In yet another overblown attempt by Hollywood to create big box office from past blockbusters, Warner Bros. has launched "Poseidon, " an update of the 1972 Irwin Allen yarn, "The Poseidon Adventure." Director Wolfgang Petersen takes [...]
They're animanee, totally insane-y… they're Animaniacs! That's right, those rambunctious Warner brothers, Yakko and Wakko, and their sister Dot, have escaped the Warner Bros. water tower again and have finally made their way to DVD. [...]
The dark mysteries of alchemy are put on prominent display in "Fullmetal Alchemist, " the hugely popular anime series based on the manga by Hiromu Arakawa. The story follows two brothers and their quest to correct a mistake they made years [...]
Italian director Dario Argento has built a worldwide cult following for his audaciously gory horror movies, part of the Italian horror subgenre, giallo. His penchant for mixing vivid colors, expressionistic lighting, and copious amounts of blood have made [...]
There is something irresistible about taking our most cherished childhood fantasies and turning them into corrupt, adult nightmares. Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Pee-Wee Herman—they're all ripe for horrific makeovers. Veteran TV director Chuck [...]
In the post-9/11 world, it seems that people are growing increasingly more suspicious of their governments and the media's representations of them. Ideals of freedom are called into question with every political event, and liberals and conservatives [...]
In 1991, "The Ren & Stimpy Show" first aired on Nickelodeon and went on to become a booming success for the next five years. Created by John Kricfalusi, the animated program followed the misadventures of a grouchy chihuahua named Ren and [...]
How to make a movie about the making of a movie from a novel that is essentially about the writing of a novel? The answer can be found in Michael Winterbottom's "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, " a bold experiment in metacinema that [...]
"The best way to get ahead in business is to keep your own!" So reads the tagline for "Headhunter, " a low-budget horror film from Xenon Entertainment. Like most direct-to-DVD shockers, this one is pretty ridiculous and, worst of all, [...]
Somewhere between the steamy atmosphere of film noir and the warped logic of psychological thrillers emerges "Deepwater." David S. Marfield makes his screenwriting and directorial debut with this fascinating thriller, and from the looks of [...]
