Written by Brian HelgelandDirected by Brian Helgeland STUDIO REP #1: I’ve got a great idea for a movieSTUDIO REP #2: What is it?REP #1: We take Gladiator and set it in medieval […]
Movie Review – Desert Saints: The Bad Guy is Good, and the Good Guy is Bad
Written by Richard Greenberg and Wally NicholsDirected by Richard Greenberg When I first heard the title of this Kiefer Sutherland flick, for some reason I envisioned some type of military drama. Instead, […]
Alastair Reed’s Traffik (1989): An In-Depth Study of Why the Drug Problem Can Never Be Solved
When I reviewed the American film Traffic, a fellow writer suggested I check out the version that was based on – a 6-hour British miniseries directed by Alastair Reed. In my opinion, […]
Battle for the Planet of the Apes: Does It Get Any Worse Than This?
As if things weren’t getting bad enough in the last installment of this series, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, it gets even worse in this, the final of the five […]
Review of the Documentary 9/11: Many Years Later, Reflections
I am a New Yorker There have been many essays circulating the Internet since the events of September 11, 2001. One of the really good ones was with that title. (For an […]
Mulan (2020)
Written by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Lauren HynekDirected by Niki Caro After seeing the trailer in theaters, Mulan (2020) was the first of the live-action* Disney re-makes I was interested in […]
Matewan – How Many Have Given Their Lives in the Struggle for Workers’ Rights?
Written by John SaylesDirected by John Sayles One of the most telling lines in this John Sayles film about real events is “You ain’t men to that coal company…” For that is […]
Movie Review: Bruce Almighty – Why Morgan Freeman is the Best God in Cinema
Written by Steve Koren, Mark O’Keefe, and Steve OedekerkDirected by Tom Shadyac I confess to not being a Jim Carrey fan in any of his incarnations. I never liked Ace Ventura, The […]
Movie Review – Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – A Mixed Legacy
Episode I THE PHANTOM MENACE Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of […]
A Review of the Film: To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar – The Impact of Drag Queens on Small Town Dynamics
Written by Douglas Carter BeaneDirected by Beeban Kidron In many ways this movie is the typical theme of strangers come into a small town and turn it upside down, leaving it for […]
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