Remember all those old movies where the swashbuckling hero swoops down to the rescue and saves the day for one and all, defeating the enemies and getting the girl all within a few hours’ entertainment? “The Mask of Zorro” is a testament to those movies, embodying all of these characteristics in its magnificent story and [...]
This movie is one of several fascinating historical threads that I have been following since I first saw it as a 12-year old and loved it. First, it is based on the actual life of a mountain man named John Johnston, later changed to Johnson, and known in the West from the mid-1840s as Liver-Eating [...]
Virgil Cole (Harris) and Everett Hitch (Mortensen) are a pair of traveling lawmen for hire.When they arrive at the town of Appaloosa, the town fathers are more than willing to pay the price and accept that Cole IS the law.They’re under the thumb of rich rancher, Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) who shot their former sheriff [...]
For those viewers who fondly remember, and miss, Robert Duvall’s role as Augustus McCrae in the 1989 TV miniseries LONESOME DOVE, take heart. Duvall is back in the saddle again as “Boss” Spearman in OPEN RANGE. It’s been way too long.The lead role in this western actually belongs to Kevin Costner, who plays Spearman’s trail [...]
“The Wild Wild West” was a terrific show. CBS/Paramount has released the series in this entire season format. The show looks extremely good and the extras (only on season one except for the “bonus disc” but we’ll get to that in a moment)are good as well. The big issue is the packaging. The box is [...]
“He’s getting away with the WMDs!” Oh this movie is far from politically correct (as with just about all of the Parker and Stone creations) but it is outrageously funny and entertaining. While I had been avoiding buying things in the UMD format initially, the release of the Slimline PSP with it’s ability to output [...]
‘Final Fantasy’ is a computer game that has gone through countless versions and editions.Taken as a whole, this mythos is probably one of the best know games in its genre.It is clear from the beginning of this film that Sony and Hironbu Sakaguchi (producer, director, and writer) were intent on topping an already brilliant history [...]