Richard Jenkins is one of those faces you will recognize instantly that you won't be able to place immediately. He is one of those character actors that blended seamlessly so well you just could never quite recognize him, although nit was on the tip [...]
Petchtai Wongkamlao is reputedly all the rage in Thailand as primarily a comedian with the tags of director, film writer and action hero to boot. As Asian cinema lately continues to impress with boldness, traditional (and often breathtaking) stunt [...]
Arriving for the first time on Blu-Ray, "The Omen Collection" offers us all four Omen films in high definition glory in one single box set. While the early Omen" movies are still considered landmark films and genre classics, the 2006 remake [...]
I first saw "Baraka" 10 years or so ago when it first appeared on DVD. Immediately I was intrigued and striken by the film's remarkable cinematography. Unlike other documentaries, which rely heavily on narration, "Baraka" uses its [...]
Over ninety years after his first appearance on film, the Tramp is still one of the best known characters of movie history, making Charlie Chaplin one of the best known men on earth. But who was he really? Who was the man behind the timeless success of [...]
Maryland is a proud little state with diverse demographics ranging to avaricious yuppies and old money straight down the line to working class swill chuggers who are the backbone of the region. The people here are passionate about crabs, driving [...]
Alright, I'm just going to come out and say it: I married a redhead because I used to have a serious thing for Tori Amos. Glad I got that off my chest after 16 years. Of course, Tori ended up being a cementing block in our relationship when we were [...]
Lee Tamahori is the director of a respectful handful of films including "The Edge" from 1997 and the James Bond film "Die Another Day" from 2002. "xXx: State Of The Union" is, of course, the 2005 sequel to the Vin Diesel film [...]
"L. A. Confidential" was clearly one of the best films of 1997, and it garnered an impressive number of Academy Award nominations. In a hopeless face-off against the behemoth "Titanic", it even succeeded in winning two of the awards, [...]
Although never a major star, actress Shelley Duvall carved a niche for herself throughout the 1970s as a minor icon of the counterculture. Tall and gangly, with large eyes and toothy smile, Duvall's quirky looks alternated between clownish and oddly [...]
