DARKNESS - DVD review
ReviewsApr 22, 2005

DARKNESS - DVD review

I love a good, scary ghost story. Unfortunately, "Darkness" is nothing like a good, scary ghost story. A good ghost story or haunted house story would be something like "The Uninvited" (1944), "The H

LITTLE CAESAR - DVD review
ReviewsJan 25, 2005

LITTLE CAESAR - DVD review

"When I get in a tight spot, I shoot my way out of it, why sure. Shoot first and argue afterwards. You know, this game ain't for guys that's soft. " --Edward G. Robinson, "Little Caesar" By the 1930s

INFERNAL AFFAIRS - DVD review
ReviewsDec 30, 2004

INFERNAL AFFAIRS - DVD review

Thoughts from John: The best way to describe the 2002 crime thriller "Infernal Affairs" ("Wu Jian Dao") might be to suggest that it's Hong Kong's answer to Hollywood's "Heat. " Both films are psyc

BREAKER MORANT - DVD review
ReviewsDec 13, 2004

BREAKER MORANT - DVD review

"Well, Peter, this is what comes of empire building. " -Harry "Breaker" Morant "Breaker Morant" (1980), based on a true story, is a courtroom drama set during the Boer War, one of the many charming a

I REMEMBER MAMA - DVD review
ReviewsDec 03, 2004

I REMEMBER MAMA - DVD review

Director George Stevens' big, sentimental rendering of John Van Druten's stage hit is a classic nostalgia piece. Of course, as Yogi Berra might have said (but probably didn't), "Nostalgia ain't what i