‘The Emperor’s New Groove’ gets ‘special’ treatment on DVD
Funny animated flick with some outstanding animation work and memorable characters gets mediocre DVD treatment.
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‘The Muppet Movie’ retains its charm as Kermit turns 50
It’s hard to describe the magic of the Muppets to kids today.
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Jane Fonda’s 1977 film ‘Julia’ is not a perfect film, but it certainly captures some perfect performances
This political drama and pseud-biopic offers plenty of excellent performances.
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1982 gay love story ‘Making Love’ had high hopes, but made little impact
It’s hard to say whether Making Love was groundbreaking or merely sensational when it was released 24 years ago, but the slight soap opera certainly made little impact either way. Arthur Hiller, director of the sob-fest Love Story a decade earlier directs this predictable story of homosexuality and infidelity. Erstwhile small screenstar Michael Ontkean is Zack, a successful young doctor in Los Angeles married to the equally successful…
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Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine are electric in ‘Blood and Wine’
Sometimes an actor can save a weakly-made film. In Bob Rafelson’s 1996 dud Blood and Wine, though, two of the greatest actors of all time, Michael Caine and Jack Nicholson, are left to work overtime. And the results still disappoint.
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‘Shaun of the Dead’ turns the dead-serious zombie genre on its head
Zombies roam the streets as an average guy tries to win back his girl.
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‘A Door in the Floor’ fails to make you care about amoral fools
This slow film is filled with complex yet unsympathetic characters.
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‘Four Brothers’ is a smart, fun film from director John Singleton
[I]Four Brothers[/I] was a long time coming but it was worth the wait. We can only hope that it wont take as long for Singleton to deliver another film worthy of his promise and potential.
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2005’s ‘Bad News Bears’ is actually just as good as original
Despite being yet another remake 2005s Bad News Bears is good. In fact its quite good.
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‘Airplane!’ is still funny in ‘Don’t Call Me Shirley! Edition’ DVD
A unique parody that poked fun at the overload of airplane- and airport-centric films that were abundant in the 1970s.
