“Beavis and Butthead Do America”

“Beavis and Butthead Do America” is creator/director Mike Judge’s full-length feature starring two of the dumbest protagonists in all of film history – Beavis and Butthead. When their television is stolen, the duo set...

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Genre: Horror Director: George A.Romero Starring Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman A small group of people are trapped in a house when the dead rise up and walk again, hungry for human flesh. Shot in grainy...

‘RockNRolla’ Doesn’t Rock and Roll So Much

Looks like Guy Ritchie’s trouble marriage with Madonna had some impact on his filmmaking skills too! ‘RockNRolla’ is his third London crime world movie after ‘Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ and ‘Snatch’. However...

Al Pacino, Actor

Alfredo James Pacino was born on April 25, 1940 in New York. His parents, Rose and Salvatore, divorced when he was very young and he went with his mother to live with his Sicilian-born grandparents. The young Al spent...

Battlestar Galactica – the Movie

This film was a full-length movie released in theatres. It also served as the pilot for the original television series of the same name. I’ve watched this movie several times, most recently having the privilege of...

Mister Roberts (1955)

Genre: War Director: John Ford, Mervyn Leroy Starring Cast: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, and Jack Lemmon. On a small cargo ship, the USS Reluctant (aka the Bucket), afloat somewhere in the Pacific at some...

Eight Men Out

This film is one of those that leave me depressed. This type of a film leaves me wondering how intelligent people can throw away success, money, fame and a great career just for a relatively small sum of cash. This film...

“Batman”

Tim Burton’s 1989 version of “Batman” features Michael Keaton as the Dark Avenger against Jack Nicholson’s Joker. It’s the film that restarted the franchise and took the story of the Caped Crusader to new heights. Bruce...

12 Angry Men (1957)

Genre: Drama Director: Sydney Lumet Starring Cast: Martin Balsam, John Fielder, Lee Cobb Twelve jury members are sent out to deliberate over the verdict of a murder trial. If the defendant is found guilty, he will be...

Eastern Promises (2007)

It is often said, they just don’t make it like they use to. I can usually agree with that sentiment, but there is one thing that hasn’t changed and that is a good mobster movie. I remember watching ‘The Godfather’ in...

‘Quantum of Solace’ Keeps You Hooked

I’m going to try and give you a very objective view of this movie. I mean, it’s a little hard because I really, really, really like Daniel Craig you know! If ‘Casino Royale’ felt a bit like elementary Bond, Craig and...

Over Her Dead Body

This movie is strictly for those who laugh very easily. Don’t expect to be thrilled off your seat by this romantic film, in which a ghost tries to prevent her boyfriend, correction, ex-boyfriend, from falling in love...

‘Mirrors’ Doesn’t Scare Enough

I will admit, I’m very easy to scare. Pack in a few loud noises with some scary characters and you’ve got me. I won’t be sleeping for the next couple of days. But ‘Mirrors’, well, let’s just say I slept very peacefully...

42nd Street (1933)

Genre: Musical Director: Lloyd Bacon Starring Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler The word goes up and down the street: producers Jones and Day are doing a new show “Pretty Lady”. Rich business...

Duplicity

In a word, this movie was a joke. Given the subject line – corporate executives who play spy games with their competitors, I honestly thought the movie would hold my interest. But I was wrong because the writing, the...

Sean Penn Plays a Brilliant Harvey ‘Milk’

1977 was a memorable year and we have two movies this year to remind us of that. ‘Frost/Nixon’ and ‘Milk’. Harvey Milk is remembered as the first gay man to be elected to public office. He became part of the San...

“Driving Miss Daisy”

Based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, “Driving Miss Daisy” was 1989’s Academy Award winner for Best Picture. Miss Daisy (Jessica Tandy, in an Oscar-winning role) is a wealthy, Southern widow struggling...

Lake City

Reunions can be messy, but do they ever get this bad, No, never. That makes you wonder why the film was thought up in the first place, and why an eclectic range of actors from Sissy Spacek, Rebecca Romjin and Dave...

Safety Last (1923)

Genre: Comedy Director: Fred C. Newmeyer Starring Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred David The Boy wants to better himself in order to marry the Girl, so he leaves his home town for the big city and becomes a salesman in a...