He may be best known for creating the mega-epic "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy that broke box office records around the globe, but there once was a time when Peter Jackson was a small, upcoming filmmaker from somewhere down under in New [...]
"The 10th Victim" is a very odd hybrid sci-fi/comedy/60s Mod movie based on an original story by Robert Sheckley (sadly out-of-print). Despite it's quirks, however, this Italian film, directed by Elio Petri, offers a funny and entertaining [...]
For director Brian DePalma, the summer of 1980 was a best of times, worst of times. Though he had hit a commercial home run with "Carrie" four years earlier, he subsequently suffered critical misses with "The Fury" and "Home [...]
Writing a review about "Citizen Kane" is like meeting your all-time favorite actor or director, only to stutter and stammer through the encounter. What new observations can I add that has not already been discussed in the six decades since the [...]
There truly aren't that many movies that I have on heavy rotation over the years. We have "Casablanca", "Citizen Kane", "Apocalypse Now", the television series "The Sopranos". For many reasons "The Big [...]
I have to admit, the rend of recent years to remake every movie imaginable annoys me. Not only for the fact that in many cases there is simply no reason to remake a great movie, but what really rubs me the wrong way is the fact that most of these remakes [...]
"Insidious" was one of the most talked-about horror films of this year. There was virtually no horror blog or website you could visit that did not talk about the film and how scary it was. Needless to say that I was extremely intrigued when the [...]
After a long wait, John Landis' "Animal House" has finally arrived on Blu-Ray Disc, too, making the DVD and HD-DVD versions obsolete, as it presents this cult classic in high definition. But is it worth the upgrade? Universal Studios Home [...]
Paul W.S. Anderson is the director behind films such as "Event Horizon, " "Resident Evil, " "Death Race" and as such knows a thing or two about action films. In this film, "Soldier," he is teaming up with Kurt [...]
"The Name Of The Rose" is a dark murder mystery set in a monastery in Italy during the 14th century. It is a film of European origin and thus, hardly surprising, it has a very different flair than Hollywood productions. Instead of the glossy, [...]
