Released theatrically last year by New Line Cinema and just now available on DVD, Tim McCanlies’ "Secondhand Lions" is that rarest of rarities: a family film that targets the parents as much as the kids. Rather than rely on CGI or hip [...]
Every once in a while movies show up that literally screams at you. ’The Chase’ is such a film and the message it screams is ’Humans should not be allowed to bear weapons, because they are too dumb!’ I feel that adequately describes the essence of [...]
While maybe not one of the greatest comedies ever made, Garry Marshall’s ’Dear God’ is nonetheless a wonderful fell good movie that shows us that sometimes there is good in people, especially when given the right opportunity. In ’Dear God’ Greg [...]
"Kiss Them For Me, " Stanley Donen’s 1957 film version based on a Broadway play, stars Cary Grant, Ray Walston and Larry Blyden as Navy fliers on shore leave in WWII San Francisco. "Kiss" covers the same narrative territory as [...]
Released in 1975, John Milius’ "The Wind And The Lion" was then perceived as homage to the sweeping historical epics that old studio Hollywood regularly churned out. In the era that spawned films like "The Godfather, " "Mean [...]
In the "The Font" Woody Allen, this time neither directing or writing – simply acting, plays Howard Prince, a smalltime New York restaurant cashier, part-time bookie, and as usual a nerdy loser. It is 1952 and the Un-American Committee is [...]
"When we last left the Robinsons, they were trapped in the boundless reaches of syndication, unaware that their exploits were carefully being documented for digital posterity…" For some, the universe is a never-ending sea filled with awe [...]
Warner’s DVD treatment of the 1944 version of ’Gaslight’ actually features another gem that’s easy to overlook – the 1940 British version of ’Gaslight’ as well, which makes an exciting release even more desirable. ’Gaslight’ tells the [...]
No other band in recent heavy metal history has captured my attention and undying devotion faster than Lamb of God. The band’s current release, ’As the Palaces Burn’, is deadly concoction of blistering guitar riffs, throaty growls and rapid-fire [...]
Superheroes in movies are hot these days and it is hardly surprising that apart from the straight paper-to-celluloid adaptations of the most infamous characters we also see incarnations of some smaller comic books. Not surprisingly, these more obscure [...]
