Over ninety years after his first appearance on film, the Tramp is still one of the best known characters of movie history, making Charlie Chaplin one of the best known men on earth. But who was he really? Who was the man behind the timeless success of [...]
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 [...]
French director Matthieu Kassovitz' first American film "Gothika" came out in 2003 to quite a few negative reviews. Most of his European films however have received much acclaim and you may actually recognize his face since he has also [...]
In 1991 I was in love with a movie called "Slacker". It was excellent, and still is, and I consider it a classic in some ways, at the very least it made me want to visit Austin, Texas. I still haven't visited Austin, and I hate college [...]
Not only as an actor but also as a director, George Clooney, proves over and over again that he knows his chops. With his latest film "Good Night, And Good Luck," which he directed and stars in, he takes on the political nightmare that went down [...]
For all those generations who never had the chance to see and enjoy the original "The Shaggy Dog, " Walt Disney Pictures has created a remake of the film, updating its contents, settings and plot to reflect these modern times. Dave Douglas (Tim [...]
Not only as an actor but also as a director, George Clooney, proves over and over again that he knows his chops. With his latest film "Good Night, And Good Luck," which he directed and stars in, he takes on the political nightmare that went down [...]
Once in a while you encounter films that steal left and right from earlier movies to tell their story, and yet they somehow manage to remain efficient and entertaining. ’Gothika’ is such a film, borrowing from various genre classics, most notably from [...]
’Soapdish’ is a screwball comedy set in the topsy-turvy world of daytime soap operas. Sally Field stars as Celeste Talbert, the star of ’The Sun Also Sets’ and the reigning queen of daytime television. Conniving starlet Montana Moorehead (Cathy [...]
During the 80s all sorts of screwball teenage/high school comedies were the soup du jour in Hollywood and a wide variety of these films found their way to movie theaters or direct to video. Director Alan Metter fell back upon infamous stand-up comedian [...]
