“GoldenEye,” from 1995, marked Pierce Brosnan’s first appearance as Ian Fleming’s super spy, James Bond. Disregarding the two aberrant versions of “Casino Royale,” Brosnan became the fifth actor to assume the role, following in the footsteps of Sean Connery, George…
So, you’ve heard about “Snake Eyes” and you think you’ve seen it all before. Well, you’re not psychic and you’re not crazy. You have seen it all before. Writer-director Brian DePalma has often in his films paid homage to past…
Every now and then the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences goes a little haywire and makes an exception to its rule of only according Best Picture Oscars to films about epic battles, monumental disasters, heroic characters, historical figures,…
“People coming, going; nothing ever happens.” Lewis Stone, “Grand Hotel” Not only that, the movie itself was a long time coming to Blu-ray. Over eighty years, in fact. But it was an Oscar winner for Best Picture in 1931/32, and…
“Those aren’t pillows!” After writing, directing, and producing a string of comedy hits about teenagers, John Hughes (“Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Weird Science”) turned his attention to a movie about adults (as…
John J. Puccio Ranjan Pruthee William Lee Note: In the following joint Blu-ray review, John J. Puccio, Ranjan Pruthee, and William David Lee all take a look at the movie, with John also writing up the Video, Audio, and Parting…
You have to wonder why studios lavish enormous sums of money on films written and directed by people who have never made a full-length film before. Maybe they’re expecting another “Citizen Kane.” What they got from first-time big-screen writer-director Todd…
Warner Bros. already released “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 and 2,” to high-definition Blu-ray in separate three-disc sets; now they’ve released both films in a single, six-disc box set, the “Ultimate Edition,” along with a bevy of…
“This movie is a comedy. I wanted to be sure and clarify that right up front, because when the film was first released to the paying public they didn’t seem to realize it was supposed to be funny.” –Dan O’Bannon,…
The thing about any cult classic is that if too many people like it, it’s not a cult classic anymore. So, a genuine cult film has to be just eccentric enough to make it controversial, with only a small but…