Originally aired on November 17th and 24th in 1979, Salem’s Lot was the second adaption of a Stephen King novel, following the theatrical release of Brian De Palma’s Carrie, in 1976. While its status as a TV miniseries presented certain…
The latest offering from director Nicolas Winding Refn, Neon Demon is his version of a horror film, filled with pulsating music and florescent lighting. Whatever. A cutting commentary on the fashion industry, The Neon Demon is pretentious and boring. Horror…
“So bad it’s awesome.” That, aside from my fondness for Patty Duke, is how I often explain why I enjoy watching Valley of the Dolls once every year or two. Based on the bestselling novel by Jacqueline Susann, Valley of…
Reprising his Tony Award-winning role as Lyndon Johnson in the HBO adaptation of Robert Schenkkan’s play All the Way, Bryan Cranston continues to show he’s one of the most talented actors working today. President Johnson was a big, physical man…
While critics and audiences praised The Iron Giant when it arrived in theaters back in 1999, it wasn’t considered a box office success, with a budget of $70-$80 million and a box office take of $31.3 million. Through home video…
Originally broadcast on French television and later released in theaters, The Immortal Story was Orson Welles’ first color film and his last completed fictional feature. An adaptation of a story by Out of Africa author Isak Dinesen, Welles cast himself…
Hard Target 2 finds a disgraced mixed martial artist is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse in the jungles of Thailand. A direct-to-video ‘sequel’ to the 1993 film that saw Jean-Claude Van Damme in the lead role,…
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, British cinema gave rise to a movement dubbed “kitchen sink realism.” Fueled by anger and disillusionment with modern society, these films generally depicted working class Britons living in harsh conditions, dealing with difficult…
An adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, 11.22.63 benefits from a strong cast and a mini-series structure that allows for ample story and character development, while ensuring that we never forget about the event central to the story, the countdown at…
Nominated for seven Oscars, winner of three, forever having reached iconic status for her role opposite Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, Ingrid Bergman kept everything. From childhood diaries, letters wrote and received, as well as her own home movies, Bergman kept…