“The capitalists will drown you like blind kittens,” Stalin once said, to earn him the ire of every westerner until time immemorial. You can see it in every scene of this film, how capitalism sucks […]
A great ten-part mini series from Starz with superb acting, strong drama, great scenery, and plenty of twists and turns — even for people familiar with the King Arthur story. The only unpleasant surprise is […]
A lady archaeologist finds the key to an ancient tomb where the Antichrist has been imprisoned by the Knights Templar since the days of Christ. It’s 1999 now, and time for the Antichrist’s minion to […]
I saw the original Swedish version of this film first. Most of the action takes place in Sweden so it was natural to hear the dialogue in Swedish and not hard to follow the subtitles. […]
All that hard work building a romantic relationship, and the screenwriter throws it all away at the end. With all the tools the four writers had (in a fantasy film, no less) they could at […]
This is the story of a quiet southern town on the bayou overwhelmed by a half dozen world class actors, each intent on grabbing the spotlight. All intentent on destrying the Old South. Cate Blanchett […]
The studio blew their whole budget for the film on hiring Jolie and Depp for the lead roles. They couldn’t even afford to give Depp real cigarettes to smoke, just lame electronic ones with all […]
This film is an appropriate end to the “X Files” era of government conspiracy thinking. Fight the Future! Mel Gibson is a loopy, schizoid, paranoid cabbie afraid of everything and everybody. Julia Roberts is a […]
This movie has the most realistic feel of any movie I’ve seen in quite some time: A bunch of folks struggling to overcome thoughts of greed when a fabulous treasure map comes into their hands. […]
This is the true story of the Yankee holocaust of the Native American population. Not how soldiers slaughtered them back in the Indian Wars. Not how we herded them onto remote and barren reservations, then […]