"Dublin Soul" is one of the terms coined by this movie, and it is a surprisingly appropriate one. "The Commitments" has long been one of my favorite music films for a variety of reasons. For one it has a very unique charm, being placed [...]
An article in a recent issue of "Entertainment Weekly" focused on cooperative cross-overs between major Hollywood studios. The piece discussed how this was becoming more common, but that most of the big players didn’t like sharing finances or [...]
Making a movie can often be like cooking a meal. You want to start with the best, freshest ingredients and hope that everything combines to create a wonderful outcome. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. With "Pushing Tin", many [...]
When Ludwig Van Beethoven died on March 29, 1827, over 20,000 people were present at his funeral in Währing paying tribute to this singular musical genius – but he has not always been so popular. Ever since his passing however, his work has [...]
Poetic war movie. Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? A contradiction in terms. And yet, it is the designation I would use to describe "The Thin Red Line" from 20th Century Fox, an epic, 3-hour World War II drama. I had missed the film during [...]
It seems like it took an eternity until this film has finally been made available on DVD. When Dreamworks Home Entertainment announced Steven Spielberg’s "Saving Private Ryan" for release a few short weeks ago, the excitement was intense. Not [...]
I typically don’t like period pieces – or as a rather dim-witted person once said to me, "Movies that happened in the time before now." I’m much more interested in what’s going to happen than in what has happened. Still, the one [...]
I must have been one of the very few people in this world who had not seen "Titanic" during its theatrical run. The reason was quite simple. At the time the hype was just too much for me and it got to the point that it actually turned me off the [...]
Looking over Clint Eastwood’s long-standing career, I cannot help but be impressed every time I see more of his work. Eastwood is almost like malt whiskey. He gets better with age. Not only as an actor, but also as a director. "True Crime" is [...]
For the longest time I wanted to see "Quiz Show", a film by Robert Redford, but for some reason I never had the chance to. Until now that is, because now Buena Vista Home Video has released the film on DVD, and eagerly I decided to give this [...]
