Based on a subversive set of trading cards, I was intrigued when I learned that Tim Burton had agreed to direct Mars Attacks! Each card graphically depicted a Martian invasion of Earth with lots of gory detail. Knowing that, I…
Despite mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike, 1987’s Throw Momma from the Train was a moderate success at the box office and has since become a cult classic of sorts. Inspired by Patricia Highsmith’s novel Strangers on a Train,…
In a career that has spanned more than fifty years, writer/director James L. Brooks has had success in both television and film. Having created Room 222 in 1969, Brooks teamed up with Allan Burns to create The Mary Tyler Moore…
In a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, writer/director James L. Brooks has had success in both television and film. Having created Room 222 in 1969, Brooks teamed up with Allan Burns to create The Mary Tyler Moore Show,…
Released in theaters during the summer of 1996, Matilda was aimed squarely at the 8 to12 crowd. However, since it was based on the Roald Dahl book of the same name, it comes as no surprise that the film is…
Nearly forty years later, the disappearance Jimmy Hoffa still fascinates. Just as this edition of Hoffa was hitting stores, the mystery of what happened to the vanished former Teamster boss was in the news again. In suburban Detroit, the FBI…
F. Gary Gray’s follow up to Barry Sonnenfeld’s Get Shorty, Be Cool is an adaptation of yet another Elmore Leonard novel. Continuing the story of Chili Palmer, Gray’s film lacks much of the black humor and slick charm of the…
Warner Bros. | 1975 | 133 mins. | R One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest first hit blu-ray two years ago, but Warner’s has released the film in a new collector’s edition packed with an impressive set of special features…
Warner Bros. | 1996 | 116 mins. | PG-13 I’ve been intrigued by everything Tim Burton has done throughout his career and enjoyed most of his films. Needless to say, I was very curious when I heard Burton had agreed…
Disney/Buena Vista | 2010 | 91 mins. | Rated PG-13 When in Rome is a paint-by-the-numbers romantic comedy that desperately wants to be something more. It tries for moments of significance, moments of introspection, moments obviously meant to speak to…