It’s been a long wait, but Star Wars: The Complete Saga has finally landed in stores. Now, with product in hand, fans can decide for themselves what they think of George Lucas’ latest offering of what may be his finest…
Region Free | U.K. Triple Play 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…
In explaining the concert tour that is the subject of the documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, the comic muses, “Really, my main goal for this is to have fun.” Behind the camera, director Rodman Flender asks, “Do you think you…
Based on a popular autobiographical novel by Reidar Jo nsson, My Life as a Dog is a wonderful film about navigating the difficulties of childhood. Director Lasse Hallström’s breakout film was nominated for two Oscar Awards and the winner of…
Cinematic recurrences and metempsychotic cycles are virtually one and the same in Michelangelo Frammartino’s Le Quattro Volte. Though not a single word is spoken, the mountainous region of Calabria where the story is set offers communicative noise and movement from every…
After the poor reception of X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine the franchise was clearly on life support. If the franchise we to survive, the latest installment, First Class had the tall order of revitalizing a well known…
The end of season two left the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, a.k.a. Samcro with a lot of loose ends. To begin with, everyone in Charming, California is a bit scattered. Jax’ (Charlie Hunnam) infant son Abel was kidnapped and…
Color me surprised when Kenneth Branagh’s name appeared as the director of Marvel’s Thor. He just Hardly known for his box office hits, he just didn’t seem like the right guy to the reigns of a $150 million superhero saga….
Though it’s managed to achieve cult status nearly thirty years after its theatrical release, Brian De Palma’s Scarface was attacked by most critics. Made for an estimated $25 million, box office response was rather tepid, only grossing nearly $66 million….
Despite his successes, director Brian De Palma has rarely been a critical favorite. In his early years of his career, he was accused of ripping off Alfred Hitchcock and being very misogynistic. Today, many feel his films aren’t nearly as…