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…
Made on the heels of the box office achievement of A Hard Day’s Night and the stunning success of the Beatles first American tour, Help! is essentially a clever chase movie that more than holds your attention. Richard Lester was…
The residents of London’s Serenity House are all having a tough time. Most are broke and being evicted so the tower can be demolished. Anyone lucky enough to have a few bucks is being threatened and extorted by the meaner…
A movie so bad it’s good, 1977’s The Incredible Melting Man tells the story of NASA astronaut Steve West (Alex Rebar) who returns from a mission to Saturn, the only surviving member of his crew. Upon his return to Earth,…
Park Chan-wook is one of the most popular directors’s in his native Korea and a cult figure here in America largely due to 2004’s Oldboy, fans have been anxiously awaiting his English-language debut. Though it took longer than some would…
Based on true events, when a Russian submarine seemed to go rogue during the Cold War in 1968, nearly creating a major international nuclear incident, Phantom is a mediocre thriller helped by a surprisingly strong cast. Ed Harris plays Demi,…
World War II is the most visually documented event in world history; there are countless hours of ships on patrol, planes in combat, and squadrons on the battlefield. However, the one thing that’s nowhere to be found is a visual…
Produced and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (ZAZ) The Kentucky Fried Movie plays out like an R-rated version of Saturday Night Live. Made up of a series of sketches, some will entertain you, some may miss…
Made in the midst of the rise of Pixar, Lilo & Stitch was a bit of an odd duck. In a time when CGI was becoming all the rage, Disney reached back to the days of its earlier animated features…