“Everyone is blessed with one special thing,” says Mark Wahlberg as Boogie Nights’ Dirk Diggler, a rising star in the pre-AIDS heyday of 1970s porn. And Dirk’s special thing is his special thing. That is—and there’s no way to put…
Clive (Nick Frost) and Graeme (Simon Pegg) are British science fiction geeks. As such, they make a pilgrimage to Comic-Con in San Diego. Not content to simply revel in nerdom, the guys take to the road in a rented RV…
Based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name, Pride & Prejudice tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) and her five sisters, who live with their overbearing mother (Brenda Blethyn) and their gentle and loving father (Donald…
The third installment in the Airport series, Airport 77 may be most ridiculous of the films but manages to be surprisingly appealing. Buoyed by a wild story and an all-star cast including Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de…
Based on the 1910 E.M. Forester novel of the same name, Howards End captivated audiences and critics alike upon its theatrical release in 1992, becoming the biggest hit for director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant, scoring nine Oscar nominations….
A time capsule of 1970’s New York City, Night of the Juggler is unapologetically sleazy, featuring a car chase that takes up nearly twenty minutes of the film, gangland violence, and a lengthy sequence in a porno joint. A troubled…
The first of three sequels to 1970’s Airport, Airport 1975 disregards the character development and melodrama that made the first film a success. Instead, they lean into the disaster element, while serving up another all-star cast. Decidedly ridiculous at various…
After six seasons, fifty-two episodes and two feature films, The Grand Finale brings the glamourous Crawley saga to a satisfying close. Debuting on ITV in 2010, Downton Abbey was a global phenomenon, loved for its complex characters and beautiful surroundings….
After holding the film rights to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for more than a decade (and starring in a brief Broadway run), Kirk Douglas realized he was too old to play the lead and passed the film on…
Taken as an individual film, Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning is a decent effort with some solid action sequences. Taken in context of the entire Mission: Impossible series (particularly the last three directed by Christopher McQuarrie), its plot is surprisingly…