ReviewsDec 08, 2002
MY FAIR LADY - DVD review
"My Fair Lady" is one of the best and most popular stage musicals of all time. It has what so many more-recent musicals do not have--an intelligent script, great acting, clever dialogue, and an endles
ReviewsNov 23, 2002
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: SEASON 6 - DVD review
Every fall brings a slew of new television shows. Most don't last beyond a few episodes, and even fewer get to finish their first years. Despite the fact that science-fiction as a genre (in any media)
ReviewsOct 27, 2002
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: SEASON 5 - DVD review
Paramount's "Star Trek" franchise has spawned 10 feature films (including the upcoming "Nemesis"), 5 television shows, and a pop sub-culture with world-wide penetration. No other tele-film series has
ReviewsOct 24, 2002
LORD OF THE RINGS, THE: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - DVD review
Corporate siblings Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema dominated the box office during late-2001 with "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring". "HP
ReviewsJul 21, 2002
PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC - DVD review
For the second year in a row, The Criterion Collection and the Sundance Channel are partnering to present a selection of cinematic works from around the world in the "The Sundance Channel Presents Cla
ReviewsJul 19, 2002
IMPOSTOR - DVD review
According to the biography at his Web site (www.philipkdick.com), between 1952 and 1982 when he died, science-fiction author Philip K. Dick wrote thirty-six novels and five collections of short storie
ReviewsJun 22, 2002
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: SEASON 3 - DVD review
Paramount's "Star Trek" franchise has spawned 9 feature films (and counting), 5 television shows (and counting), and a pop sub-culture with world-wide penetration. No other telefilm series has such a
ReviewsJun 05, 2002
PROTECTOR - DVD review
It's remarkable how much Jackie Chan's movies have improved since his 1985 American starring debut in "The Protector. " Maybe Chan should have not have placed so much trust back then in writer-directo
ReviewsJun 03, 2002
KATE AND LEOPOLD - DVD review
"Kate & Leopold" comes this close (image of two fingers being held as closely together as possible without actually touching), this close, to getting an unqualified recommendation. It's quite good, bu
ReviewsMay 15, 2002
PARENT TRAP, THE - DVD review
When "The Parent Trap" came out in 1961, I was in high school. It starred Haley Mills and was distinctly a "girl's movie. " I avoided it like a pubescent plague. Indeed, I continued avoiding it for ov
ReviewsApr 26, 2002
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: SEASON 2 - DVD review
Warner Bros. has Batman and Superman. MGM has James Bond. Fox has "Star Wars" and "Alien. " So what? Paramount has "Star Trek," a franchise that has spawned 9 feature films (and counting), 5 televisio
ReviewsMar 30, 2002
ORIGINAL SIN - DVD review
What were Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie thinking of when they made this picture? There seems to be no other purpose for 2001's "Original Sin" than to show as much of the two stars' flesh as poss