There’s one thing I can say about every bullfighting movie I’ve seen: I’m always rooting for the bull. I don’t know if director Francesco Rosi considered this possibility when he made “The Moment of
Note: In the following joint Blu-ray Book review, Yunda Eddie Feng joins John in commenting on the film, with John also writing up the Video, Audio, and Extras. The Film According to John: Cont
Over the years, I have developed a love-hate relationship with “The English Patient” (1996). On one hand, I appreciate its epic grandeur and opulent images, but on the other hand, its characters leave
Note: In this joint review, John J. Puccio and Justin Cleveland provided their thoughts on the film while William D. Lee reviewed the video, audio, and extras. The Film According to John: Orson
It's probably the film you most love to hate. Or the film you hate to love. It's one of the biggest box-office hits of the 70's. It's one of the biggest romances of all time. It features one of the bi
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about film critics, it’s that they tend to be perverts, and I mean that in the most complimentary manner possible. Some of my best friends are film critics, and they
Jane Campion’s “The Piano” (1993) is a powerful testament to blind passion, bringing in a wave of unexpected consequences for its protagonist, Ada (Holly Hunter). The opening sequence shows Ada with h
Two primetime sitcoms in the Fifties focused on a child in the family: “Leave It to Beaver” (1957) and “Dennis the Menace” (1959). Both series ended in 1963, but “Dennis the Menace,” which was based o
Though Gina Carano is a former MMA fighter and American Gladiator, it would be a stretch to say that she is the real thing if, by real thing, we mean that she’s an actual black-ops super agent capable
“Indian recipes are like ragas” – Akbar, “Today’s Special” I clearly remember the day I clashed with my brother--who is a professional cook and has been a sous chef at several restaurants--about how
Steven Soderbergh’s “Traffic” (2000) is not my favorite of his films, but watching it again on the occasion of Criterion’s 2012 Blu-ray upgrade, I noticed one marvelous scene that had escaped my atten
Unlike some critics, I don’t have a problem with advocacy films. It’s just that too often advocacy ends up taking the place of aesthetics when filmmakers either try too hard to win converts or else pr