The story goes that "Gremlins" was written by Chris Columbus as a sample, hoping to catch Hollywood attention. As director Joe Dante suggests in one of the extras here, this idea should be taken with a grain or two of...
January 2010 Archives
Until the release of this movie, virtually all Blu-ray discs have been movies of recent years, or ones so famous the man in the street would recognize the title. Kino has taken a great step forward: this is a silent...
This dense, intricate and serious movie alienated some filmgoers, though it was popular and handsomely profitable. Generally speaking, mass audiences are not comfortable with films that make you think, and "Twelve Monkeys" is downright cerebral. It's a rich, detailed film...
The advertising for "My Cousin Vinny" insisted that it's a raucous fish-out-of-water comedy tossing a street-wise, fast-talking, tough little New York Italian--Joe Pesci, of course--into the still waters of the Deep South, with laffs aplenty following. Actually, it's a much...
