Recommended Underwater thrillers were all the rage in 1989, as no less than three of 'em were released theatrically between January and August…and while none of them were hugely successful at the box office, each film made more money than the last. But the only one that most people remember is James Cameron's The Abyss ; even then, it's seen as a minor failure considering the position between …
Rent It THE FILM: Fading Gigolo is the fifth film directed by John Turturro, who has north of 75 acting roles to his credit. Turturro stars here, too, along with Woody Allen, and it seems the tables have turned for the senior lead. This story of a failed bookstore owner who begins pimping out his friend to aging socialites feels like something Allen might have directed, but the role is his first …
Recommended In 10 Words or Less A feel-good comedy dance movie Reviewer's Bias* Loves: The Pegg/Frost/Wright films Likes: Chris O'Dowd, Nick Frost, Rashida Jones Dislikes: Dancing, douchebags Hates: Dancing douchebags The Movie Nick Frost is best known as the sidekick to Simon Pegg in an assortment of movies and TV shows, including Shaun of the Dead and Spaced , but he's carved out a nice little …
Recommended Everyone's done plenty of stupid things despite the fear of being caught, but Michel (Martin LaSalle) just happens to do such things for a living. He's a pickpocket by trade; first by himself, then—after his arrest and subsequent release, due to lack of evidence—with a pair of highly skilled thieves (Henri Kassagi and Pierre Etaix). Aside from the thrill of his dangerous …
You just bought a brand-new TV and now all your movies look overly smoothed out and artificial. WTF?
Highly Recommended Fairy Tail – Part 11 – Blu-ray Review Fairy Tail is an action-adventure-comedyseries whichfollows a group of wizards who are all a part of the popular andrenowned FairyTail guild, where magic beings  withspecial gifts all work together on various jobs and missions for thenon-magicfolk of the world – and these talented people work as one to face enemyguilds (thetype who …
Recommended Conceived as a three-hour roadshow but shorn of an hour by its disenchanted director prior to its release, Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) in its 125-minute form was met with mixed reviews and tepid box-office.
Recommended The Movie: “A woman's laugh is very often a mating call.” – Stanley Krown (William Holden) in Forever Female . Paramount's 1953 production Forever Female is an enjoyable spin on themes already explored in All About Eve
Rent It THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Barbara Stanwyck is good in everything she's in, but alas, that doesn't mean everything she's in is good
Recommended Marty (1955) was the little film that could, an almost-art film reportedly produced as a tax write-off that ended up winning four major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay) while earning rentals ten times its modest ($350,000) cost.