The Wire — Season 2

[Warning- this review assumes you've seen the first season and will contain spoilers from that season] A police major visits his local c...

Bicycle Thieves

I don't know why I've been putting this film off for so long. For months it's been at the top of my Netflix queue, only for me t...

The Rules of the Game

According to many, 1939 was the greatest year in film history. With two Technicolor epics ( Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz ), Mr. ...

Ran

I almost did a double take when the first splash of color filled the screen at the opening of Ran . Perhaps I was so used to Kurosawa's ...

Grindhouse

For whatever reason, I never caught "Grindhouse" in theaters. Perhaps it's my aversion to horror (read: childlike whimpering f...

Doctor Who — Series 2

Russel T. Davies' reboot of "Doctor Who" hooked me from the start when I finally sat down and watched the first series of the ...

The Wire — Season One

God I wish I had HBO for the last few years. The Sopranos , Deadwood , Curb Your Enthusiasm , Six Feet Under ; the network has delivered a n...