In the Hand of Dante
An ambitious, but maddening, attempt to tell two parallel stories where the leading actors play dual roles. One is set in the 14th century (in glorious color) where Dante Alighieri…
Adaptation: The Truth About Charlie
Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing In 1994, Jonathan Demme bought the rights to journalist Susan Orlean’s book ”The Orchid Thief”, where she investigated the arrest of…
Penguins of Madagascar
The four penguins from the Madagascar movies break into Fort Knox and face an enemy from the past whose name they can’t for the life of them remember. The wonderfully…
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
When Optimus Prime's old mentor is pulled out of a wreck on the moon and brought back to life, the Decepticons unexpectedly find another chance to strike at mankind. The…
In the Line of Fire: Fighting Kennedy’s Ghost
Clint Eastwood. Photo: Columbia The original trailer for this film was an exercise in poor taste and preview audiences reacted harshly against it. It had the date "November 22, 1963"…
Shadow of the Vampire: A Symphony of Horrors
Willem Dafoe. Photo: Lionsgate Anyone who has ever seen Nosferatu, F.W. Murnau’s marvelous, silent vampire flick, is likely to never forget the appearance of Count Orlok, the bald, rat-like bloodsucker…
Johnny English
Clumsy intelligence operative Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is convinced that a French billionaire (John Malkovich) is trying to make himself the next king of England. The world needed another spy…
RKO 281
The story of how a lauded theater man called Orson Welles got the chance to direct a movie, but his choice to make Citizen Kane damn near killed his career. Why? Because…