Apparently, Hollywood is still trying to capitalize on the "Baby-Boomer" nostalgia market by releasing films based on old television shows. This trend has been going on since the late 80s and the results have been mixed, as the quality of these [...]
Jeremiah Chechik’s "Benny and Joon" is one of the most beloved films of the 1990s. It is the story of three lives – Benny (Aidan Quinn), his sister Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson) and their new ’caregiver, ’ Sam (Johnny Depp) – [...]
Fans of Woody Allen have long been missing the master’s original touch that he had exhibited especially in his earlier works, where abstruse comedy was masterfully blended with intelligently written dialogues that had an almost academic caricature [...]
While we expect trends from Hollywood, who would’ve ever guessed that we would have two films featuring famous comedic actors dressed as overweight, old women open within two months of each other? And considering the success of both "Big Momma’s [...]
The Replacements was one of the best bands to emerge from the independent music scene in the 1980s and their legacy lives on in the grunge music of today. Frontman Paul Westerberg and company… wait a minute, Guido’s saying something to me. What? [...]
Flooded with awards whenever it comes to television series, "The Sopranos" is certainly one of the most outstanding TV serial production in recent years. The fact that this series is an HBO production and not general [...]
American filmgoers spend millions, if not billions, of dollars each year going to the movies and viewing home videos. However, despite all of that money being spent, there are times when it seems that Hollywood doesn’t listen to the consumer. (And then [...]
It’s a common occurrence to hear people say, "They don’t make them like they used to." (For me, "used to" would mean the 1980s!) But, that doesn’t mean that filmmakers aren’t trying to "make them like they used to." [...]
"7 Faces of Dr. Lao, " George Pal’s compassionate adaption of Charles Finney’s 1935 cult novel about a mystical circus and its effect on a small Western town, has always been my favorite George Pal film. The story cuts just enough to make [...]
From Broadway in the Twenties came the ’college musical, ’ a genre unto itself. "Good News" (1927) was a prime example of it. The plot posed two burning questions: will the home football team win? and will the paths of true love run smooth? [...]
