Recommended Somehow I missed the chance to review George Gently – Series 5 when that title came DVD Talk’s way, and was surprised to see Series 6 open with its two leading characters lying prostrate having been seriously wounded by gunfire in an encounter with some villain, apparently footage from Series 5’s climax. Otherwise, George Gently , or more accurately, Inspector George Gently (as it is …
Rent It If you’ve seen the trailer for Peter Segal’s Grudge Match (2013), chances are good that you’ve formed a clear opinion already…and though it doesn’t quite play out how you’d expect, there aren’t many surprises along the way. The film follows the rivalry of Henry “Razor” Sharp (Sylvester Stallone) and Billy “The Kid” McDonnen (Robert De Niro), two former boxers whose only single career …
Highly Recommended The Movie: When I was in high school, I had a history teacher who was a big movie buff. He helped organize an after-school cinema club, where a dedicated pocket of burgeoning film fans would watch mostly old movies
Recommended The Movie: For all of the commercials that shill fizzy golden water most Sundays in the fall for football, the overall message, it would appear that the only film that has effectively explored a grown man’s fandom for a sports team has been Fever Pitch . Based on the work of a writer whose name is familiar to many, it went from a book to a movie to an American remake that explored …
Skip It Jack (John Cusack) has one task to complete on his newest assignment: deliver a bag.
Skip It The Film: Several optimistic possibilities rush through one’s mind while watching the trailer for 47 Ronin , Carl Rinsch’s costly feature-length debut. Could it be visually interesting in the vein of Asia’s native martial-arts fantasies? Or, will it offer enough swordsmanship and wizardry within it quasi-historical Japanese context to become something of a guilty pleasure
Recommended Largely forgotten in the decades following its 1974 release, Martin Ritt’s Conrack is one of the better “inspiring teacher” movies in a sub-genre full of entries. It certainly wasn’t the first of its kind: earlier productions like Goodbye Mr
Recommended The Movie: The first film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet is an intentionally odd film that follows the exploits of a French professor (Jacques Doniol-Valcroze) in Turkey whose unhappy existence is brightened by an encounter with a stunningly beautiful, albeit very mysterious, woman (Fran oise Brion).
Skip It Other than maybe the inspirational sports movie, few concepts have been as thoroughly covered by films and television than “the bag full of money.” Not just thrillers, either, but also a great deal of more staid dramas, plenty of comedies, and no doubt at least a handful of horror movies have covered this chestnut — a case could be made that The Box is the sci-fi variant. However, there …
Rent It The Movie: Chinese Zodiac (released in its homeland as CZ12 ), a 2012 feature directed by, co-written by and starring the great Jackie Chan, was a highly anticipated picture among the action star’s legions of fans because it was touted as a follow up of sorts to the two popular Armor Of God films. The movie begins with a fantastic sequence in which a man named Hawk (Chan) escapes from a …