RIZZOLI & ISLES coming to DVD

Warner Home Video has announced that season one of RIZZOLI & ISLES, the hit TNT series based on Tess Gerritsen’s books, will be released on June 28th. RIZZOLI & ISLES follows Boston detective Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) and medical examiner Maura Isles...

RIZZOLI & ISLES coming to DVD

Warner Home Video has announced that season one of RIZZOLI & ISLES, the hit TNT series based on Tess Gerritsen’s books, will be released on June 28th. RIZZOLI & ISLES follows Boston detective Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) and medical examiner Maura Isles...

Guilty Pleasures: Bradley Hayward

My taste in film ranges from classic dramas (like Rebecca or The 400 Blows) to ridiculous slap-sticks (like Clue or Seems Like Old Times), so to apologize for liking any one film in particular would be a disservice to all the others I admire. Yet one film stands out...

Monday Movie Quote: FLETCH

Alan Stanwyck (Tim Matheson): If you reject the proposition, you keep the thousand – and your mouth shut. Fletch (Chevy Chase): Does this proposition entail my dressing up as Little Bo Peep? Alan Stanwyck: It’s nothing of a sexual nature, I assure you....

Film Review: CEDAR RAPIDS

Directed by Miguel ArtetaWritten by Phil JohnstonStarring Ed Helms, Anne Heche, John C. Riley, Sigourney Weaver and Isiah WhitlockThis is a widely praised film and I can understand the good reviews given what’s come out since Christmas. If you are looking for a...

Guilty PLEASURES: Holly West

Despite the “Guilty Pleasures” theme, I actually make no apologies for my taste in movies. This goes double for my love of a little gem released in 1992 called SHINING THROUGH. SHINING THROUGH is a period flick featuring Melanie Griffith as a feisty, half-Jewish, U.S....

Monday Movie Quote: KISS KISS BANG BANG

Word comes that Shane Black will be taking over the IRON MAN franchise. Black first gained attention as a screenwriter for LETHAL WEAPON 1 & 2. He later made his directorial debut with KISS KISS BANG BANG, which featured IRON MAN star Robert Downey Jr.In KKBB,...

Film Review: BARNEY'S VERSION

Directed by Richard J. LewisWritten by Mordecai Richler (novel) Michael Konyves (screenplay)Starring: Paul Giamatti, Rosamnund Pike, Minnie Driver, Dustin Hoffman, Bruce GreenwoodI was a great fan of the novels of Mordecai Richler in the seventies and eighties. Set...