How can you beat a title as good as 1995’s “Crimson Tide”? The words of the title are short, concise, catchy, and, more important, provocative. Well, one way to outdo the title is to have Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman…

Some TV series are likable in spite of themselves. Take “Here Come the Brides,” a western adventure-comedy that ran just two seasons from 1968-70. The characters are as stock as can be, the situations are familiar, and the acting is…

If you’re like me, you think of Jerry Bruckheimer as the quintessential producer of dumb-action popcorn flicks, and if you like this kind of thing, “Con Air” is one of the quintessential dumb-action popcorn flicks of all time. It’s the…

“The Lucy & Desi Collection” comprises a trio of big-screen movies that Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz made as a team. Two of the films capitalize on the couple’s hit TV show, “I Love Lucy,” while the earliest film, “Too…

I have to admit that of all of America’s great playwrights, I’ve always found Tennessee Williams the most distant from my own way of life. I mean, compared to, say, Arthur Miller or Eugene O’Neill, Williams’ characters seem to me…

“You’re going out a youngster, but you’ve got to come back a star!” Hollywood has made scores of backstage musicals over the years, some of them like “Cabaret” and “Chorus Line” more meaningful and more revealing than others, but none…

Afficionados of the genre often point to Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” as the best mystery novel ever written. Is it any wonder, then, that there have been so many screen versions of it, both for the motion…

Note: John wrote the primary review as well as the Film Value paragraph. Eddie wrote the Video, Audio, and Extras sections. The number ratings at the bottom of the page match what was written about each category in the review.…

“Proof,” the 2005 movie adaptation of David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play, is a useful example of why plays don’t always make the best movies. Film, motion pictures, is primarily a visual medium; it’s what separates movies from books (and…

The first time Buena Vista issued this movie on DVD, it was a bare-bones affair, with little more than an opening menu and some chapter selections. This time out, the studio has gone the extra mile and not only included…