Autumn Sonata: Criterion Collection
October 16, 2013
Autumn Sonata (1978) features a simple story – Eva (Ullman) invites her mother Charlotte (Bergman) for a visit – but the emotional baggage that exists between these two characters is quite complex. It’s been seven years since the matriarch’s last...
8 Movie Collection: Star-Studded Drama
February 6, 2013
With All the Pretty Horses (2000), director Billy Bob Thornton set out to make a Heaven’s Gate (1980) for the new millennium by adapting Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name. However, movie studio executives took the film away from him and recut...
The Slammin’ Salmon
April 13, 2010
When the comedy troupe Broken Lizard arrived on the scene with Super Troopers (2001), they were heralded as a fresh new voice but then failed to capitalize on that film’s success by following it up with Club Dread (2004), a lame horror spoof and Beerfest...
The Seventh Seal: Criterion Collection
June 22, 2009
It’s safe to say that The Seventh Seal (1957) is Ingmar Bergman’s most famous film judging by how firmly entrenched it has become in popular culture over the years. Key images and scenes from it, including Death (Ekerot), the chess game, and the Dance...
Cheech & Chong Still Smokin: I Love the 80’s
February 3, 2009
By the time Cheech & Chong Still Smokin (1983) came out, the famous comedy duo had already several films under their belt. This time out, Cheech and Chong are in Amsterdam attending the city’s international film festival where they are mistaken...
Once
December 18, 2007
Set in Ireland, Once (2007) tells the story of a busker (Hansard) who plays on the streets of Dublin for change and fixes vacuum cleaners during the day. One night, a Czech woman (Irglova) pays him a compliment for one of his songs. They meet again during...
The Prestige
March 6, 2007
In the cinematic duel between two films about 19th century magicians, The Prestige (2006) certainly had the advantage over The Illusionist (2006) with big name stars, a large budget and a major studio backing it. The film was directed by Christopher Nolan...
Veronica Mars: Season 2
September 14, 2006
The second season of the cult fave television show Veronica Mars starts off with Veronica (Bell) about to begin her senior year in high school, she has a new boyfriend (Dunn) and she’s solved season one’s mystery. She’s even sworn off investigating...
Dead Poets Society: Special Edition
March 7, 2006
Dead Poets Society (1989) is significant in Robin Williams’ career in that it was his most dramatic role at that point. Also, it was a film in which he did not have the most screen time. His character is not the central focus; rather it is the boys...
The Quest
December 30, 2005
Boobs, beer and bad language. Sounds like the perfect male dominated night out, and The Quest pretty much is, but with a storyline hidden somewhere in the depths of vomit and unsavoury behaviour. This documentary film shows us the shallower side of American...
