For quite a long time, the United States Government has waged a “war” on drugs that’s been full of political posturing, rhetoric and nearly fruitless effort. For all of the money spent, lives lost and destroyed, not much has changed in terms of the demand for illegal narcotics. Traffic, aContinue Reading
As a young horror movie fan, I was always taken aback by photos from Nosferatu, a silent and unauthorized film version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula made in 1922. What struck me most was the strange appearance of the vampire, played by Max Schreck. He seemed too weird and unlike theContinue Reading
Three hours before Roland (Taye Diggs) is scheduled to be married, he disappears. His best friends Mike (Omar Epps) and Slim (Richard T. Jones) find him drunk at his first girlfriend’s house. In their efforts to talk Roland into sobering up and going back to the wedding, the friends beginContinue Reading
When The Talented Mr. Ripley was released in late 1999, there was a lot of hype surrounding it. Matt Damon was hot at the box office thanks to Good Will Hunting. Gwyneth Paltrow had received the “Best Actress” Academy Award for Shakespeare in Love. Newcomer Jude Law was hailed asContinue Reading
Stephen King’s novels have a roller-coaster like history in terms of movie adaptations. For every Misery, there is an Apt Pupil and a Maximum Overdrive. That’s not to say that every Stephen King story is a masterpiece but it is a reminder that just because his name is associated with something doesn’t necessarily meanContinue Reading
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) hates his life. He hates his job as a writer for an advertising magazine. He’s grown apart from his family. His wife (Annette Bening), a real estate saleswoman, is “joyless” and his teenage daughter (Thora Birch) resents him. The highlight of his day is masturbating inContinue Reading
When architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) and a co-worker discuss crime rates in 1974 New York, the co-worker suggests putting the underprivileged into concentration camps so that decent people can be safe. Kersey feels that the underprivileged deserve a break and is called a “bleeding heart.” Kersey’s feelings take anContinue Reading