“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 affairs in which the British Empire…
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 it used to be.” The “mama” in “I Remember…
I’d wager that anyone who was asked to name the most-popular silent-screen comic of all time would answer “Chaplin.” But I’d also bet that a second answer would be “Buster Keaton.” The fact is, Keaton always seemed just that much…
Given that “The Shawshank Redemption” was, as of this writing, the second most-highly regarded film among the voting public at the Internet Movie Database (second only to “The Godfather” and tied with “The Return of the King” but having received…
Music and comedy led the way to recovery after World War II. First came “South Pacific,” based on a collection of James Michener stories and turned into a popular Broadway musical by Joshua Logan in 1949, and, nine years later,…
Imagine one of every teenage boy’s secret desires: To have a porn queen move in next door. Not only next door, but in the bedroom whose window is directly across from his. Not only to see her but to fall…
Note: Puccio wrote the primary review and the Parting Thoughts paragraph. Feng wrote about the Video and Audio quality of the DVDs. Both Puccio and Feng wrote about the Extras. For a lot of people who watched the original “Star…
“The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride” is the 1998, direct-to-video sequel to Disney’s enormously successful “Lion King” of 1994. It was followed more recently by the stage musical of “The Lion King” and yet another direct-to-video, “The Lion King 1…
There are two major problems that plague Disney’s 1979 release, “The Black Hole.” The first is that it’s a Disney film, meaning it’s primarily aimed at kids and features some pretty juvenile material. The second is that it was produced…
Here’s a film only a dedicated splatter fan could like. It’s really awful, but in fairness “The Driller Killer” from 1979 has a couple of things going for it. It was the first major theatrical release (discounting some early, short…