Paul Newman received eight Best Actor Oscar nominations over the course of his illustrious career, winning only once. He wasn’t recognized for memorable performances in “Cool Hand Luke” or “The Hustle
Richard Hannay is a remarkably adaptable fellow. After enjoying a night at the music hall, he thinks he has received an unexpected bonus when an exotic young beauty asks to go back to his London flat.
It’s probably an overstatement to call it a “phobia,” but I’m fearful of small-budget romantic comedies. The cover packaging almost always looks as if it were shot by the same guy who poses high schoo
Based on the novel by Julia Leigh, writer-director Daniel Nettheim presents “The Hunter” (2011) as one man’s journey in the Australian landscape. While the film’s title might suggest some sort of a hu
"Make love? But no one's done that for hundreds of centuries. " "In some things, the old-fashioned ways are best, after all. " Austin Powers, eat your heart out: 1968's "Barbarella" was satirizing th
“Mirror Mirror” is a strange film, and not in a “Big Fish” way. It’s as if director Tarsem Singh (“Immortals”) couldn’t decide whether to go with indie quirkiness, tongue-in-cheek comedy, revision
The year America turned 200 was the last time prior to **“The Artist”**that a mostly silent film—Mel Brooks’ “Silent Movie”—was featured in a major theatrical release. But the bigger milestone is that
Film may be the ultimate mausoleum, preserving our celluloid heroes as fixed memories for generations, but Hollywood has seldom valued its history unless it's bankable. Who has time for yesterday unle
“Evita” has more in common with an opera than it does a movie musical. Apart from a few words scattered here and there, no one has any dialogue that isn’t sung, rather than spoken. For film audien
"Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything. " --Burt Reynolds, "Deliverance" Dueling banjos? Dueling heroes? Dueling villains? Dueling themes? Dueling scenery? One can enjoy Jo
I had never heard of**“Newsies,”**and since it’s a Disney live-action musical, that’s no small thing. As it turns out, the 1992 offering was the first feature-length film directed by Kenny Ortega (“Hi
The difference between “formulaic” and “contrived” is often the difference between a light comedy and its sequel. That’s certainly the case with “Sister Act” and **“Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit