
Long before ’Who-done-it?’ movies became really popular in the early 80s, Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins wrote up an intriguing genre script that turned into the movie ’The Last Of Sheila.’ This wonderfully wicked film, full of twists and [...]
The 80s have produced some really quirky films, almost macabre one would want to say. ’Sword Of The Valiant’ is one such film. Despite the fact that the film boasts some big screen names such as Sean Connery, Trevor Howard and Peter Cushing, [...]
Imagine the comedy ’Money Pit’ and replace the dilapidated house that send its new tenants though a nightmarish experience with a an elderly woman who is equally tenacious. Alex (Ben Stiller) and Nancy (Drew Barrymore) have just been scammed into [...]
Let’s praise the Lord of Rock and Roll, for he has shown us mercy! That – or something down those lines – went through my head when I inserted "Slade In Flame" in my DVD player and thus began a trip down memory lane that I have not yet [...]
A match for Comedy Central’s other show – "South Park" for controversy and pushing boundaries on cable, "Chapelle’s Show" maiden season makes an appearance in the form of a 2-disc box set. If Richard Pryor were given his own [...]
What happens when you mix Charlie Brown, Woody Allen, Ziggy, and Los Angeles? You get Larry David’s "Curb your Enthusiasm." The DVD of Season one is out, and packs a walloping 360 minutes of content on 2 discs. Larry David, co-creator of [...]
Based on the novel by famed mystery writer Patricia Highsmith and first known to movie audiences in 1999’s "The Talented Mr. Ripley, " 2002’s "Ripley’s Game" brings back the homicidal sociopath for another match of deception and [...]
When a friend first introduced me to wrestling many, many years ago, I though nothing of this sort of entertainment, but after a few exposures I eventually got to appreciate its entertainment value. Wrestling no longer is the same it was in the late 80s [...]
