Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Classic Reviews

Classic Movie Review: ‘The Little Foxes’ Remains a Timely Character Study

Wannabe southern belle Regina Giddens (Bette Davis) will use anyone to orchestrate her climb towards more wealth – including her wheelchair bound husband Horace (Herbert Marshall) and their growing daughter Alexandra (Theresa...

Children of the Night: The Lasting Legacy of ‘Les Vampires’

In January of this year, the Criterion Channel did film lovers around the world a huge favor by adding Les Vampires, a title that had long sat near the top of my...

Classic Film Review: ‘Scream’ 25 Years Later

With the release of Scream this past weekend, I thought it would be a good time to return to the series roots, to see what sparked the horror phenomenon and evaluate if...

Classic Film Review: ‘Children of Men’: 15 Years Later, As Resonant As Ever

A white London at Christmas time, split right down the middle with crime and violence. Something sounds very familiar, right? In what has been heralded as one of the great modern day sci...

Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Dark Victory’ (#32)

I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The list contains the 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and I plan to...

Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Splendor in the Grass’ (#47)

I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The list contains the 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and I plan to...

Movie Review: ‘Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago The Ultimate Director’s Cut’ is a silly, unneeded alternative creation from Sylvester Stallone

Director: Sylvester Stallone Writer: Sylvester Stallone Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen, and Dolph Lundgren Synopsis: Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward:...

Classic Review: Romeo + Juliet is a decent display of nostalgia 25 years later.

Directed by: Baz Luhrmann Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Paul Rudd, and Pete Postlethwaite The year is 1996 and in the oh-so-hip time of “I want my MTV,” bands like...

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