I remember the first time I heard about "The Hidden, " it was in the late 80s when a friend recommended me to watch this rather obscure movie at the time. I went out, rented the video and was quickly captivated by this powerful film that had [...]
Due to the cannibalistic nature of the Hollywood system, there have been several instances over the past decade where two films with very similar storylines have been released in a short span of time. We’ve had "Volcano" vs. "Dante’s [...]
James Bond plays as Indian? It may appear a little weird at times, but believe me you will quickly settle into the idea of Pierce Brosnan as an adopted frontier trapper. “Grey Owl” is a great and beautiful movie by Richard Attenborough that gives us [...]
I like movies that come from the "What if?" or the "Wouldn’t it be cool if?" school of filmmaking. These are movies that start with a very basic central premise that is usually built around one idea or even one scene. For example, [...]
A few genetically manipulated bats escape a laboratory and quickly infect an exponentially growing number of other bats. The result – blood-thirsty and overly intelligent killers that cloak the sky and begin feasting on everything human. Quite [...]
Although Ed Wood’s masterpiece "Plan 9 From Outer Space" has been released on DVD before, that release wasn’t particularly appealing, as it was taken from a shoddy source and the DVD itself was also quite a disappointment. When Image [...]
Elite Entertainment has just released “Eaten Alive”, a horror movie by Tobe Hooper, the director who also brought us the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” Long considered the “lost movie” of Hooper, this film has gone through more titles than any [...]
Humphrey Bogart was the epitome of the classic tough-as-nails detective. In many films, his characters became iconic portrayals of heroes and unlikely-heroes alike, as he conquered the world with his films and created memorably movie history. Many of his [...]
When MTV’s "Unplugged" sessions conquered TV screen across the world, they were hailed as the most intimate thing imaginable in the music industry. Bringing pure live performances of artists in front of very limited audiences in small venues [...]
What would happen if a small-town idealist would suddenly become heir to a huge amount of money? Would he be corrupted by the wealth? Would he be able to hold it together? Would he fall victim to the sharks swimming in the big city? Would he be able to [...]
