The respectable tradition of literate, off-screen-violence murder mysteries proves it still has life in its creaky British bones in the new series “Endeavour.” This three-disc set presents five featur
The main body of this review was written by John Puccio in regards to Criterion's 2000 SD release of “Lord of the Flies,” one of the earlier films in the Criterion Collection (Spine # 43). The other s
I have so little interest in Ang Lee's second English-language feature "The Ice Storm" (1997) that I don't even feel like providing an argument as to why I have so little interest in it. The film, wri
I've only recently discovered just how beloved “Babette's Feast” (1987) is. When I mentioned it in a film discussion group, faces lit up and one woman declared that it was possibly her favorite movie.
Stephen Fung‘s follow-up to “Tai Chi Zero” (reviewed here) picks up right where the original left off. **"Tai Chi Hero"**begins with a narr
Indie films used to be exclusively quirky dramas or dramedies, but something happened over the past who-knows-how-many years to change all that. Small studios and micro-budget filmmakers have turned t
Shin Bet is the Israel Security Agency responsible for protecting that nation against terrorism. Their motto? “Defender that shall not be seen.” Or identified. Except for the leader, we’re told in thi
Out of darkness comes a light. In the face of a tragedy so vast and cruel it shakes the soul to even consider, a group of musicians joined together to spark hope through performance. **“Defiant Requi
Although there are a few surprises along the way, **“Cloudburst”**is a relatively simple journey from Point A to Point B. It’s also a mixture of genuine and manipulated emotion, and of organic and sto
Sometimes you can feel a movie teetering on the brink, balancing on that mysterious knife-edge of story and character, just one small tonal shift away from a different, and usually lesser, film. **“T
“G.I. Joe: Retaliation” is a very loud, over-stylized and more or less ridiculous action film that pushes almost every limit you can think of as it relates to suspending your disbelief. I’ll admit
Though “Last Resort” started slowly, many industry experts expected that steady growth in a tough time slot opposite Fox’s “X Factor” and NBC’s back-to-back sitcoms (“The Big Bang Theory” / “Two a