Every so often, two movies that are more or less seen as being the same thing are released in close proximity to each other. We have another case of that here, even more amazing considering that hardly any movies are going to theaters at all these days. In both News of the World and The Marksman, an…
“Slip to the darkside and cross that line.” – Eddie and the Cruisers In my past evaluations of the Star Wars films, I was very generous in doling out high praise. I was so enthralled with the imagination on display and wrenching moments that it took a long time, if ever, for me to see the flaws. With…
“You make a deal. You figure out how much sin you can live with.” – Martin Scorsese Silence is a movie that has been a project of Martin Scorsese’s for over 25 years. Based on a novel published in 1966 that won the Tanizaki Prize (one of the most prestigious literary awards in Japan) it…
In the early 1960s, director Robert Aldrich came across an outline for a novel by E. M. Nathanson. He tried to buy the rights and failed. MGM successfully bought the rights in 1963. The novel, The Dirty Dozen, was an instant best-seller when it was released in 1965. The title originated from a real-life combat…
Rip-roaring, raunchy comedy in the old West from the minds who gave us “Family Guy” and “Ted”
Great action and strong characters, but everything feels toned down from first film that it loses its edge.
The classic board game comes to the big screen except the enemies are alien invaders
A fine biopic offering a sense of honesty and social commentary that didnt feel preachy or melodramatic.
Steven Spielberg finally accepts that DVDs are here to stay as Schindlers List finally gets DVD treatment. And this outstanding film gets a fine treatment indeed.
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…
