In the post-war film industry controlled in large part (though not totally) by the demands of American distributors and propagandists, Japanese audiences were peppered with a series of films that eith
Note: Non technical portions of this review share text with the review of the Blu-ray release of this film. The "Stargate" feature film starring Kurt Russell and James Spader is not new to me. I ha
Beneath the sex and titillation, "The Houseboy" is about one thing: a young man trying to find one person to treat him as an equal. Ricky (Nick May) is the third leg of Simon and DJ's (Tom Merlino, Br
Director Martin Scorsese might better have titled his 2008 concert documentary of The Rolling Stones "The Band That Wouldn't Go Away. " Not that anybody would want them to go away, but the Stones have
For all the real world misery and inhumanity the Holocaust has caused, films (and the novels which inspire them) are in love with the material. Not so much because any particular story knows how to mi
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NBC's "Saturday Night Live" has been hitting airwaves for over three decades. The Lorne Michaels creation has been criticized for losing its humor and edge over the past thirty-three years and while m
We all know about TV spin-offs and even the occasional movie spin-off, where supporting players get a show of their own. In the case of "Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control," however, the film
"Patton" earned 10 Academy Award nominations, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Art/Set Decoration, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. There was no nomination for
That's so not Raven. "Nice" siblings everywhere, take heart. When the Dolittle franchise went for a third installment without the doctor, it wasn't the rebellious daughter who got the call to star
When I reviewed "Broken Trail" on DVD I said the scenery was drop-dead gorgeous and that it was a curious combination of realism and romantic idealism--but that somehow it worked. The Emmy voters like
Tom Selleck's first role was playing a walk-on "Cowboy in Bar" in a 1969 TV episode of "Lancer," which starred James Stacy. Ten years later it occurred to somebody that he looked dad-gummed good in a