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It’s hard to explain to the uninitiated just what a film like “Samsara” is all about. One could say it’s a nature documentary but...
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It’s hard to explain to the uninitiated just what a film like “Samsara” is all about. One could say it’s a nature documentary but...
When I reflexively opted for 1988 as the focus of this Round Number Anniversary Edition retrospective, it was under the likely mistaken notion that...
Let’s ring in the New Year with a particularly tremulous Spasm. I have seen The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and offer a few choice...
Incessant commercial jingles on the ’tube. Non-stop radio caroling in the background. Rudolph, Frosty, Heat Miser and Charlie Brown making their ritual annual appearances....
The recent release of Michael Cimino’s notorious bomb Heaven’s Gate as a Criterion Collection title may raise a few eyebrows from snobs accustomed to...
In 2006’s “Bond begins” reboot “Casino Royale,” Daniel Craig didn’t so much debut as 007 as he did ERUPT as him, imbuing Ian Fleming’s...
Every serious movie geek knows it’s bad form to talk or make noise during the show. But there are exceptions. In fact, there are...
We gather here today to celebrate one of my favorite guilty pleasures, 1982’s “Halloween III: Season of the Witch.” Mention its name and it’ll...
You didn’t think I was done discussing James Bond, did you? Didn’t think so. As the four-year countdown to Skyfall dwindles, let’s take a...
I confess I don’t know much more about art than the average Joe. I recognize the greats, know the important historical trivial tidbits and...
In anticipation of the release of the 23rd 007 adventure Skyfall next month in the U.K.—us chaps here in the U.S. will have to...
With the recent hubbub over NASA’s Curiosity roving and zapping the landscape of Mars, I thought it was high time to give a shout-out...
In the realm of potential needless remakes, 1990’s Total Recall was right up there at the top of the “Not Broke” list. That’s not...
Let’s get this out of the way up front: The Dark Knight Rises is not as amazing as its stupendous predecessor, but it’s pretty...
I couldn’t resist. The hyperlink promised I could listen to the ENTIRE score for The Dark Knight Rises, a full week before the album...
Granted, it’s no Alien or Aliens, but Ridley Scott’s beautiful, provocative and frustrating Prometheus easily surpasses the grim Alien 3 and the schlocky Alien:...
You’ve probably heard by now that a newly rebooted Spider-Man movie is coming out July 3. With the arrival of the web-crawler relaunch imminent,...
In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, distraught customers call upon the fictitious Lacuna Company to delete their unwanted painful memories of ex-lovers and...
The new “Men In Black” sequel is upon us, reuniting Agents J and K as extraterrestrial cops. In anticipation of the new movie’s time-travel...
On the heels of the longest teaser campaign in movie history, Marvel’s The Avengers has finally catapulted its way onto cinema screens. The decisive...
The summer Popcorn Movie season is nearly upon us, with the expected bombardment of big-budget action spectacles, brash comedies and family-friendly animation. And sequels,...
Every few months, I click upon an article online written by some overeager media geek announcing the death of the DVD by digital streaming....
I sat down to view The Hunger Games without having read a single word of the trilogy by author Suzanne Collins. I was well...
Dear John Carter the movie, I was honestly rooting for you. I’d heard stories about how expensive and troubled your production was, read reports...