Having grown up watching the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" with Gene Wilder in the lead of Willy Wonka, yet not seeing the film for quite a few years, I took some time to revisit this classic tale. Around the same time, Tim [...]
Cooperative movie productions have become fairly common in Hollywood. Studios pool their resources, minimize risk by sharing the production costs, even if it means sharing credits with your competitor. In business terms that is a major step, as anyone can [...]
"Burke & Hare" has made its way to our shores at last. After being stuck in the morass of international distribution, John Landis' latest film is finally available for viewing in the US, courtesy of IFC and MPI Media. I had been [...]
With the name Steven Spielberg screaming at you first thing on the front of the Blu-Ray cover of "Super 8" you expect big things – naturally. I was really excited to give the film a look, as I had not been able to catch it in theaters. [...]
When I heard that Tsui Hark's latest film, "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" came to Blu-Ray Disc, I simply had to have a copy to check out. Ever since I saw "A Chinese Ghost Story" in my youth, I've been a [...]
No one, I think, could have predicted how successful and beloved the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise would become when Disney first announce plans to turn the theme park ride into a full-fledged movie. And yet, here we are with the fourth [...]
Lucio Fulci's "Zombie" is considered one of the most seminal zombie flicks by many genre fans. Though the film has been released on various occasions on home video, the film has always been prone to problems for a wide variety of reasons. [...]
Since the dawn of the digital age revolutionizing filmmaking, superhero movies have become a standard fare of the industry. Even the most obscure of characters have been turned into live action films, while some of the bigger names were, interestingly [...]
When "Father of Invention" first showed up on my desk, I wasn't sure what to make of it. I had just recently re-watched "21, " however, and that movie reminded me that Kevin Spacey is actually a pretty cool actor. With that as an [...]
For the past decade, we have seen superhero movies a dime a dozen. With the digital revolution in filmmaking, at last, came the ability to put to film some of the stories that had previously been limited by the laws of physics, nature, if not the universe [...]
