Surely, you joust. Knights rocking out? You have to admire artists who take risks. In just his second directorial outing, Brian Helgeland took one whale of a chance by opting to infuse a period piece set in the 14th century…
Just as “M*A*S*H” survived quite nicely following the exodus of Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, and Larry Linville, “Cheers” did just fine after Shelley Long left the popular sitcom. In fact, it was probably time for a change. After five years…
Spencer Tracy was a tremendous actor, but he was as badly miscast as Hemingway’s Cuban fisherman in the 1958 version of “The Old Man and the Sea” as John Wayne was as Genghis Khan (“The Conquerer,” 1956). Anthony Quinn is…
There was a time when Steven Seagal was B-A-A-D in a campy sort of way. Now he’s just bad, and whoever convinced him to make “Submerged” should be severely chastised and held up to public ridicule. Like the film. “Submerged” is…
I had never heard of this movie, but it turns out that “Electra Glide in Blue” is the flip-side of “Easy Rider.” Instead of hippies on hogs searching for the real America, it’s biker cops patrolling the American wilderness looking…
Released in France as “Leon” and in the U.S. as “The Professional,” Luc Besson’s stylish film about a hit man and the young girl he trains is now available in a two-disc “deluxe edition” which combines the titles and offers…
Music and comedy led the way to recovery after World War II. First came “South Pacific,” based on a collection of James Michener stories and turned into a popular Broadway musical by Joshua Logan in 1949, and, nine years later,…
Some films are so legendary that you have to wonder how it is that you missed seeing them. Italian director Federico Fellini is such an iconic name that I’ve often alluded to him when joking about people who try to…
Physically, the West Wing is an office building located within the White House compound that holds the President’s Oval Office and the offices of the President’s support staff. Historically, it was built in 1902 as a temporary office by President…