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Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 is an excellent continuation of the equally impressive The Clone Wars animated film. Each episode contains the same attention to detail, and superb CGI animation as did the film. Production is top notch (being a production of Lucasfilm it should come as no surprise). Read the full story »
Fan made productions are dicey at best, but at least Gods and Men has the benefit of well known Star Trek actors lending their support to the cause. Had this …
Strictly for kids only, Ice Age 3 lacks the adult humor which popped up occasionally in the first 2 Ice Age flicks. What could have been a fun ride, turned …
Avatar is a live action/animated film with spectacular new generation of special effects. James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of Titanic, first conceived the film twelve years ago, when the means …
The Smashed Apricot (Arts Naked Publications, 2009) contains 15 original cocktails, all of which have been tested, refined and enjoyed at many a family gathering. Each recipe has a photo …
As another film adaption of a comic, Hellboy has a lot in common with Ang Lee’s Hulk in terms of its worthy interesting character studies, a central family of heroes …
If Columbia Pictures own publicity is to be believed, Hollow Man is anything but what it actually is — hollow. Sure, the premise starts out with bite and promise: take …
Interesting film. On one level, hideously flawed. Denzel phones in his performance once again and there are huge holes in the plot and character development. The political sub-text is a …
The Manchurian Candidate delves into a subject matter that, at best, has a spotted past in film. Explorations of conspiracies and damaged minds is fraught with danger, not the least …
This is a new take on the Arthurian legend. It is confusingly set in the time when Rome under control of a Pope is withdrawing from Britain. Arthur (Clive Owen) …
Inspired by the television music from Wonder Woman and Dragnet in the 1970s, this piece was composed in 2002 and has been resurrected to serve as the theme for the …
The Chronicles of Riddick has all the potential you could ask for in a sequel: an interesting premise, it isn’t a repeat of the original, great bad guys, spectacular imagery …
This is a delightful film about an 18 year old European girl who after a short meeting with a Japanese DJ decides to go to Tokyo and seek work as …
It is not hard to see why Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers was chosen to be in the 2004 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection. The exquisite visual beauty, masterful …
An interesting film on several levels. It works splendidly as a ‘novice to champion’ dance flick but fails as a relationship movie because the emotional plot-line ultimately does not make …
This is a stunning film from writer/director Olivier Assayas. The dialogue is mostly French with some Japanese and English thrown in. A tour de force from a master film-maker. Assayas …
Is Stars Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith better when you are sober or trashed? Ranaberry does the research and gives her results. We went and saw Revenge of …
George Lucas has pulled off a very difficult feat. He has made an entertaining film where the entire plot is already widely known. Even though the audience knows the fate …
What a piece of amateurish, self-indulgent, derivative crap. How can anyone make a film with Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz that is boring. Basically this is a Boys’ Own adventure …
Avatar is a live action/animated film with spectacular new generation of special effects. James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of Titanic, first conceived the film twelve years ago, when the means …
Inspired by the television music from Wonder Woman and Dragnet in the 1970s, this piece was composed in 2002 and has been resurrected to serve as the theme for the …
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 is an excellent continuation of the equally impressive The Clone Wars animated film. Each episode contains the same attention to detail, and superb …
