When “Showgirls” premiered in theaters in 1995, it was supposed to be a straightforward drama, the struggles of a young woman clawing her way to the top of the chorus line, but as word got around that it was an…

How old were you when you first realized or first discovered that there was no Santa Claus? Six? Eight? How old were you when you realized or discovered that not every Santa on every street corner and in every department…

“The hotel business is about strangers. And strangers will always surprise you. They come to hotels in the night to do dirty things, and in the morning it’s our job to make things look pretty again.” –Sergi Lopez, “Dirty Pretty…

A rapid rise to stardom, replete with wealth, fame, fans, and groupies clamoring for a piece of the newly formed celebrity can be hard to take for the best-rounded individual. When it happens to a child, through music or acting,…

ou know the phrase “Pretty as a picture”? Well, “Under the Tuscan Sun” is just that, the very quintessence of a pretty picture. The movie is frothy and light and hasn’t a brain in its head, but it’s so beautiful…

Some films are so legendary that you have to wonder how it is that you missed seeing them. Italian director Federico Fellini is such an iconic name that I’ve often alluded to him when joking about people who try to…

Since their inception the Disney folks have been shrewd enough to know how to maximize their profits. In the beginning they started the practice of re-releasing their major animated features to theaters every few years to the delight of ever-newer…

Warner Bros. studios continue their extraordinary series of two-disc special edition classics with this re-release of “My Fair Lady” on DVD. It’s appropriate that the film celebrate its fortieth anniversary in the best possible audio and video presentation and that…

Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865) and “Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There” (1871) have been brought to the screen many times, but, oddly enough, none of the multitude of versions has been entirely satisfactory. You’d think…

When Quentin Tarantino made “Kill Bill,” it was said he based his story on every old Hong Kong martial-arts movie he could lay his eyes on. If so, then 1982’s “Duel to the Death” must have been one of the…