Time Without Pity
March 20, 2002
Filmmaker Joseph Losey was blacklisted from Hollywood during the McCarthy witch-hunts of the 1950s. He relocated to England and made films under a pseudonym. Time Without Pity (1957) was made during his early British incarnation period (1954-62) and was...
Se7en
January 5, 2002
I was sitting in MacDonalds with some friends not too long ago munching on my Big Mac and fries when a hugely obese man passes us. We all saw him, you can’t not see a hugely obese man walking past your table, but it didn’t stop us from finishing...
The Sopranos: Season Four
December 9, 2001
Some critics found the fourth season of The Sopranos to be an uneven collection of episodes. Fans were disappointed that more characters did not get whacked (even despite a shocking death scene of an important character). Few people seemed to realize...
Kill Bill: Volume 1
December 7, 2001
It’s been a long time coming (six years to be exact) but celebrated auteur of all things pop culture Quentin Tarantino is back with this dazzling first part of a revenge tale that blends together nearly every genre he’s waxed lyrical about...
JFK (Director’s Cut Two-Disc Special Edition)
December 6, 2001
They say that the third time’s the charm and this certainly applies to the latest DVD version of Oliver Stone’s film, JFK (1991). Previous incarnations included a movie-only edition spread over two sides of a single disc and an extras-packed two DVD...
