Based on a true story, Director Martin Scoresese’s latest effort takes us into the world of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). Slightly manic, egomaniacal, and highly persuasive, the young New York stockbroker is driven by a desire to make money. His…
Forty-five years after its release, Tommy, the rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy has attained iconic status, considered one of the greatest albums in music history. The fact that The Who nearly broke up before the album…
A mix of sci-fi and horror, The Last Days on Mars isn’t the kind of film that will have people talking years after seeing it, but it’s a fun way to spend 98 minutes. Nearly six months of exploration on…
For fashion junkies, Mademoiselle C will feel like the excitement of the September issue of Vogue, with the added bonus of being in motion. For others, the film will likely be dismissed as nothing more than a fawning waste of…
Based on the very popular 1930’s radio character, original comic books, and several pulp novels, The Shadow stars Alec Baldwin as Lamont Cranston, the crime fighter “who learned in the Orient the power to cloud men’s minds so they cannot…
The core story of Jamesy Boy—street thug youth gets involved with gangs and drugs, but turns his life around in prison through writing poetry and a friendship with a longtime inmate—is a familiar one. Based on a true story of…
Co-created by Stephen Bochco (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue) and Terry Louise Fisher (Cagney & Lacey), LA Law was one of the most critically acclaimed series of the mid 1980’s and early 1990’s. Bochco and Fisher took us out of…
MGM’s recently released Rocky Heavyweight Collection contains all six films in the Rocky franchise, similarly to 2009’s Undisputed Collection. The main reason fans may want to invest in the latest release is a new transfer of the original—and by far,…
Created and developed by Monty Python member John Cleese, Peter Luff (Assistant Director Amnesty International 1974–78) and entertainment industry executive Martin Lewis, The Secret Policeman’s Ball was launched in 1976, as a way to raise funds as Amnesty International. Through…
The type of sword-and-sandals epic that Hollywood has always appreciated, The 300 Spartans is a fairly factual account of the Battle of Thermopylae. The 300 Spartans, the film that inspired Frank Miller’s graphic novel 300, and the subsequent film of…