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The Movie: The Da Vinci Code (An Opinion)

I wrote about the book, ‘The Da Vinci Code’, a while back, matter-of-fact, a few years ago, and was honestly too fair, but this time I can’t help but give my opinion concerning the movie, and I suppose Mr. Brown’s ego along with it. For the most part, I like Tom Hank’s acting, but in […]

Reality TV Shows Taking Over Television

Reality television shows first burst onto the scene back in early 1990s when the television show Real World first premiered. Even though that show started in the early 1990s, more reality shows did not really pop up until the late 1990s. Once survivor came out and was a huge ratings hit, everyone started to jump […]

Meryl Streep - Mini Bio

The actor’s actor Meryl Streep, the star that a lot of female acting students yearn to be like one day, was born in Summit, New Jersey on 6/22/1949. Graduated from Yale Drama School.
Streep is remembered for her exquisite acting in 58 movies, including “Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)”, “Sophie’s Choice (1982)”, “The Deer Hunter (1978)”, “Out […]

Macgyver (Season 2) DVD Review

Far different from the usual television action series, MacGyver premiered in Fall of 1985 to widespread audience acclaim. Fans fell in loves with an action hero who used his brain instead of his brawn to get himself out of jams, and the interesting and elaborate methods deployed by the title character made for interesting water […]

The Sopranos (Season 3) DVD Review

Along with Sex And The City, the HBO original series The Sopranos took the world by storm in the late-1990s with its cutting edge drama and acerbic wit. A cross between The Godfather and the traditional nuclear sitcom family, the show provided a unique experience for a niche audience that quickly developed into a barrage […]

The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 4) DVD Review

In the Fall of 1961, CBS first aired The Dick Van Dyke Show, one of funniest sitcoms in television history. Similar to I Love Lucy, but featuring more docile and less eccentric characters, the show became a mainstay in the top 10 Nielsen ratings for its first four seasons. When the show’s ratings slipped in […]

The Aviator (Movie Review)

Nominated for 6 Golden Globes and 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Aviator wows audiences with its breadth of scenery and vivid realism. Director Martin Scorsese, known for a host of excellent films such as Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and Gangs Of New York (2002) - not to mention the highly […]

Meet Kevin Spacey: Superman Returns

Early reviews of Superman Returns, the latest in the Superman film franchise directed by Bryan Singer, have picked out Kevin Spacey’s Lex Luther as the pick of the performances.
“Kevin Spacey delivered a sadistic, vengeful, remorseless Lex Luthor that evokes nearly every previous incarnation of the character in some form or another, and then takes them […]

Movie Review - Derailed (2005)

Directed by Mikael Hafstrom; written by Stuart Beattie; photographed by Peter Biziou; edited by Peter Boyle; production designed by Andrew Laws; produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Rated R for strong disturbing violence, language and some sexuality.
Charles Schine - Clive Owen
Lucinda Harris - Jennifer Aniston
Charles Schine (played by Clive Owen) is a Chicago ad man […]

Films - The Canned Film Festival

Back in the 80s there was a show called the “Canned Film Festival”. The concept was simple. Show a film so bad that people would enjoy watching it. This idea was later expanded to “Mystery Science Theater” where not only the films were shown but dialogue and comments added to them which made […]