Star Trek XI Trailer
The first teaser trailer for JJ Abrams Star Trek film that is slated for a Christmas 2008 release. Ah, the voice of Leonard Nimoy….It will be good to see Nimoy again as an elder Spock, but I’m not sure learning about Spock’s youth is going to be that exciting. We’ll see.
Music Review: Xanadu On Broadway: The Original Broadway Cast Recording
Having suffered through the train wreck that was the movie version of Xanadu so many years ago, I expected Xanadu On Broadway: The Original Broadway Cast Recording to bring back bad memories of kitsch and the sad, downward trajectory of Olivia Newton-John’s career. Xanadu was supposed to make Olivia a movie star for the ages. […]
DVD Review: The Odd Couple: The Third Season
Based on the Neil Simon Play and the 1968 hit film, in 1970 Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson developed The Odd Couple into a successful television series. Tony Randall plays the proper, fastidious photographer Felix Unger and Jack Klugman portrays the gruff, sloppy Oscar Madison, sportswriter for the New York Herald. Felix is a compulsive […]
The Five Greatest Movie Trailers of All Time
Movie trailers can make or break a film. Trailers are the marketing tool that can make an audience rush out to see a film or forget about it instantly. A great trailer can give birth to a tagline or catch phrase that becomes part of the pop culture lexicon. A trailer can evoke curiosity, happiness, […]
DVD Review: Zodiac: 2-Disc Director’s Cut
The late 1960’s was a tough time in California. In 1969, Charles Manson and his family systematically murdered seven people, including actress Sharon Tate. Around that same time, during an eleven month period in 1968-69 an individual who identified himself only as the “Zodiac,” murdered at least seven people in Northern California. Given the location […]
DVD Review: The Heartbreak Kid
Ben Stiller’s quick to DVD version of The Heartbreak Kid is a prime example of why Hollywood sometimes needs to think twice about doing a remake. The Heartbreak Kid was originally done by Elaine May back in 1972 in a funny, sympathetic manner but in 2007, Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers have made an […]
Rita Moreno, Turns 76 Today
Born Rosita Dolores Alverio, in Humacao, Puerto Rico on December 11, 1931, actress Rita Moreno was the first performer to win an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and a Grammy. Moreno and her mother moved to New York City in 1937. Rita got her first taste of show business at the tender age of eleven, when she […]
DVD Review: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
Director Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film Apocalypse Now is one of the most studied and discussed movies in motion picture history. Scholars and fans alike have discussed the nuances of the Vietnam War themed story adnauseam. Adding to the legend of Apocalypse Now are the well documented difficulties that Coppola encountered in his unwavering drive […]
DVD Review: Leading Ladies Collection Volume 2
Warner Brothers has released Leading Ladies Collection Volume 2. The set consists of A Big Hand for the Little Lady starring Joanne Woodward, Henry Fonda and Jason Robards, I’ll Cry Tomorrow starring Susan Hayward, Rich and Famous starring Candice Bergen and Jacqueline Bisset, Shoot the Moon starring Diane Keaton and Albert Finney and Up the […]
Otto Preminger’s ‘Skidoo’
I recently read and reviewed Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King. Few would argue that the Academy award nominated director made some wonderful films in over fifty years in the movie business. However, As Otto grew older, he began to lose touch with his knack for understanding the American moviegoer’s taste in films.