Based on Ken Follet's best-selling novel of the same name, "Pillars Of The Earth" tells the fictional story of a small rural village in England that rises to power amidst struggles of war. It is an epic novel with a plot line that spans [...]
Dysfunctional families have been inviting themselves into homes for years. With the golden ticket of DVD and Blu-ray, The Tenenbaums, Hoods ('The Ice Storm'), and Grapes ('What's Eating Gilbert Grape') have given viewers a diverse [...]
There are phrases that automatically change the perception if a film. 'Based on a true story' and 'Inspired by actual events' may pop up on opening or closing credits to give the movie a jolt of emotional impact. Psychologically, the [...]
With a movie like "The Expendables, " you simply can't go wrong. The concept is sheer brilliance on Sylvester Stallone's part, showing once again that there is so much more brains to his brawn than one might expect. Bringing together [...]
Anybody who knows me can tell you that action movies are typically lower on my must see list. Given my love for action sub genres (horror, sci-fi, etc) one would think this a bit of an odd quirk. It's not that I don't like them; I am just rarely [...]
Grace (Eva Amurri) has problems. She is a summer away from college, but has no way to pay for the additional education. Her mother Rhonda (Amurri's real life mom, Susan Sarandon) has taken advantage of Grace's credit by opening cards in her name [...]
Celebrating the movie's 25th anniversary, Warner Home Video has just released a beautiful Blu-Ray version of "The Goonies, " bringing this awesomely inspired adventure film to high definition for the first time. Written by Steven Spielberg [...]
When "Band of Brothers" flickered across TV screens a few years ago, audiences were mesmerized by the HBO series for a number of reasons. Not only did the long, episodic running time of the show all for in-depth characters and stories that [...]
FX is like the 'Little Engine That Could' when it comes to quality television. While HBO and Showtime grab the majority of headlines with their original series, FX continually flies under the radar with great shows like 'Nip/Tuck', [...]
On one hand it is truly surprising that a film like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" enjoys the following and success it has 35 years after its theatrical release, but on the other hand it is not really that surprising, after all. The film is a [...]
