Sometimes a Great Notion—the second of five films directed by Paul Newman in his career and based on a novel by Ken Kesey—is both impressive and exasperating. It’s Impressive, because cinematographer Richard Moore (The Life and Times of Judge Roy…
Right up there with the Toy Story franchise, Finding Nemo is one of Pixar’s finest efforts to date. Equal parts comedy, family drama and adventure, this story about a father and son is wonderfully executed. In case you’re one of…
Otto Preminger directed over 35 films in a film career that spanned more than five decades. Throughout his career, Preminger wasn’t afraid to attract controversy dealing with taboo topics of the era such as drug addiction (The Man with the…
The Odd Life of Timothy Green offers a family friendly story, best enjoyed by those that don’t mind some improbability mixed with their entertainment. After years of trying, Jim and Cindy Green (Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Garner) have had to…
A lively caper inspired by true events, Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can never takes itself too seriously. Though classified a drama, the story contains enough comedy to keep viewers giggling at every turn. It also helps that the…
First aired on ABC during the 2009 holiday season, Prep & Landing introduces us to Lanny (Derek Richardson) and Wayne (voiced by Dave Foley), two Christmas elves on the “prep & landing team.” Their job is to prepare homes for the…
Made by Frank Sinatra before he won an Academy Award for From Here to Eternity (though it was released nearly a year later), Suddenly marked the first time Sinatra played the “heavy.” The title refers to a small town in…
Whether or not you’ll enjoy The Expendables 2 is a very easy question to answer. If you’re an action junkie, Sylvester Stallone and the rest of his buddies have provided the perfect medicine. For the rest of you, have aspirin…
Released in 2007, Pixar’s first collection of short films offered a glimpse of the company’s evolution from 1984 through 2006. Watching that first collection, it’s fascinating to witness the tremendous leaps in CGI that were occurring during Pixar’s earliest efforts….
Perhaps stung by the charges of racism that surrounded the release of The Birth of a Nation in 1916, when D.W. Griffith set out to make his first talkie he hoped to adapt Stephen Vincent Benet’s Civil War inspired prose…