An anomaly in Elvis Presley’s career, his first film, Love Me Tender was the only time he didn’t receive top billing. Presley is a supporting player who doesn’t even appear until around the 20 minute mark, and even then plays…
A notorious box office bomb, Ishtar became the butt of countless jokes centered on Hollywood excess and failure. Made for $55 million (around $110 million today) Ishtar took in only $14.3 million in North American box office receipts. Despite three…
Coming off the two successful Expendables films, action legend Sylvester Stallone teamed with producer Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard) and director Walter Hill (48 Hours, The Warriors) for Bullet to the Head, a film that opens with a CGI…
Based on the novel by Jacqueline Susann, Once is Not Enough (1975) is the kind of campy, overwrought cheese fest fans of Jacqueline Susann have come to expect. Much like Valley of the Dolls (1967), there’s a mix of faded…
Co-directors/producers Maiken Baird and Michelle Major’s Venus and Serena is an up-close and personal look at the siblings who have dominated the once-exclusive sport of tennis, sparking racial pride as well as tensions, making millions along the way and becoming…
Dressed to Kill was released on Blu-ray in the United States on a region free disc in September of 2011. The American release carries a fine presentation and audio track, but has a so-so package of special features. Available on…
At the dawn of the 1960’s, Carl Reiner a former writer and cast member on Your Show Of Shows, sought to create a sitcom that explored what happened when daddy left home and went to work in the writer’s room…
A faithful re-telling of William Golding’s classic novel, Peter Brook’s 1963 film Lord of the Flies subtly conveys the psychological turmoil and violence that overtakes children who are forced to exist in a world devoid of consequences. Brook makes these…
42 tells the true story of how Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman), with the help and guidance of executive Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), broke the Major League color barrier in 1947, becoming the first black player to appear in a Major…
The first Hollywood adaptation of Vincente Blasco Ibanez’s Blood and Sand released in 1922, helped solidify Rudolph Valentino’s legend. In 1941, 20th Century Fox and Darryl Zanuck produced a sound and Technicolor remake, determined to give the story the stylish…