Nowadays, it's hard to think of a mystery or suspense thriller that doesn't include people chasing each other as a lot of stuff around them blows up. But occasionally we've gotten a rarity from Hollyw
Disney's "Pocahontas" came out the same year, 1995, as Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story," and I wonder if the coincidence didn't signal the beginning of the end for traditional full-length animated features.
Maybe it's just harder than ever anymore to come up with anything scary. People have seen so much horror in the movies and so much worse in real life that thinking up something new must be a chore. At
In the years immediately following the end of World War 2, the world stood in shock as it learned of the enormity of the Holocaust. The horror of this genocide, along with the spectacle of the Nurembe
I love a good, scary ghost story. Unfortunately, "Darkness" is nothing like a good, scary ghost story. A good ghost story or haunted house story would be something like "The Uninvited" (1944), "The H
I had never heard of this movie, but it turns out that "Electra Glide in Blue" is the flip-side of "Easy Rider. " Instead of hippies on hogs searching for the real America, it's biker cops patrolling
This 1938 film release is the epitome of the Warner Bros. gangster-movie style. The story is hackneyed and the characters are stereotyped, but under the sure hand of Michael Curtiz ("Captain Blood," "
Mild-mannered and thoughtful, Kevin Vigilante is an idealist who believes that actions speak louder than words. He doesn't believe that everyone who disagrees with him or his party is a traitor who ha
"When I get in a tight spot, I shoot my way out of it, why sure. Shoot first and argue afterwards. You know, this game ain't for guys that's soft. " --Edward G. Robinson, "Little Caesar" By the 1930s
After the enormous success of Disney's animated "Aladdin" in 1992, I suppose it was inevitable that the studio would follow it up with sequels. I mean, almost every other studio did sequels. Why not D
Released in France as "Leon" and in the U.S. as "The Professional," Luc Besson's stylish film about a hit man and the young girl he trains is now available in a two-disc "deluxe edition" which combine
Thoughts from John: The best way to describe the 2002 crime thriller "Infernal Affairs" ("Wu Jian Dao") might be to suggest that it's Hong Kong's answer to Hollywood's "Heat. " Both films are psyc