Cited as the inspiration for several science fiction films (Star Wars, Flash Gordon and Avatar, among them), Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “A Princess of Mars” finally made it to the big screen after years of development, as John Carter. Given its…
With one of the most successful pilots in TV history, Hell on Wheels leaves you wanting more with every minute. I was left anticipating what’s next, and it remains that way until the very end. The show features Cullen Bohannon…
David O. Selznick’s first independent production, 1936’s Little Lord Fauntleroy continued the producer’s penchant for bring “classics” to the screen. Adapted by Hugh Walpole from the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the film is a remake of two earlier versions,…
Having gained national exposure and an Emmy Award for his work on Saturday Night Live, Bill Murray made his feature film debut in Ivan Reitman’s Meatballs. Surrounded by a cast of actors that really have little more than bit parts,…
The Lethal Weapon series is one of the most successful franchises in film history. Debuting in March of 1987, the first film would spawn three sequels and a host of imitators. Lethal Weapon certainly didn’t invent the buddy cop genre,…
Based on Mary Norton’s novel The Borrowers, The Secret World of Arrietty is the perfect story for Studio Ghibli to tackle, with its meeting of two worlds—fantasy and reality. The directorial debut of Hiromasa Yonebayashi, it’s hard not to find…
While Summer Interlude was Ingmar Bergman’s ninth film, it’s the first one that would explore many of the themes and motifs he would become so well known for—love, loss, and the influence of adolescence on adulthood. The story, told largely…
Have you ever had a secret so explosive it weighed on your mind day and night and warped your view of reality? A secret from your past that colored your present and threatened to destroy your future? Hopefully the answer…
Steve Martin is long established as one of the funniest guys around, but Bringing Down the House won’t be part of his career highlight reel. While the film did well at the box office, bringing in $164,729,679 worldwide, the inane…
Part love story, part science fiction, director David Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense is a tale of love, loss and fear. As people around the world are experiencing the loss of sensory perception, a pair of lovers appreciates each other as best…