Drama

Scandal

August 4, 2000 // 0 Comments

America’s most recent brush with politics and heavy petting notwithstanding, sex scandals have been around as long as men have ruled and women have allowed them to. The Profumo sex scandal of the 1960’s rocked England and helped bring down the then [...]

Magnolia

August 3, 2000 // 0 Comments

In the world of Hollywood commercialism where every movie is "artificially designed" to appeal to audiences rather than be a true expression of a filmmakers’ vision, it is rare to find films these days that are noticeably extroverted and [...]

The Sound Of Music

August 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

It has made its way into the hearts of millions and generations cherish the beauty and the music of Robert Wise’s film adaptation of "The Sound Of Music." Winner of five Academy Awards, this movie is the inspiring tale of the Von Trapp family [...]

Angela’s Ashes

August 1, 2000 // 0 Comments

The art of transferring a book to the silver screen is fraught with peril. Too often the results simply don’t live up to expectations. When the book in question is a runaway bestseller, Pulitzer Prize winner, and flat out cultural phenomena then the [...]

Erin Brockovich

July 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

Certainly everyone is by now familiar with the "sexual favors" trailer that Universal used to bring their film "Erin Brockovich" to people’s attention. The trailer certainly helped get people’s attention, although it may have [...]

Clint Eastwood Collection

July 27, 2000 // 0 Comments

To celebrate one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and accomplished talents Warner Home Video has created a dedicated box set called the "Clint Eastwood Collection" which contains six of Eastwood’s best known films. To create this package, [...]

Titus

July 20, 2000 // 0 Comments

"Titus Andronicus" was William Shakespeare’s first tragedy and is widely condemned by scholars as being his worst play. They debate among themselves whether or not it’s a parody, a thinly veiled challenge to his chief rival Christopher [...]

Outside The Law / Shadows

July 18, 2000 // 0 Comments

His success defied the conventional wisdom of the time. Movie stars during the period looked like John Gilbert or Rudolph Valentino. The great two-reeler clowns relied on physical elan rather than a chiseled chin and piercing eyes. Yet, with his craggy [...]

Isn’t She Great

July 11, 2000 // 0 Comments

I have always enjoyed Bette Midler’s outgoing personality, her loud performances and her hilarious comedic work. It is a shame, things had quieted down around her a little in the past years but it seems she’s in for a great summer this year. Besides [...]

Communion

July 6, 2000 // 0 Comments

UFO and alien abduction theories have somehow lost the universal appeal they used to have during the 70s and 80s – mostly because with the help of modern science most of them can be rationally explained. Nonetheless the question whether there is [...]
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