Based on a 1962 play by Edward Albee, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is far less controversial now than it was when it first hit theater screens back in 1966. Even so, the uninhibited dialogue spewed forth by stars Elizabeth…
DC Entertainment’s recent release of the direct-to-Blu-ray Justice League Vs. Teen Titans offers up something for their younger fans. Directed by Sam Liu (Batman: Year One, All-Star Superman) from a script by Bryan Q. Miller (The Flash, Arrow) and Alan…
Co-writer/director Steve James’ (Hoop Dreams) Prefontaine tells the story of Steve Prefontaine, considered by many America’s greatest long distance runner of all time. Holding the American record in seven different distance track events, Prefontaine was favored to win gold at…
Time flies. I was thirteen when Top Gun came blazing to the big screen in 1986. I absolutely loved the film and saw it three or four times during its original theatrical run. Tom Cruise was buff, the planes were…
Shot over a two-year period beginning in 1972, Les Blank’s A Poem is a Naked Person, a documentary on musician Leon Russell, has had an interesting history. Creative differences led to a falling out between Blank and Russell, which led…
The story of how Jackie Robinson broke modern major league baseball’s color barrier in 1947, is known by many. Brooklyn Dodgers president and general manager Branch Rickey offered Robinson the chance to play in the majors under the condition that…
Leave it to Quentin Tarantino to make a nearly three-hour film that takes place mostly in one room, yet still manages to be great. While the writer/director still gives in to some of the self-indulgent tendencies his fans have come…
An unemployed construction worker, Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) is traveling west when his car breaks down in the Arizona desert. When his car begins to overheat, he stops at a ranch in search of water. As it turns out, the…
America loves football. The NFL rules Sundays. Therefore, Concussion, a film that suggests that the sport lied to fans for years about the dangers of playing football, was going to have trouble attracting an audience regardless of how well constructed…
In 1969, writer-director Melville Shavelson created “My World…and Welcome to it,” based on the works of humorist James Thurber. Though the series won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, it was canceled after the first season. Not deterred, Shavelson and…