You either love them or you hate them, there is simply nothing in between! Monty Python are synonymous with a dark, subversive humor that defies comparison to anything else in the market. Although often attempted, no-one since this legendary British [...]
Remember when Tom Hanks was actually a comedian, and one of the best at that? Well, sometimes it seems like such a long time ago, as the actor is focussing mostly on dramatic parts these days. As great as this career move has been, I honestly miss the [...]
"The Avengers" is a British TV cult series that ran for many years, with a variety of casts. The definitive team of Avengers was clearly Patrick Macnee as Mr. Steed and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. Teaming the two up as secret agents, each episode [...]
I guess the thing that surprised me the most about "The Thief" was the fact that this is a Russian movie, distributed in the US by a Hollywood major. Acclaimed with Academy Award nominations and other awards, the film has now been released on [...]
"Howard’s End" is an Academy Award winning movie based on the novel by E.M. Forster. The film is a literate adaption of the novel and as such has a very stylish, British feel to it, using much of the English landscape and London as a backdrop. [...]
While the character of Ellen Ripley in the "Alien" movies were certainly Sigourney Weaver’s most famous and successful roles, her portrayal of sociologist Dian Fossey in "Gorillas In The Mist" was clearly the most remarkable and [...]
Led by the disc’s cover artwork, I was looking at "Apt Pupil" without paying much attention to the release, expecting yet another superfluous modern teenage horror film. I am still hopeful someone in the marketing departments of Hollywood’s [...]
If someone asked me to describe "Strangeland" in three words, they would have to be sick, dark and twisted! Don’t get me wrong, I really liked Dee Snider’s Hollywood debut quite a bit. Not since David Fincher’s "Seven" have I [...]
Paul Anderson is the director behind the highly visual sci-fi/horror thriller "Event Horizon" and in his latest film, "Soldier" he is teaming up with Kurt Russell for a new science fiction action spectacle. Being a blend somewhere [...]
One of the trademarks of all Disney animated films is the fact that they appeal to everyone. Although animated and cute by nature, they don’t appeal to children only and they never have the serious, adult note of many other animated movies of recent [...]
