The Green Mile: Special Edition

Magic realism is a tricky thing to pull off in a movie. It’s a deft balancing act that if you go too far in one direction you run the risk of losing the audience. In literature, it is much easier to pull off because a lot of it is left up to the reader’s... 

Good Night, and Good Luck

2005 was a good year for politically and socially conscious films – Syriana, Munich, The Constant Gardener and Good Night, and Good Luck. The last film marked George Clooney’s sophomore directorial effort (the first being Confessions of a Dangerous... 

Murder One: Case Two +

The creative minds behind TV greats such as NYPD Blue, Doogie Howser M.D, L.A Law, Dark Angel and The Shield are at it again. This time Steven Bochco and Charles H. Eglee, are revising what worked and what didn’t in producing a second series of... 

The Untouchables: Special Collector’s Edition

Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987) had all the makings of a powerhouse production destined for greatness. It featured a screenplay written by legendary playwright David Mamet, expert cinematographer Stephen Burum (Rumble Fish) was behind the camera,... 

Miracle

In 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team achieved what many, at the time, thought impossible. They beat the seemingly invincible Soviet hockey team and went on to capture the Gold Medal. Miracle (2004) attempts to recreate those incredible times and the... 

Pieces of April

There are countless movies that take place during Christmas but very few seem to occur during Thanksgiving—Home for the Holidays (1995) and The Ice Storm (1997) being the obvious exceptions. Along comes Pieces of April (2003), a heartfelt, often funny,...