Entertainment

What do you get when you combine a hard-nosed sports reporter and a romantic liaison with the very subjects she is assigned to cover, Add to the mix the fact that she falls for not one, but two of them, and both at the...

Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lector in “Silence of the Lambs” may be one of the greatest villains of films. Everything about Hopkins’s performance—his voice, his manners, his ability to leap from calm to animal in a...

“A Beautiful Mind” is essentially two films in one; the first in which the audience is led to believe the John Nash character is a brilliant mathematician employed by the CIA; the second where we find he’s a brilliant...

“City Slickers” is the story of three friends enduring middle age. Billy Crystal leads the cast as Mitch, a burned out corporate slug grappling with a wicked identity crisis. He hates his job. His relationship with his...

Dwayne Johnson, also known as ‘The Rock’, is leaving his wrestling days behind and becoming a beloved action and comedy star. Here are his top ten action films. 10. The Rock: Just Bring It Do I really need to even...

Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Director: Franklin J Schaffner Starring Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter Astronaut George Taylor (Heston) crash lands on a mysterious planet. He is soon captured by its governing...

Though it only opened in five theatres and was met with less than stellar reviews by the critics ‘The Boondock Saints’ has gone on to become something of a cult classic and its exclusive DVD release by Blockbuster...

When Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway exploded onto the American screen in 1967’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’, I was 15years old and took an afternoon to go see them at what I thought was their best. Sitting in that movie, I...

Genre: Musical Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring Cast: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson “Oklahoma!” story begins with the story of Curly McLain (MacRae), who is a cowboy in the territory of Oklahoma (soon to...

When considering which actors and which roles redefined the craft of acting, it’s a shame that Ray Milland’s performance in 1944’s “The Lost Weekend” rarely comes up. Milland plays Don Birnam, a hopeless drunk. He has...

Keanu Reeves may have started off as a silly teenager, travelling through time, but nowadays he’s quite the action star, here are his top ten action films. 10. Chain Reaction He’s on the run and that is all that really...

For the guys who get sickened by the chick-flicks their girlfriends or wives force them to see, “500 Days of Summer” offers the antidote. It is the anti chick-flick. From the opening, an author’s note tells us, “The...

This documentary by Michael Moore resonated with me. It is a rare documentary in that not only does it make you aware of a major problem in our society today, but it does so in an entertaining manner. Michael Moore is...

It has been a while, quite a long while, since a science fiction film has come along that has changed the way we look at this genre—or which makes us think about the world and the future differently. City of Ember...

Matt Damon may have first burst onto the scene as the cute boy next door, but this boy turned into a man and became an action star over the years. Here are his top ten action films. 10. The Brothers Grimm Dark and...

This film was directed by Barbara Kopple, who is well-known for her work on other music-type documentaries, such as the one on Harlan County, U.S.A. In this film she features U.S. country music icons “The Dixie Chicks.”...

For people who like to watch films rather than analyze them, Orson Welles’s “Citizen Kane” presents a special problem: Can viewers enjoy the film for pure entertainment value, It’s hard to separate the film from its...

Genre: Western Director: John Sturges Starring Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones US Marshal Matt Morgan (Douglas) is desperate to seek vengeance on the men who raped and murdered his mixed race wife. The...

This film goes one step further than “Always a Bridesmaid,” and addresses the question of why. After all, someone who has 27 bridesmaid dresses in her wardrobe, but not a wedding gown of her own, seems to be missing the...

At the time of “Bonnie and Clyde’s” release in 1967, audience members must have been completely shocked. Here’s Warren Beatty, one of the most famous heartthrobs in Hollywood, acting in a film that looks like a low...