Few directors have made a commercially successful career out of the erotic thriller. Fewer still have got critical raves for their work along the way. English director/screenwriter/producer Adrian Lyne is widely known and respected for films that deal with sexually…
I’m not going to pull any punches here; National Lampoon’s Stoned Age is a stupid movie. It’s a shame really, because there was a time not too long ago when “National Lampoon” meant you could expect 90 minutes of ridiculously…
There seems little doubt that over the last two years, Hollywood movers and shakers have been promoting Shia LeBeouf as the next big male star. Director/producer Steven Spielberg cast him in 2007’s Disturbia, which became a solid box office hit….
Inspired by the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist, Oliver & Company first hit American theaters in November of 1988; Oliver Twist had been adapted for the screen several times before but Walt Disney Pictures put their own unique twist on…
I’ve always had a fascination with British history. In college, I even got a master’s degree in American and British literature. I enjoy watching the expensive British costume dramas that studios always seem to grace us with every few years….
For most, Peter Sellers is regarded as strictly a comic actor. This is understandable, given his iconic role as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau. However, Sellers had lobbied for years to play the lead role in 1979’s Being There. Sellers had…
In all honesty, considering the title, I had no idea what to think of RocknRolla. I thought maybe it was some sort of gangsta-rap flick. The director, writer producer, Guy Ritchie (Two Smoking Barrels) was married to Madonna, so it…
” I’m very high class, which means I charge by the hour, and I charge a lot. ” — Belle Created by British writer Lucy Prebble, Secret Diary of a Call Girl originally debuted on ITV2 in the United Kingdom…
Created by Don Reo (My Wife and Kids), Blossom ran on NBC from 1991 to 1995. The half hour sitcom starred Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo, a teenage girl living with her father and two brothers. As the series began,…
Generally speaking, romantic melodramas aren’t my cup of tea; I don’t read a lot of them and I usually wait for the DVD before seeing them in movie form. The Notebook was a bit different. Though I never read the…