Before Jeffrey Katzenberg left Disney a few years ago and co-founded Dreamworks SKG with his friends David Geffen and Steven Spielberg he was heading Disney’s animation department and led them back to glory after a hefty plunge in the eighties. Movies [...]
Arguably one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best films, his 1940 take on Daphne DuMarier’s novel "Rebecca" doesn’t find half as much mention as some of his later films. Undeservedly it always stands in the shadow of films like "Psycho", [...]
As time goes by and many great films celebrate their umpteenth Anniversaries, film restoration is becoming more and more of an issue. Sometimes these projects focus mostly on preserving the images as we got to know them, sometimes changes are made and [...]
Since Indiana Jones made his last appearance on the silver screen in 1989 no film had seriously attempted to follow in the footsteps of this highly successful trilogy. I am sure in part this had to do with the fear of being compared to the big [...]
In 1991, the Milwaukee police made a gruesome discovery in the apartment of a man named Jeffrey Dahmer and soon the entire nation was aware of his grisly acts. That same month a film called "Body Parts" opened nationwide and was immediately [...]
When you can get your hands on a Jackie Chan movie, it is practically always a warrant for an action-packed and completely furious film, sprinkled with hilarious comedy throughout. Some time ago, Miramax licensed the rights to Chan’s 1992 film [...]
In 1982 a film appeared in theaters around the globe that was completely different from anything we had ever seen on the silver screen. Jim Henson and Frank Oz, the inventors of numerous puppet TV specials, including the award-winning and highly popular [...]
TV movies and mini series always have a problem standing out beside mega-budget Hollywood productions. Fortunately Hallmark Entertainment has become some sort of an authority in the field over recent years, delivering some surprisingly well produced films [...]
In the current release batch from Vivid Interactive an interesting movie was included that deserved a second look. The release is called "Babylon" and packaging and screenshots on the box gave an appetite for this lush looking production. Unlike [...]
Many films never get the attention they truly deserve and in retrospect Sidney Lumet’s "Deathtrap" seems to be such an example. There is nothing spectacular about the film, no real blockbuster star power and nothing controversial. Although [...]
