After six years on the air, and a sixth season that was decidedly a bit uneven, it would be natural to think that Dexter had simply run its course. Not so much…The seventh season is where chaos ensues. While I’m…
Liz & Dick is a hot mess of a little TV-movie. In the opening seconds, a “based on a true story” message flashes across the screen. However, the story told here—the tumultuous relationship of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; largely…
An adaptation of the 2008 graphic novel Superman: Brainiac by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, Superman: Unbound stars the egomaniacal, cybernetic organism Brainiac (voice of John Noble) who, obsessed with Superman (Matt Bomer) and Supergirl (Molly C. Quinn), is determined…
Released in advance of the highly promoted HBO mini-series “Behind the Candelabra” starring Michael Douglas as the flamboyant piano-playing superstar Liberace, and Matt Damon as his much younger lover Scott Thorson, Timeless Media’s double-DVD set, Liberace: The Ultimate Entertainer gives…
WWII from Space represents the History Channel’s (now known simply as History) latest attempt to provide a new and interesting angle on a subject that has been endlessly examined. You have to give History a little credit while at the…
Based on the Lee Child novel One Shot, Jack Reacher hits the ground running. A man drives to a parking deck overlooking the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, loads a sniper rifle with handmade bullets, and kills five people walking…
Made at the pinnacle of the French New Wave, Band of Outsiders (1964) is director Jean-Luc Godard’s take on the crime film. More to the point, Band of Outsiders is Godard’s reinvention of the crime film. In an interview included…
In the years following World War II, there was a spate of films dealing with soldiers and their efforts to reintegrate themselves into normal, everyday life. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) dealt with three World War II veterans…
Considered by many to be one of the best boxing films ever made, Champion (1949) is the film that launched Kirk Douglas’s career. Douglas had supporting roles in several films, including The Strange Love of Martha Ivers and Out of…
Driving down a desolate road in the middle of the night, a young man comes upon a beautiful young woman (Brigitte Lahaie), wearing just a nightgown. Crying, she is clearly disoriented, but identifies herself as Elizabeth (or Elysabeth, according to…