I first saw ’Children of the Corn’ during that golden age in the early 80s when it was cool to see ANY R-rated horror film on HBO. Well, some sixteen years later, ’Children of the Corn’ isn’t quite as good as I thought it was back then, but it [...]
Jeremiah Chechik’s "Benny and Joon" is one of the most beloved films of the 1990s. It is the story of three lives – Benny (Aidan Quinn), his sister Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson) and their new ’caregiver, ’ Sam (Johnny Depp) – [...]
What do you get when you cross ’I Spit on Your Grave’ with ’Mad Max’? Apparently, that’s a burning question in Australia, as we have ’Fair Game’ (not to be confused with the Cindy Crawford picture of the same name). If you’ve ever dreamed [...]
Director Edward Zwick’s ’The Siege’ takes a hard look at a New York City besieged by Middle Eastern terrorists and the subsequent imposition of martial law that challenges the most basic of American freedoms. Previously issued on DVD by 20th Century [...]
The best way to describe ’The Next Step’ is ’A Chorus Line’/’Staying Alive’ meets ’Red Shoe Diaries’ (the box describes the film as ’Erotic Drama). Rick Negron (is he Taylor’s brother?) stars as Nick Mendez, a dancer who is pursuing [...]
As Helen Hunt seems to be in a new movie every week these days, it’s nice to go back to a gentler time when she was less visible and made a living by appearing in films like ’Girls Just Want to Have Fun.’ This spunky, feel-good movie is a staple of [...]
Not only does ’Go, Go Second Time Virgin’ get the prize for the most amusing title of the month, it also garners a huge award for being one of the bleakest and most disturbing movies that I’ve ever seen. Any movie that opens with a rape and then [...]
Hailed as one of the best action films ever made, John Woo’s "A Better Tomorrow" is a film every fan of the genre needs to see – that has long been common knowledge among Hong Kong film fans. When I first heard that Anchor Bay [...]
Until recently, I was unfamiliar with the work of Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu. Having now viewed two of his films, I now understand why this director has a cult following and why he is seen as a controversial figure in his native land. Believe me, [...]
Those of you who couldn’t get enough of Bob Clark’s classic ’A Christmas Story’ during it’s 24-hour marathon on TNT over the holidays, you may want to check out Clark’s earlier take on the holiday season with 1974’s ’Black Christmas’. [...]
