I was thinking recently of all the billions of things in the world I don't know about: all the people, all the animals, all the science, all the historical events, all the little, detail events of dai
Based on the Tony Award-winning off-Broadway play "Doubt: A Parable," John Patrick Shanley's film adaptation of his stage version is really enhanced by Blu-ray's clarity and 1080p High Resolution. It'
Having the dubious distinction of being the most elaborate and expensive porn film ever made, "Caligula" has come down to us as something of a hoot. Penthouse Productions put up the money, some $15,00
In recent memory, I can't think of any film to receive such high critical praise more than Sweden's "Låt Den Rätte Komma In" ("Let the Right One In"). So far the foreign production has topped a multit
Generation X'ers may recall the "Schoolhouse Rock" segments that aired on ABC during their Saturday morning programming from 1972-86. These catchy little animated songs taught a generation of children
By the end of the 1940s, the newfangled invention of television was just catching on. By the early 1950s, it had become such a threat to Hollywood that movie studios tried almost anything to lure audi
"You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight? " --Jack Nicholson, "Batman" *Note: In the following joint Blu-ray review, John and Josh comment on the four films in the set, with John also wri
"Who watches the watchmen? " --Juvenal, "Satires," VI, 347 Although I confess to knowing next to nothing about comic books, comic-book heroes, or graphic novels, even I have heard of the "Watchmen. "
We should have expected it, I suppose. If a movie is popular enough, especially a comedy, a studio is bound to follow it up with a sequel or two. Warner Bros. followed up 1994's "Ace Ventura: Pet Dete
Some films just don't feel like Best Pictures. I always thought that "Apocalypse Now" should have won the 1980 Academy Award rather than "Kramer vs. Kramer," but the screen adaptation of Avery Corman'
The first Laserdisc movie I ever saw was at a friend's house; it was Milos Forman's 1984 adaptation of "Amadeus," and it was spectacular, even on a relatively small, standard-def television. When Warn
Sony just released this title in a second wave of films they're calling "Martini Movies. " And yes, there's at least one scene where the characters sip martinis. The disc design of "Our Man in Havana"