Now in his early seventies, Studio Ghibli master animator Hayao Miyazaki has chosen to ease his way out of the director’s chair in favor of his oldest son Gorō. Gorō co-wrote and directed the 2006 effort Tales from Earthsea, and…
The Scooby series’ latest direct-to-video original movie, Stage Fright finds the Mystery Incorporated gang—Fred (voiced by Frank Welker), Daphne (Grey Delisle), Velma Dinkley (Mindy Cohn), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and of course, Scooby-Doo (Welker, again) traveling to an old opera house…
Released two months after actress Carole Lombard was tragically killed in an airplane crash selling war bonds, To Be or Not To Be was initially not well received by the public or critics, many of whom just couldn’t understand the…
Widely recognized as one of great American novels of the 20th century, there have been several attempts to turn F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby into a film (most famously the 1974 version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow). However,…
Based on Jack Kerouac’s novel of the same name, On the Road begins in 1947 New York City, where young writer Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), is living in his mother’s Queens apartment and hanging out with his panic-prone poet friend,…
During the late 1960’s, Paul Newman was one of sizable group of Hollywood celebrities with a growing concern over the rising social and political unrest across America. Fresh off a string of successes, including Cool Hand Luke, and Butch Cassidy…
Created by J. G. Quintel for the Cartoon Network, Regular Show debuted in the fall of 2010 and recently made its Blu-ray debut as a set comprised of the first two seasons of the series. Known for being peculiar, the…
Anyone familiar with Austrian director Michael Haneke’s filmography—Funny Games, The Piano Teacher and Cache, among them—knows that he’s no stranger to taking on difficult topics and dealing with the controversy that comes with it. While his latest film, Amour, is…
Originally released on December 25, 1963, The Sword in the Stone holds the distinction of being the last animated feature released while Walt Disney was still alive. The film, based on T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, tends to…
After watching Pain & Gain, I looked carefully at the credits to make sure the film was indeed directed by Michael Bay. Long known for big budget movies with even bigger explosions, Pain & Gain is the director’s ‘smallest’ film…