There are some movies which simply look great "on paper". That is, the factors involved in the film seem to insure success. Be it a spectacular cast with a well-known director (i.e.: "Mixed Nuts") or a film with a cool concept that [...]
For those of you who aren’t up to date with the latest trends with the pre-school set, Elmo is a furry, red Muppet from the PBS show ’Sesame Street’. Elmo has become so popular, he has been given his own 15-minute segment of ’Sesame Street’ [...]
I doubt there’s a child of the 80s out there who doesn’t recall "The Beastmaster." A longtime staple of cable television, this 1982 fantasy film offered up just the right amount of swordplay, funny animal sidekicks, and cheesecake to keep [...]
3D movies come in all forms and shapes and the quality of the 3D illusion is just as varied. Some of the better technologies involve polarizing glasses. Unlike the red-blue glasses they don’t discolor the image and at the same time manage to create an [...]
’America’s Sweethearts’ was one of this summer’s better comedies, no doubt in part due to the great cast the film had to offer, including Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Julia Roberts, Christopher Walken and Hank Azaria, and [...]
When "Shrek" arrived in theaters, I don’t think it was a surprise to anyone that it did extremely well. It was an animated film, had talking animals in it, a talented cast, a huge summer advertising and merchandising campaign, etc. The fact [...]
In time for the Holidays Buena Vista Home Entertainment is sending a family comedy into the race that is heartwarming and hilarious. ’Santa Who?’ is the story of Santa Claus as portrayed by the inimitable Leslie Nielsen. One day during his Christmas [...]
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!" Director Terry Gilliam began work on "Jabberwocky" very soon after the completion of the classic "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." As both films are [...]
The crucible of World War Two forged a number of powerful and memorable personalities. But one has to wonder what would have become of the likes of Patton, Rommel, and Monty if that great conflict hadn’t arisen to give them their time in the sun. Few of [...]
Documentary filmmaker Alan Berliner (’Nobody’s Business’, ’Intimate Stranger’) decides to explore the significance of names. He begins by looking at the variety and importance of names, citing statistics about names and asking for opinions about [...]
