What to do, what to do. Lots of airtime to fill between “Sharknado” installments and Smackdown episodes. What can we here at SyFy do about that? Hey, look, here’s an already cancelled New Zealand TV s
It was way back in 1959 when Disney made their first sporting film loosely based on a real event, and that movie—“Third Man on the Mountain”—inspired the Matterhorn bobsleds at Disneyland. No new att
Matthew Weiner found popular and critical acclaim with his TV series “Mad Men,” creating a rich, detailed world in the life and times of Don Draper. But things are a little bumpier in the comedy-drama
In the same way “Left Behind” puts a faith-based spin on the apocalyptic genre, **“Persecuted”**takes a similar approach to the political/conspiracy thriller, pitting a man of strong religious convict
I hadn't forgotten how great “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” (1974) is, but it sure is nice to be reminded every now and then. Absurdly prolific German dynamo Rainer Werner Fassbinder had a little down tim
The creators and writers for “Reign,” a popular CW series, must have been fans of the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books, because they chose to ignore history and follow the more fantastic (and yes,
It seems everyone has an opinion about “Gone with the Wind,” and if you don’t, I’d like to meet you. Pretty much everyone has seen it, or at least parts of it, and if you haven’t, I’d like to meet
To me, the gold standard for twenty-first century sci-fi films was established when I saw “District 9. ” Man versus alien, wrapped within a government conspiracy plot and a love story. It worked ever
Sordid. Adjective. Involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt. If you’re a film critic who’s tasked with reviewing the indie flick **“Sordid Lives,”**you start
Philip Seymour Hoffman died in February 2014, but he was such a prolific actor that we’ll be seeing him well into the near future. **“God’s Pocket”**is the first of his 2013-14 projects to reach home
Is college worth the cost? The answer to this relatively simple question used to be a resounding yes, but in today’s economy, more and more young people and their families are pondering whether or not
“All That Jazz” (1979) pits choreographer-director Bob Fosse's razzle-dazzle vs. lead actor Roy Scheider's serene confidence to create a movie musical like few others. Fosse, who also co-wrote the sc