Sometimes, even filmmakers can be wrong about their own movies. Usually in these cases, the creators have a higher opinion of their work than anyone else does. Steven Soderbergh’s 1995 heist thriller The Underneath, however,...
With its confusing and frankly meaningless title, cable TV origins, and mostly B-level stars, The Last Seduction largely flew under viewers’ radars back in 1994. Fortunately, the movie holds up remarkably well as a darkly co...
Filmmaker Stuart Gordon may be best known for his H.P. Lovecraft literary adaptation Re-Animator, but connoisseurs of his work will recognize his true masterpiece as an ambitious science fiction drama that was unjustly overlooked ...
Although it wasn’t much of a box office smash back in 1998, John Frankenheimer’s action thriller Ronin eventually became a cult hit on video, largely due to its terrific car chases. The film has been released on Blu-ra...
Fourteen years after winning a Best Director Oscar for ‘Ordinary People’, Robert Redford almost struck gold once again (four Oscar nominations but no wins) with ‘Quiz Show’. The movie is arguably the most a...
“Deepest, bluest, my hat is like a shark’s fin…” Much like LL Cool J’s perplexing theme song lyrics, the reason why I put ‘Deep Blue Sea’ in the Blu-ray player last week is just as mystifying, e...
