Drama
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
Blockbuster summer movies have become synonymous with overblown special effects orgies in which there is typically little room for story and character development, as more and more action seems to have to take place on the screen at any one time. Many of [...]
Brooklyn's Finest
While most people associate director Antoine Fuqua with "Training Days, " to me he is the guy who made "Shooter," "King Arthur" and Chow Yun Fat's first Hollywood movie, "The Replacement Killers." With his [...]
Alice In Wonderland
When Tim Burton touches a movie project, it is practically guaranteed to have a very distinctive look and feel and also to be outside the realm of what most people would call traditional. When he tackled the classic C.S. Lewis story "Alice In [...]
The Young Victoria
I have always felt some affinity with England's Victorian era for some reason. Though over-glamorized in our minds, of course, it is an era that seems very romantic, adventurous and mysterious at the same time. Considering that my own novel series [...]
Doctor Zhivago
"Doctor Zhivago" was the third grand epic by acclaimed director David Lean. While his earlier efforts "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia" are widely hailed as two of the finest films ever created, many of [...]
Out Of Africa
In 1985 Sydney Pollack's epic "Out Of Africa" was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and eventually won 7 of them, including that for "Best Picture". Interestingly, lead actress Meryl Streep lost hers as "Best Actress" to [...]
Clash Of The Titans
As the movie's remake is rolling into movie theaters, Warner Home Video has given the original 1981 special effects film "Clash Of The Titans" a bit of an overhaul, releasing in on Blu-Ray Disc. Filled with Ray Harryhausen's remarkable [...]
To Live and Die In LA
Director William Friedkin may be best known for "The Exorcist" but aside from making one of the scariest horror films in cinema history, he also created a number of memorable crime thrillers, such as "The French Connection" and [...]