When Millers Crossing opened the New York Film Festival in 1990 it was going to be the film that would see the Coens hit the big time at last and simultaneously make Gabriel Byrne an international superstar. Somehow this didnt happen and Im at a loss to explain why.
To precede any one of Hitchcocks films with Hitchcocks Masterpiece… is practically redundant. It simply goes without saying.
When I was a wee-lad I can remember seeing Close Encounters of the Third Kind on television. Originally released in 1977 it was in theaters a second time in 1979. However I was still young at the time and have no memory of seeing it in the theaters…
When I was a kid I was completely drawn in by The Goonies. A pure escapist childhood fantasy from the mind of Steven Spielberg. I went to see it with my friends several times. I made treasure maps at home going so far as to literally burn the paper in the oven to brown it then take a match and singe the edges…
Like millions of others I was excited to hear that Lucas — the supposed leader of the digital revolution in Hollywood – had finally relented and released one of his many great movies on DVD…
For those of you who read my Made review then you are already aware that I rented this film because my wife wanted me to get a film she would like. Of course she didnt completely believe I was actually going to bring home one for her but I did…
Let me start by saying this: I HATE MUSICALS! With a few exceptions — The Music Man and White Christmas — I cant stand musicals. I just never understood how all those people know the same dance steps or all the words to the songs But Moulin Rouge is different…
During the holidays I was given the honor of watching over my seven-year-old niece Amanda. We played Playstation went to the movies and watched TV together. It was great…
Swingers was one of those movies that I wound up seeing more than a dozen times because the pay-cable channels just loved showing it. Now they love showing lots of movies and I dont constantly tune in for them. But Swingers was funny and I enjoyed the inside film jokes as well as the obvious ones…
I was seven years old when I first saw this film. I was shocked when I learned this actually. I remember seeing it in the theater but didnt realize that I was only seven. Blood nudity what on Earth was my father thinking when he took me and my brother to see it Anyway I thanked him then and Im grateful now…