When The Color Purple hit theaters back in 1985, I didn’t quite know how to feel about it. I had read Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and I was conflicted about some of the changes made….
A stubbornly independent filmmaker, director Robert Altman was known for making films that no one else dared to touch. MASH, one of Altman’s biggest successes, had been passed over by over a dozen other filmmakers. It was a difficult shoot,…
Few will deny Richard Pryor’s place as one of stand up comedy’s true geniuses. As with many comedians who emerged both before and after him, Pryor was plagued by demons; demons that provided the source of some of his best…
Initially, Star Trek: The Next Generation was one of those series that just got better as time went on. The characters became much more developed, and the actors were much more comfortable in their roles. The storylines became more focused,…
Disney’s 32nd animated feature, 1994’s The Lion King was its darkest since 1985’s The Black Cauldron, and, in many ways, a departure from the light-heartedness of The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. There are moments of fun…
Warner Bros. | 1985 | 153 mins. | PG When The Color Purple hit theaters back in 1985, I didn’t quite know how to feel about it. Though I was only twelve at the time, I had read Alice Walker’s…
New Line Cinema | 1992 | 124 mins. | Rated R A stubbornly independent filmmaker, director Robert Altman was known for making films that no one else dared to touch. MASH, one of Altman’s biggest successes, had been passed over…
As a long time subscriber to both Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, I feel like I know Annie Leibovitz well. Granted, I’ve never met her, but some of her pictures are burned in my memory: John Lennon and Yoko Ono…