Call Me Mrs. Miracle
October 17, 2011
Christmas movies are a guilty pleasure of mine. I find it so easy to get caught up in the warm glow of the lights and decorations and the whole spirit of the season that many of these films project, from the classic (It’s A Wonderful Life) to the not...
Carlos: Criterion Collection
October 3, 2011
Notorious international terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal came to prominence in the 1970’s and 1980’s with several politically-motivated bombings, kidnappings and hijackings in Europe and the Middle East. He eventually became...
Grounded for Life: Season One
September 27, 2011
For years, independent film actors Donal Logue (The Tao of Steve) and Kevin Corrigan (Living in Oblivion) toiled away in Hollywood films playing scene-stealing supporting characters while enjoying much more substantial roles in indie fare. By 2001, fans...
The Complete Jean Vigo: Criterion Collection
September 23, 2011
Filmmaker Jean Vigo had the kind of brief but brilliant career that die hard cineastes celebrate. His father was a militant anarchist who died in prison because he refused to fight in World War I. His death haunted Vigo as did the sickly health he experienced...
Hickey & Boggs
September 22, 2011
It has been well-documented how the 1970’s were a golden age for American cinema with many risky and unusual films being made and released through a Hollywood studio system in disarray after the surprise breakthrough success of Easy Rider (1969). One...
That ’70s Show: Season Two
September 21, 2011
Those crazy kids from Point Place are back with more wacky adventures as Kelso (Kutcher) and Jackie (Kunis) continue dating but unbeknownst to her, he’s also seeing Laurie (Kelly), Eric’s (Grace) trampy sister. Meanwhile, Eric and Donne (Prepon) get...
Les cousins: Criterion Collection
September 20, 2011
French filmmaker Claude Chabrol not only wrote the screenplays for Le beau Serge (1958) and Les cousins (1959) around the same time but also filmed them close together, utilizing much of the same cast and crew. The latter film was a big hit for Chabrol...
Even MORE Clips featuring Ryan Gosling & Cast from DRIVE! In Theaters This Friday!
September 16, 2011
Albert Brooks Behind-The-Scenes Featurette Bryan Cranston Behind-The-Scenes Featurette “Let Mommy Talk To Her Friend” “You Put This Kid Behind A Wheel” “Chase” Read More →
The Last of the Finest
September 15, 2011
The Last of the Finest (1990) is one of those films that you end up discovering on television late at night when there’s nothing else on and you can’t sleep. It has the feel of a generic cop show, something Michael Mann might’ve knocked off in his...
Captain America
August 29, 2011
Before Bryan Singer’s X-Men (2000) film demonstrated the artistic and commercial potential of some of their titles, it seemed like Marvel Comics didn’t care how they were adapted to the big screen. And so, we had horrible misfires like Howard the...
