To most viewers – myself included – Joseph Gordon-Levitt immediately conjures up memories of teenage alien Tommy from "3rd Rock From The Sun." Seeing him star as the lead in this thriller that has universally received critical acclaim [...]
Numbers have fascinated scientists and mathematicians for centuries. They have offered people concrete and even spiritual ways of explaining and connecting to the world, sometimes through widely accepted formulas and other times through mystical enigmas. [...]
In 1991 I was in love with a movie called "Slacker". It was excellent, and still is, and I consider it a classic in some ways, at the very least it made me want to visit Austin, Texas. I still haven't visited Austin, and I hate college [...]
Most people would probably refer to "Flash Gordon: Saviour Of The Universe" as a guilty pleasure, but not me. I love the film and I'm proud of it. It is a true comic book fantasy springing to life and one of the most colorful retro-films [...]
"Norbit, " the latest Eddie Murphy vehicle is directed by Brian Robbins, whose previous credits are mostly as producer of some fairly successful television series, including "Smallville" and the mega blockbuster "Wild Hogs". [...]
"Hellboy" finally arrives in the high definition arena (on Blu-ray, of course) and in the form of the Director's Cut no less, and I am here to tell you about it. For those of you who don't already know, "Hellboy" is a series [...]
Deep Purple is one of Britain's most enduring bands – aside from the Rolling Stones. Looking back on a career that spans over 40 years of craftsmanship and hits, the band has weathered the ups and downs it has gone through with grace and relentless [...]
There truly aren't that many movies that I have on heavy rotation over the years. We have "Casablanca", "Citizen Kane", "Apocalypse Now", the television series "The Sopranos". For many reasons "The Big [...]
The last time I saw "Dante's Peak" was almost 10 years ago when Universal released the Collector's Edition DVD. It was an impressive outing then, I recalled, but wasn't sure if the film itself would still live up to my – [...]
"…you'll be a Man, my son!" This is the final statement of Rudyard Kipling's 1895 poem, "If—, " from which Lindsay Anderson's 1968 film derives its name. The poem lays out a series of conditions by which the [...]
