Carl Franklin was a busy actor, primarily on TV, when he turned director; he did a few films for Roger Corman, including "Full Fathom Five" (1990), then in 1992, directed "One False Move," a tense, involving latter-day film noir. This...
December 2009 Archives
Guy Ritchie made a strong impression with two early movies, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," and "Snatch." For the next several years, he was best known as Madonna's latest husband, and for directing her in the excoriatingly-reviewed remake, "Swept...
Pixar is almost unnerving. They've been making features since 1995's "Toy Story," and every one of them, without exception has been very good. Several have been outstanding, among the best movies of the year, animated or otherwise. Their ease and...
"Wrong Turn" is tense and well-directed, and was successful enough to produce two straight-to-video sequels, which seem to have just replayed more or less the same story. Which would make them very blurred carbons, since the original film itself is...
Although the price of HDTVs is falling across the board, you'll still see large price discrepancies between models, even at the same screen size. At a big-box chain like Best Buy, for instance, the current price of a 42-inch HDTV...
