’Stuart Little’ may be the epitome of computer animated mouse movies, but the animated version of ’Charlotte’s Web’ must be considered as the best film translation of E.B. White’s work. The film manages to retain the mood of the novel, while [...]
Brothers Ethan and Joel Coen are well-known to their fans for their wicked humor and the dark, almost morbid undertones in their films. While the Academy Award-winning "Fargo" was overtly violent, films like "Raising Arizona" or [...]
In June 1999, ’Barry Lyndon’ appeared on DVD as part of the Stanley Kubrick Collection box set released to celebrate the life and work of the acclaimed director who passed away on March 7th of that same year. At the time, fans were assured that these [...]
So far I have been very happy with MGM Home Entertainment’s treatment of Roger Corman’s classic horror films. ’The Pit And The Pendulum’ is another one that is now available as part of the ’Midnight Movies’ series of releases, and another true [...]
Genius. Recluse. Tyrant. Director Stanley Kubrick went by many names during his amazing career. His cool, often unsympathetic eye gave the world such genuine original visions as "Paths of Glory, " "Dr. Strangelove, " "2001: A [...]
The Kubrick stare: head down, eyes up, unblinking, penetrating, oddly humorous and altogether frightening, the gesture is one of many traits that appear in several of the late great director’s films. HAL arguably started it, Vincent D’Onofrio made it [...]
Director Brian DePalma has always been an admirer of the master of suspense cinema, Alfred Hitchcock, and it often reflects in his work. Not that DePalma is in any way plagiarizing Hitchcock’s work. Quite the opposite. DePalma has learned the techniques [...]
For the longest time I have been a Deep Purple listener and follower of the band, although I have to admit that I always found the constant antics and personal battles within the group a major distraction from the fact that they created some incredible [...]
I find it very interesting that movies that stir up the most fervent controversies the fastest, are films that touch upon religious subjects. As soon as a filmmaker suggests a different view on theological issues, the moral-apostles of the Catholic church [...]
I hate to sound like most every other critic who’s ever written about Stanley Kubrick’s ’Full Metal Jacket’, but the second-half of the film truly pales in comparison to the first-half. For the first 45-minutes, we are treated to a glimpse into [...]
