I don’t know what’s wrong with me. First it was Bee Movie and now Madagascar–lately; I’ve had a huge soft spot for computer animated, talking animal pictures. If you are currently suffering from that affliction, Dreamworks’ Madagascar is just the…
I freely admit I’m a movie freak. I regularly admit that I’ll sit through any film once in the hopes of finding some morsel of merit in each piece of celluloid I subject myself to. Even though I had read…
Generally, I’m not a big horror fan. However, I have always appreciated the work of David Carradine. Recently, I reviewed both Kill Bill films in which Carradine does a masterful job in the role of Bill. I had heard several…
Along with An American in Paris, Warner Brothers has recently released Gigi, in a two disc special edition. Released in 1958, the film reunited director Vincent Minnelli with producer Arthur Freed, Alan Jay Lerner and actress Leslie Caron. After the…
Directed by Vincente Minnelli, the 1951 film An American in Paris was inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Oscar Levant, the script was written by Alan Jay Lerner, who together with…
It’s hard to believe Chucky is twenty years old already! MGM is celebrating the sadistic dolls birthday with Child’s Play – Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition, an extras filled DVD release that comes with a nice looking anamorphic widescreen transfer of…
Bringing a popular television series to the big screen has always been a hit or miss proposition. For every successful Addams Family or Star Trek film, there’s an equally dreadful adaption of Get Smart or Flipper. Filmmakers are faced with…
Out of the crop of current directors, David Gordon Green is one of the few who makes a point of focusing on the realities of American life. In a time where most directors are trying to outdo themselves with more…
In the 1950’s, the relatively new medium of television was all the rage in American homes. Families no longer felt the same desire to trudge to their local cinema, when this new “tube” could beam entertainment to them in the…
I should preface this review by saying that my initial interest in Transformers grew from the films role in the HD vs. Blu-ray format war. When Paramount released the high-definition version of Transformers exclusively on HD DVD back in 2007,…