Director Paul Verhoeven successfully weaves perverse sexuality and erotic bloodshed in the shockingly daring and original "Basic Instinct". Stirring up quite the amount of controversy within the gay community of San Francisco during it's [...]
When it comes to independent features and the sci-fi/horror genres, it's always interesting to see what direction the filmmakers will take. Will it be a small gem that stirs up a respectable cult following? Or will it be just another schlocky retread [...]
Few prime-time television dramas provide as much action and gripping suspense as Fox's "24." Each season of this political thriller follows Federal Agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) as he shoots, maims, and manipulates his way through [...]
The paranoia and emotional damage of a war veteran should make ideal subject matter for cinematic exploration, and there are many insightful movies to support this. Director Henry Jaglom's "Tracks" (1976) is, to be perfectly honest, not one [...]
South African director Richard Stanley has had quite the peculiar career. Having directed only two feature films since 1990, he has managed to stir up a strong cult following among horror aficionados. His "Hardware" (1990) was a modest hit but [...]
In the post-9/11 world, it seems that people are growing increasingly more suspicious of their governments and the media's representations of them. Ideals of freedom are called into question with every political event, and liberals and conservatives [...]
For some, "Scarface" is the quintessential 1980s movie. It may very well be, but not for any great cinematic achievement. Brian De Palma's 1983 gangster epic put a face, namely Al Pacino's, to the undying quest for an elusive American [...]
A remake of the 1969 film of the same name, 'The Italian Job' turns out to be much more than a simple reshoot. While using generally the same premise – a gold heist – the film throws in a number of wicked twists and story elements that were [...]
Sydney Pollack's "The Interpreter" is one of the few movies I always wanted to see but never had the chance to – until now that is. When the movie was in theaters, the trailer looked promising enough to get me interested but I never could [...]
Ten years after "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974) opened American audiences' eyes to the relentless violence of an impending onslaught of splatter movies, two of that film's stars collaborated to make yet another low-budget fright [...]
