Spoiler Warning: This review contains spoilers for previous "Saw" movies. Readers who have not seen these films may not wish to read further. The "Saw" franchise has proudly set itself as the premier model of the so-called [...]
In the years since her great box office success in "Moulin Rouge!" and "The Others, " Nicole Kidman has seen a steady decline in mainstream popularity as she has opted for smaller films, such as "Dogville" and [...]
In the late 1950s and 1960s, Jean-Luc Godard was one of the pioneers of the French New Wave, a movement in French cinema that emphasized naturalism over classical cinematic form and broke away from conventional structure with innovative and daring [...]
Although Orson Welles is frequently cited as the grandfather of American independent cinema, his contemporary Val Lewton deserves just as much credit for showing what could be done with very little money. In the 1940s, Lewton produced a series of [...]
What's that? Oh no, it's a man-eating tiger! Everyone, run for your lives! Oh wait, it's not a tiger. Oh my God, it's worse! It's a Sci Fi Channel original! RUN! In all seriousness, though, "Maneater" is yet another [...]
The Western is one of the few distinctly American film genres. Although it has been adopted and enhanced significantly by international filmmakers, its roots lie deeply within American history and culture, often used as allegory for American beliefs and [...]
In the annals of criminal investigation, few contemporary serial killers have provoked as much public terror and fascination as the Zodiac killer. Second only to Jack the Ripper as the most mysterious unsolved serial murder case, the Zodiac is known to [...]
How do you review a DVD that is literally filled with nothing but extra material? I'm going to do my best here. After years of making viewers cringe with the dangerous and disgusting antics of their MTV show and two feature films, the boys of [...]
Have you ever known people who are under the impression that they are incredibly funny when they just aren't? And you know how torturous it is to sit through one of their long-winded, never-ending jokes that takes so long to arrive at its punch line [...]
With so many films these days about sorcery and magical lands, it is easy for those that are not part of an established franchise (like "Harry Potter" or "The Chronicles of Narnia") to become lost in the mix. Such was the case with [...]
