It’s about damn time someone updated that silly fairy tale about Hansel and Gretel. It’s so 1800s. You know, the one where the little kids wander into the woods and leave a trail of bread crumbs to fo
My wife and I loved “The West Wing,” so we were interested to see **“House of Cards,”**an American political drama that’s actually an adaptation of a 1990 BBC miniseries—which itself was based on the
A chair. A table. A microphone and a glass of water. Oh, and the notebook. The notebook. Can’t forget the notebook. What could be simpler? “Swimming to Cambodia” is a filmed version of one of the
“Breaking Bad” took up where “Weeds” left off, with an average person facing financial woes turning to drugs as a way of solving the problem . . . but with the drug progressing from marijuana, in
I’m going to go out on a limb here and venture a guess that most people have seen a porno movie at least once in their lives. Those who have will agree that there’s nothing artistic about them and no
I love films that offer commentary on our present culture, and cherish their ability to excessively overdo the minutest details so they can make their points. In some cases, this approach doubles as f
What’s fascinating about “Atlantis: The Lost Empire” is that it’s the kind of property that Disney usually produces as a live-action adventure. Not all the dots connect in this 2001 feature, and t
There will be no spoilers in this review, for the simple reason that, try as I did, I couldn’t make it till the very end. I didn’t care, and when that happens there’s only one thing to do: turn off th
In biographical documentaries, we’ve learned to expect the unpleasant revelation, the twist that reveals the darker character. It’s that darkness that makes a person interesting, right? So while watc
After watching John Cusack play a cold-blooded Black Ops agent in “The Numbers Station,” I’m convinced that I could probably handle the job. All you have to do is look numb and detached as you wal
He was only 5’9,” but he stood taller because he was a Barrymore. Contemporary moviegoers know John Barrymore as the grandfather of Drew, and the two of them share this much in common: they struggled
Their names were the stuff of legend: Matilda the Hun, Mountain Fiji, Susie Spirit, Little Egypt, Ninotchka, Tina Ferrari, Hollywood, and, of course, Big... Bad... Mama! And just at their peak, the le