Category: Reviews
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‘Don Juan DeMarco’ is about the spirit of romance
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This funny and romantic tale helped mold Johnny Depps reputation as the unconventional American actor as well as give Marlon Brando a chance to once again shine on the silver screen.
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1974’s ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’ is a smart, keen thriller
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This 70s thriller offers tension wit and action without the flash and glam featured in most of todays over-the-top actioners.
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Peter Dinklage is charming in Thomas McCarthy’s debut film, ‘The Station Agent’
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This tender warm-hearted film is both funny and dramatic in a single breath. A simple tale it speaks about the friendship of three lost souls looking for companionship in a rural New Jersey town.
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‘Torch Song Trilogy’ is bawdy, quick-witted and proudly sentimental
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Bawdy quick-witted and proudly sentimental this film was the odds on favorite to be the first gay-themed motion picture to gain mainstream success in 1988. But it was unfortunately ahead of its time.
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‘The Last Samurai’ in a masterful period piece
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A truly grand wondrous larger-than-life film this Tom Cruise vehicle is a credit to hero epics like Braveheart that have drawn too many wannabes like the grandiose Gladiator.
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Jean-Jacques Annaud’s ‘Quest for Fire’ gets wonderful treatment on DVD
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The quintessential caveman movie this intelligent and multiple award-winning film takes us back to a time when one thing mattered above all to early man fire.
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‘X2: X-Men United’ is better than the original
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The X-Men are back together again and this time they must stand together with their arch-enemy Magneto in order to twart a twisted military man bent on destroy mutants all mutants!
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‘The Day After Tomorrow’ makes the end of the world as we know it a fun adventure
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The weather-gone-mad flick gets the special edition DVD treatment and its actually pretty good.
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‘Duplex’ is a horrible film starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore
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WARNING: Avoid this movie at all costs! This unfunny comedy about a young couple who buy into a Brooklyn duplex and are tormented by a not-so-sweet old woman is simply boring. Consider this a public…
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‘Looney Tunes: Back in Action’ is fun for the kiddies
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The film is as fast-paced and madcap as any Looney Tunes cartoon only bigger longer and uncut! It is an enthusiastic picture for adults and children alike.