Dennis Miller, a comedian known for his trademark culturally referenced rants, comes to the Vegas stage at Caesar's Palace, doing his stand-up routine which was filmed for HBO in 2005. Most of us recognize Dennis Miller from his stint on [...]
When it came to sophisticated drama and contemporary literary adaptations in the 1940s, few Hollywood studios surpassed 20th Century Fox. Made in 1944 and based on a best-selling novel by A. J. Cronin, Fox's "The Keys of the Kingdom" [...]
Settling in to review this mid-60s Irwin Allen concoction, I prepped myself to kick back and enjoy an old-fashioned TV cheese fest. I couldn't have been in for a bigger shock. Oh, I certainly enjoyed this. But "Voyage to the Bottom of the [...]
This is a love story about two continents, two men, and one woman. One incredible woman. This the new DVD transfer of Terrence Malick's 2005 "The New World", an epic, sweeping period piece concerning Pocahontas' relationships with John [...]
A Sundance Film Festival fave from last year, "The Matador" is an offbeat character study with a darkly comic wild streak that is extremely satisfying, mainly due to the superb acting talent of the two leads. Pierce Brosnan gives his finest [...]
Space – The final frontier… these are the – well, you know the rest. Ah, "Star Trek" – what can be said about that seminal TV series from the 60s that hasn't already been said? It's spawned several movies and [...]
Classic swashbuckling adventures have always been one of my guilty pleasures. The sense of romanticism these films ooze, the beautiful cinematography they usually involve, the paradise locales and most of all, the sea, are the attractions that get me to [...]
Gangsters rule the streets of 1930s Brooklyn in "Murder, Inc.," a gritty crime drama from 1960. Taken from the real-life history of the notorious titular gang, the film mixes hard facts and Hollywood romanticism to create an entertaining, if [...]
Swedish director Lasse Hallström's film version of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" was an unconventional project, to say the least, that was met with mixed critical reactions and low box office during its release in the summer of [...]
A bevy of international actors collide in Mexico in the sparkling new Warner Home Video DVD transfer of John Huston's 1964 "The Night Of The Iguana". Richard Burton stars as Reverend Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon. Nice title. Shannon is actually [...]
