Al Pacino is one of the greatest film actors of the last thirty-five years. His performances as Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Frank Serpico in Serpico and Sonny in Dog Day Afternoon are just a few of Pacino’s most memorable…
When Quentin Tarantino began shooting Kill Bill, he originally intended to make only one film. However, as he was shooting, it became obvious that he had shot enough footage for two films. Instead of trying to widdle the story down…
Blood is a dominant feature in Quentin Tarantino’s fourth film, Kill Bill – Volume 1. It oozes, drips, flows, gushes and splatters in deep red to jet black Heads and limbs are removed with reckless abandon as characters are struck…
I would never say that Risky Business ranks up there with classics such as Casablanca, Bonnie and Clyde or even Rocky. However, the film that is largely credited with making Tom Cruise a star deserve a place in film history,…
The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of those films that seems to get better with each viewing. You begin to see the subtle nuances in the story and really appreciate writer Tim Burton’s ability to create such a captivating tale…
Back in the day, Burt Reynolds was The Man. Deliverance, The Longest Yard, Smokey and the Bandit and even Cannonball Run are some great movies. However, since the early to mid-eighties with the exception of his Academy Award nominated performance…
The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of those films that seems to get better with each viewing. You begin to see the subtle nuances in the story and really appreciate writer Tim Burton’s ability to create such a captivating tale…
The snappy animated credits over Doris Day’s recording of “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” suggests that Married Life might be a sophisticated comedy about love in the 1950’s. The opening scene tells us that yes, Married Life is…
As the loyal readers of ElasticPop have undoubtedly figured out, I’m crazy about films and television. As a child, I enjoyed going to showings of classic films put on by a film society near where I lived every Saturday morning….
When you watch as many DVDs as I do, the bad ones are forgotten quickly and the good one tend to linger in your mind for awhile. I remember being in a movie theater sometime around May of this year…