In 1982’s ’Evil Under The Sun, ’ arguably the best of the Agatha Christie book-to-film transformations, Peter Ustinov once again dons the handlebar moustache and fussy virtuosity of Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot. At an exclusive island resort, [...]
"He wanted to become more explicitly violent." states screenwriter Anthony Shaffer concerning Alfred Hitchcock’s approach to the making of his 1972 thriller "Frenzy". As "Frenzy" was the first Hitchcock film to earn an [...]
While not on par with other Agatha Christie adaptations, 1980’s ’The Mirror Crack’d’ still charms with the patented Christie formula of mixing murder with British manners. This time out, the always-wonderful Angela Lansbury portrays flower-loving [...]
A landmark in science fiction cinema, H.G. Wells’ ’Things To Come’ charts the progress of mankind through the century-long odyssey of a single city. Starting in 1940, Everytown (a thinly veiled London) is a typical bustling community in the carefree [...]
I would assume that if you’re reading this you’re most likely familiar with and probably a fan of Stanley Kubrick’s classic nuclear satire, "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love the Bomb." Assuming, however, [...]
After first working together in 1989’s ’The Master, ’ Hong Kong action director extraordinaire Tsui Hark and international martial arts legend Jet Li teamed up again in 1991 to bring the story of Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung to the silver screen [...]
Gerry Anderson surely ranks as one of the most innovative and forward-thinking television and film producers. From the Supermarionation puppetry of ’Thunderbirds’ to the live action science-fiction classic ’Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, ’ [...]
On July 19, 1941 the United States Army Air Force began training the first African-American fighter pilots in our nation’s history. Primary training took place at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and the pilots who graduated from that program came to [...]
For years, I’ve seen the package for ’Tapeheads’ on the video store shelf and wondered to myself, ’Here’s a movie with John Cusack and Tim Robbins. I wonder why I’ve never heard of it?’ Now that I’ve actually seen it, I know why. That [...]
1999 saw the return of supernatural horror with the success of "The Sixth Sense" and also with the release of "Stir of Echoes". Quickly on the heels of these films, came a wave of demonic/satanic themed films that also dealt with the [...]
