A spinoff of the very popular The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda ran for five seasons from 1974-1978. Valerie Harper played Rhoda Morgenstern, the funky, flamboyantly fashioned best friend of Mary Richards who leaves Minneapolis and returns home to New…
Back in 2005, Into the Blue was released to unfavorable critical response and lukewarm box office receipts. However, the presence of Jessica Alba in a swimsuit and the star power of Paul Walker and Josh Brolin, did make the film…
The Paper Chase began as novel, written in 1970 by Harvard Law School graduate John Jay Osborn, Jr. and was later turned into a faithful movie in 1973 starring John Houseman (Ghost Story), Timothy Bottoms (Invaders from Mars), and Lindsay…
The second series of Skins, a BAFTA-winning teen drama created by father and son television writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, is notably darker and more dramatic in tone than its predecessor. The series is an unflinching attempt to capture…
I’ve never been the biggest fan of Jim Carrey. Since he became a star with the release of 1994’s Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, it’s impossible to deny his comedic skills but his manic style hasn’t always appealed to me; in…
Few would argue director Alfred Hitchcock’s status as a master of suspense. However, his 1955 effort, To Catch a Thief, can hardly be considered among the best in his suspense cannon. If a person’s first exposure to Hitchcock is To…
Released in June of 2002, Lilo & Stitch marked the 42nd animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. Written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the film made a splash at Cannes that year and was nominated…
The 2008 television series, The Clone Wars is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, during the same time period as the previous 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars series. Star Wars creator George Lucas says “there will be at least…
Over the last few years, it seems as though American and European film audiences have become increasing interested in the Indian film industry. While India has been making films since the 1930’s, it’s Bollywood, the country’s Mumbai-based Hindi language film…