The Ringer is a comedy about a man who pretends to be mentally disabled in order to enter the Special Olympics. Executive Produced by the Farrelly Brothers, purveyors of bad taste, the guys who gave us the disturbing, yet hilarious…
Soft core drama director Zalman King, creator of such erotic films as 9 1/2 Weeks (1986), Two Moon Junction (1988), and Wild Orchid (1990), co-wrote and directed Red Shoe Diaries: The Movie for Showtime, which would ultimately serve as a…
Considered by many to be Jerry Lewis’ best film, The Nutty Professor was a hilarious update of the Jekyll and Hyde story for the 1960’s. Produced, directed, co-written (with Bill Richmond) and starring Lewis, this is the comedian at the…
For those who may have forgotten, Laverne & Shirley was a 1976 spin-off of Happy Days. An unqualified hit, the series focused on Laverne De Fazio (Penny Marshall) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) two single roommates living and working in…
Making just his second film outside of his native Iran, Abbas Kiarostami continues his practice of letting his films unfold at their own pace with little in the way of context or resolution. Filmed in Tokyo, and featuring a largely…
A well-known intellectual in Germany before he fled the Nazis, Douglas Sirk came to Hollywood where he worked as a director for hire until he an Ross Hunter developed a kind of high class soap opera that made a fortune…
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart won the Grammy for Best Album and Best New Artist. Newhart’s stand-up success led to his own NBC variety show in 1961, The Bob Newhart Show. The show lasted only a single season, but…
Largely unseen when made in 1971, Weekend of a Champion provides an intimate look at Forma One racing. Led by Jackie Stewart, than at the top of the sport, we are given an all-access pass to the1971 Monaco Grand Prix….
Formulaic and predictable, this rehash of 1981’s Endless Love, a melodrama about forbidden love, will like strike a chord with some of its target audience of young teens. Based on the Scott Spencer novel and co-writer/director Shana Feste (Country Strong)…
Paramount has released an “Authentic Collector’s Edition” of McLintock! on Blu-ray, almost a year to the day that Olive Films delivered their acclaimed, albeit featureless edition. The film has been in the public domain for decades; Paramount’s release has been…