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. A timely release given recent events in Gaza, the 1966 war movie Cast a Giant Shadow takes us back to the early days of Israel's quest for sovereignty. Written and directed by Melville Shavelson ( Yours, Mine & Ours ), the film is both quaint and …
Highly Recommended Politically speaking, Lewis Milestone's The North Star (1943) makes for fascinating viewing. Dramatically, however, it's more than a little ridiculous
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. One of only a small handful of good werewolf horror films, Ginger Snaps upends tradition with its two strong female leads and atypical character interactions
Recommended Yeah, yeah, everybody knows that you don't have to trek all the way down to Texas for a chainsaw massacre. What you didn't know is that you can get the Sawyers' same flavor of cannibalistic finger food closer to home too. [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] Read the entire review
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 …
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Highly Recommended The Railway Man Blu-ray Review The Railway Man is an evocative,intelligent, andwell made dramatic film based upon the real life story told by EricLomax inhis published autobiography.
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 …
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.