On the day that his older brother is due to be released from prison, student Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong) turns in a paper praising Hitler's Mein Kampf to his Jewish teacher Murray (Elliot Gould). He is ... read full review
A very good movie which I just saw on the Sunday Afternoon Movies. A Mexican-American who was born in East LA goes to visit a relative who is working in a factory. At just that moment, the United States Immigra... read full review
It is now at a close. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" has brought the long-awaited trilogy to a grand finish, as epic as one could ever imagine. "The Return of the King" is e... read full review
A quietly powerful and brooding piece of cinema, "Boyz N the Hood" remains one of the most provocative and hardhitting examinations of life in urban black neighborhoods ruled over by poverty, gunfire,... read full review
Caddyshack marks the first in Harold Ramis' (Groundhog Day, Analyze This) now-distinguished directorial career, and you have to give him credit -- he knows what's funny. This is one hilarious flick t... read full review
A wonderful story, to be sure, and fit for re-telling, which in modern times means film. In 1962, The 300 Spartans was released, featuring a very buff Richard Egan as Leonidas. Although it suffered from many of... read full review
Wonder Showzen is brilliant satire with a touch of the freakish. A growling send-up of kids' shows like Sesame Street, Wonder Showzen dares to ask what TV would be like if it really educated viewers. When ... read full review
28 Days Later is like all three George A. Romero Dead movies packed into one: Its larky shopping scene recalls Dawn of the Dead (1978), and it ends in a military compound, where much of the messed-up Day of the... read full review
Nothing satisfies the appetite for allegory quite like a movie about flesh-eating zombies. Somehow the genre, at least as practiced by its masters, has the capacity to illuminate some brute facts about the huma... read full review