20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has been doing a great job releasing the classic Charlie Chan movies on DVD in box sets that chronicle all of the motion picture adventures of the Chinese detective from Honolulu, Hawaii. Here now is Volume 5 of the [...]
I knew absolutely nothing about "Doomsday" until recently a press release appeared indicating the film would appear on DVD and Blu-Ray. I had not caught any theatrical buzz or trailers and as such the film was a complete novelty to me. It [...]
Among both fans and critics of Italian director Dario Argento, "Phenomena" is perhaps his most divisive film, elating some viewers with its giddy audacity and confounding others with its mondo bizarre excesses that overstep even the [...]
After the supernatural horrors of "Suspiria" (1977) and "Inferno" (1980), Italian maestro Dario Argento made a notable return to the slick thriller subgenre known in Italy as giallo in 1982. The director had his first taste of success [...]
Well, the French have certainly given American filmmakers a run for their money in the torture-porn genre during the last few years. First Alexandre Aja created a hotly debated gore fest with "High Tension" in 2003, and now Xavier Gens serves up [...]
Let me tell you, I never wanted to become a cell phone person. It was the last thing I ever wanted to be, I can't stand those people who walk around acting like you don't exist while they blather away endlessly about unimportant trivial matters. [...]
It has been rather quiet around Diane Lane in recent years with only a few low-key movies to show for. With "Untraceable" she is back with a fierce performance that will undoubtedly bring her back on the radar of many Hollywood filmmakers. This [...]
One of the great stars of the classical Hollywood era, Bette Davis, like so many actresses before and after, saw a steady decline in decent roles as she approached middle age. By the late 1950s, her film career had become stymied, with only a smattering [...]
"Michael Clayton" was recently nominated for several Academy Awards, one for writing and the other for directing. George Clooney (after winning in 2005 for the equally compelling and excellent "Syriana") was also up against Daniel Day [...]
Kenneth Branagh remade the 1972 film "Sleuth" here and gave the movie a more contemporary twist. Since the film is about two men and their mind-game, the update works very well, because it doesn't really affect the overall story. Instead it [...]
