How many movies have been made about teachers falling for their students? Although the idea is sometimes off-putting, when Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz star as that teacher and student in Elegy, the situation gets a tour-de-force consideration.
Underdog stories make some of the best movies. Bottle Shock, a dramedy based on a true story about a California winery, proves that point. In this well-cast movie, the Chateau Montelena vineyard is about to go out of business ... more
The feature film Brideshead Revisited, adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel, was a popular British miniseries 27 years ago. Set in pre-World War II England, the story centers on the decay of an aristocratic family as witnessed by an outsider ... more
An outsider who’s suddenly put into the spotlight and ends up with bags of mail from American citizens – does that ring a bell? Well, it’s not Miracle on 34th Street, a 1947 movie about Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) ... more
If the excitement of a new Batman movie wasn’t enough to propel fan intrigue, the untimely death of Heath Ledger who plays the joker in The Dark Knight set the internet blogs and TV talk shows on fire. more
Journey to the Center of the Earth is only marginally faithful to the classic book of the same title by Jules Verne. However, the movie provides fun for the entire family as long as no one minds watching it ... more