Overdone, gaudy, and deliciously entertaining, Samson and Delilah is the kind of epic Cecil B. DeMille (The Ten Commandments) thrived on. Nobody did sword and sandal epics better than he did, and in terms of entertainment value, Samson and Delilah…
Created by legendary animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940, Tom (a cat) and Jerry (a mouse) have had one of the longest and most beloved rivalries. Tom chases Jerry, and Jerry outsmarts Tom; sometimes it’s the other way…
Where have I seen The Intouchables before? Why, in The Fabulous Baker Boys and 84 Charing Cross Road, two of my all-time favorite movies. While The Intouchables and 84 Charing Cross Road have the closer connection, being that they are…
Out of all the restaurants reviewed in the internationally-renowned Michelin Guide (with posts haughtily maintained in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas, since those are all the cities the United States has), 72 chefs have been awarded…
Two Saturdays ago, I finally got to read The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns by Margaret Dilloway, after reserving it at my local library two weeks prior since my library card was at its 50-item limit (95-100% books,…
The reviewer paces back and forth in front of the table on which Hazel: The Complete Fourth Season rests, trying to come to terms with the continuing atrocities from this series. He is not a war veteran, he has never…
Warner Bros. is celebrating their 90th anniversary by releasing a series of Blu-ray and DVD box sets that would make any movie fans mouth water. While a number of the films in Warner’s latest offering, Best of Warner Bros. 20…
In 2011, Cartoon Network introduced Young Justice, an animated series that focused on the younger version of the older, more established Justice League. Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian, Robin and Artemis, who want to make a name for themselves…
The brainchild of co-creators Mark A. Altman and Steve Kriozere, Femme Fatales is one of the few shows on Cinemax After Dark that can actually be considered watchable. Altman and Kriozere both have written quite extensively for television, including episodes…
Rarely available in its full form since 1970 Ely Landau’s King: A Filmed Record is one of the most important documents of the American civil rights movement. Told without traditional narration, this 181-minute documentary follows the last thirteen years of…