Turok: Son of Stone

Turok, first published by Dell Comics in December 1954, came out of the anti-comic book hysteria and featured a Native American character having adventures in wild lands populated by dinosaurs. Over the years, the character has gone through various comic... 

Deja Vu

Director Tony Scott and Denzel Washington team up for another noisy, hyperactive action film for producer Jerry Bruckheimer but this time out they try to add a bit more substance and thought between the car chases and explosions with Déjà Vu (2006). When... 

Dazed and Confused: Criterion Collection

After the low budget success of the independent film Slacker (1990), Richard Linklater followed it up with Dazed and Confused (1993) and learned a harsh lesson about moving from the world of indie cinema to making a movie for a major Hollywood studio.... 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Deluxe Edition

When Johnny Depp and Tim Burton team up to do a movie the results are usually fantastic: Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994) and to a lesser degree Sleepy Hollow (1999). However, since Planet of the Apes (2001), Burton’s films have been missing... 

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) is the latest salvo in the Lindsay Lohan-Hilary Duff war over the lucrative teenage girl market. Each girl has been cranking out films in response to the other but as we all know from the rules of Thunderdome,...