Where the Truth Lies: Unrated Theatrical Edition
March 13, 2006
Since the critically acclaimed but commercial failure of Felicia’s Journey (1999), Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan has been keeping a low profile. He returned to the spotlight in 2005 with a vengeance with Where the Truth Lies. It captured headlines...
Flightplan
March 4, 2006
Flightplan (2005) came out around the same time as another on-the-plane thriller, Red Eye (2005) which boasted hot, up-and-coming actors Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy and directed by Wes Craven. Flightplan’s big draw is Jodie Foster. Both films...
The Rockford Files: Season 1
February 23, 2006
I have fond memories of watching The Rockford Files as a child whenever I would stay at my grandparents’ house. My grandfather loved the show. Even though he never verbalized it to me, I think he admired Jim Rockford (Garner) as a stand-up kind of guy...
World on a Wire: Criterion Collection
February 20, 2006
Based on Daniel F. Galouye’s 1964 science fiction novel Simulacron-3, World on a Wire (1973) is a two-part miniseries Rainer Werner Fassbinder made for German television while taking a break from filming Effi Briest (1974). It was relegated to obscurity...
The Skeleton Key
February 13, 2006
Those residents of New Orleans are really having a tough time. As if the recent hurricane disaster wasn’t bad enough, Hollywood has always dismissed the American south as a breeding ground for racism or fanatical voodoo witch-doctors. The Skeleton...
Veronica Mars: Season 1
February 7, 2006
Veronica Mars is one of those TV shows that flies under the mainstream radar to become a critics darling. Along with Alias, it is a show that wouldn’t have seen the light of day if it hadn’t been for Buffy the Vampire Slayer which proved that a genre...
The Big Lebowski: Collector’s Edition
February 6, 2006
It started with a rug that “really tied the room together” and how a simple case of mistaken identity can cause a whole lot of trouble. The Big Lebowski (1998) was just too odd for mainstream audiences and promptly tanked at the box office. However,...
Desperate Housewives: Season 1
February 5, 2006
Desperate Housewives proves that there are roles for women over 40 (providing that they look younger) as the four lead actresses were all plucked from the margins and catapulted into fame as the show has become hugely popular. And yet, its success is...
C.S.I.: Grave Danger
February 3, 2006
CSI, Crime Scene Investigation is a popular American TV series that has swept across the world spawning many spin offs, video games, comics, novels and heaps of other merchandise, just like many other American shows such as Buffy, X-Files, 24 etc…...
Lost: Season 1
January 15, 2006
A man in a disheveled suit wakes up in a jungle. He looks disoriented. He gets up and begins running through the dense foliage and comes out on a beautiful-looking beach. He looks around and is confronted by an absolutely horrific scene. We don’t see...
