For the longest time, the so-called problems "Entourage" characters dealt with on-screen were so far fetched to the average non-movie star viewer that in some cases it was difficult to relate. Guys wi
The idea of the naïve country boy getting an indoctrination into big-city ways goes all the way back to Aesop, whose 5th-century B.C.E. tale of "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse" was a lesson in t
Some people don't get British comedy. At times, I'm one of them. I can appreciate several of the Monty Python features, but, well . . . then there's the others. It's not just that it's droll. Sometime
If Nicolas Cage and Adam Sandler found themselves sitting at the same awards banquet table, they could pass the entire evening by comparing notes on their "I Hate You" anti-fan clubs. Often, it seems,
In his DVD review, John J. Puccio remarked that he's "always had the sneaking suspicion that people who like the music in ‘Hair' are the very establishment types the film deplores. " Me, I had the opp
I have mixed feelings about "The Long Riders," and that puts it somewhere in the 6-7 range on the DVD Town scale. On the one hand, there's much to admire in this Walter Hill story of the James-Younge
I watched Louis Malle's "Black Moon" (1975) about a year ago and in keeping with the spirit of the film, I have chosen to review it before watching it again, jumbled and half-remembered. I'll watch it
"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. " *Note: In the following joint Blu-ray review, both John and Eddie comment on the films,
I'm sure some sociologist somewhere someday will want to analyze the significance of the American Film Institute's top two choices for funniest movies of all time being about guys in drag, "Some Like
Most television networks strive for at least one gritty program or two. It seems everyone has a cop or detective series these days, but these so-called "dramas" usually wind up being about fast talkin
Woody Allen is no stranger to the world of cinema. Since making his debut movie, "What's up Tiger Lily? " in 1966, Allen has directed about forty-four feature films, thus making him one of the most pr
This is maybe my least-favorite installment in the "Potter" series, the movie being very dark and depressing and never seeming to develop much forward momentum. In any case, Warner Bros. have now give