Considered by many to be Jerry Lewis’ best film, The Nutty Professor was a hilarious update of the Jekyll and Hyde story for the 1960’s. Produced, directed, co-written (with Bill Richmond) and starring Lewis, this is the comedian at the…
Making just his second film outside of his native Iran, Abbas Kiarostami continues his practice of letting his films unfold at their own pace with little in the way of context or resolution. Filmed in Tokyo, and featuring a largely…
A well-known intellectual in Germany before he fled the Nazis, Douglas Sirk came to Hollywood where he worked as a director for hire until he an Ross Hunter developed a kind of high class soap opera that made a fortune…
Formulaic and predictable, this rehash of 1981’s Endless Love, a melodrama about forbidden love, will like strike a chord with some of its target audience of young teens. Based on the Scott Spencer novel and co-writer/director Shana Feste (Country Strong)…
Paramount has released an “Authentic Collector’s Edition” of McLintock! on Blu-ray, almost a year to the day that Olive Films delivered their acclaimed, albeit featureless edition. The film has been in the public domain for decades; Paramount’s release has been…
Just a year after scandalizing Hollywood with the classic Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder added to his reputation as a director interested in exposing the darker side of life with Ace in the Hole. This marked the first time Wilder was…
Nikita wraps up its run with a tight six episode fourth season. The end of the third season saw Nikita (Maggie Q) framed for assassinating the U.S. president. Now the most wanted woman in America, Nikita, alone and running, is…
By 1942, America was fully entrenched in World War II. Largely known for his Westerns at the time, John Wayne lent his name and persona to the war effort in Flying Tigers. A fictionalized account of the real American pilots…
As established in the first season, Little House on the Prairie tells the story of Charles and Caroline Ingalls (Michael Landon, Karen Grassle) living in Walnut Grove, Minnesota with their three daughters: Laura (Melissa Gilbert), Mary (Melissa Sue Anderson), and…
Set in the not too distant future, Her, the latest film from writer/director Spike Jonze (his first since 2009’s Where the Wild Things Are), deals with love, loneliness and relationships at a time when technological advances have made it possible…