After his 1930 silver screen appearance as Dracula, Bela Lugosi kept playing vampires for a very long time. In 1943, he put on the black cape once again for Lew Landers’ film ’The Return Of The Vampire,’ in which he plays Armand Tesla, another [...]
The horrific events surrounding September 11 will always serve as a chilling reminder of the unchecked freedom we take for granted in this country. The tremendous loss of life, unbearable heartache and crippling terror many experienced that day are better [...]
Released in 1987, Kathryn Bigelow’s "Near Dark" fused two movie mythologies – vampires and cowboys – and created a brooding horror film with faces bathed in dust as well as blood. Fifteen years after its theatrical release, the film [...]
Based on Alexandre Dumas’ novel of the same name, this is a new adaptation of the book for the big screen. Starring Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce in the leads the films is surprisingly faithful to the novel and entirely resists the temptation to [...]
Out of the blue, Claire Kubik’s (Ashley Judd) world falls apart. Her husband is arrested for killing many innocent people during a military operation many years ago. A successful lawyer, she is determined to represent him, but she quickly learns that [...]
Presented on seven DVDs, Paramount is bringing us the 4th season of ’Star Trek: The Next Generation’ in another silver box set. Each of the disc contains four episodes from the season in chronological order, while the seventh disc contains the [...]
Disney is undertaking another step to make sure the DVD is becoming a common household item by releasing Read Along DVDs for some of their most beloved films, such as ’Monsters, Inc’, ’Toy Story’ and ’The Little Mermaid.’ These DVDs are filled [...]
To my generation the frequent collaborations in the 1980s between writer/director John Hughes and actress Molly Ringwald were our cultural touchstones. "Sixteen Candles, " "The Breakfast Club, " and "Pretty in Pink" formed [...]
"Birthday Girl" was one of four films produced under a five-year joint venture between Miramax and London-based HAL Films before creative differences and personality clashes caused the partnership to break up after two and a half years. It was [...]
Now here’s something for smug chuckles. Seriously. I had no idea what to expect when I put in Elite’s ’That Little Monster’ and it turned out to be a quirky, funny horror homage. Please note that it is not a comedy in general terms, but an [...]
