Wonderful performances, and intriguing story and the lights of Las Vegas are the trademark of Lions Gates "The Cooler." William H. Macy plays the movie’s titular "cooler, " Bernie, a man who is employed by casinos for his persistent [...]
With Danny DeVito’s "Hoffa, " 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is serving up a spectacular movie as a grand DVD, complete with great supplements. "Hoffa," of course, tells the story of Jimmy Hoffa, the legendary and controversial [...]
The times where the Wild West were portrayed as a wonderfully romantic era populated with nothing but larger-than-life characters is definitely over. During the past 10+ years we have seen increasingly critical movies who take a closer look at the period, [...]
Released theatrically last year by New Line Cinema and just now available on DVD, Tim McCanlies’ "Secondhand Lions" is that rarest of rarities: a family film that targets the parents as much as the kids. Rather than rely on CGI or hip [...]
Released in 1975, John Milius’ "The Wind And The Lion" was then perceived as homage to the sweeping historical epics that old studio Hollywood regularly churned out. In the era that spawned films like "The Godfather, " "Mean [...]
In the "The Font" Woody Allen, this time neither directing or writing – simply acting, plays Howard Prince, a smalltime New York restaurant cashier, part-time bookie, and as usual a nerdy loser. It is 1952 and the Un-American Committee is [...]
A year ago, Tai Seng released "The Kung Fu Master," on DVD, telling the first part of an epic saga about Hung Hei-Kwun and his uphill battle against the Ching dynasty. With "Revenge Of The Kung Fu Master" the studio now dishes out the [...]
In 1982 a film appeared in theaters around the globe that was magical and 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 [...]
Well, the wait is finally over and the Extended Version of Peter Jackson’s second installment in "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy has finally arrived in its Extended Edition. I deliberately avoided all the posts and reports on the Internet [...]
"Once Upon A Time In The West" is uniformly hailed as Sergio Leone’s best film. While his entire body of work is and remains impressive, every renewed viewing of "Once Upon A Time In The West" creates an increased sense of admiration [...]
