The Ninth Gate
"The Ninth Gate" returns director Roman Polanski to the supernatural turf previously tread in such earlier efforts as "Repulsion" and "Rosemary’s Baby." ("The Fearless Vampire Killers" played up more of the laughs [...]
Thriller
Outside The Law / Shadows
His success defied the conventional wisdom of the time. Movie stars during the period looked like John Gilbert or Rudolph Valentino. The great two-reeler clowns relied on physical elan rather than a chiseled chin and piercing eyes. Yet, with his craggy [...]
Dead Again
While many performers in the entertainment industry face stereotyping or pigeonholing (ask any child star!), there are some who are able to move between genres and projects with ease. One such person is director/actor Kenneth Branagh. While he made a name [...]
The Talented Mr. Ripley
When I was young I have always been intrigued by murder mystery stories and I went through Agatha Christie and Edgar Wallace novels three books a week. Patricia Highsmith has also always been a well-respected writer in the genre and it is actually [...]
Boiler Room
Most of you certainly remember Gordon Gekko, Michael Douglas’ unscrupulous character in Oliver Stone’s 1987 drama "Wall Street, " one of the few Hollywood movies that tackled the inside of Wall Street and the stock market. Due to its inate [...]
Carnival Of Souls
As a child during the 1960s I spent many wonderful nights watching horror movies on the local Chiller Theater-type TV shows. I was an easy audience back then: if it had a monster or if someone was being chased or got melted or transformed in any way, I [...]