Mayflower: The Pilgrims’ Adventure
Ridiculous fake mustaches and sappy music cues abound in the made for television epic Mayflower: The Pilgrims’ Adventure (1979). Historical accuracy is of little concern for this CBS holiday special… Read more »
Ridiculous fake mustaches and sappy music cues abound in the made for television epic Mayflower: The Pilgrims’ Adventure (1979). Historical accuracy is of little concern for this CBS holiday special… Read more »
Despite how it is often marketed, The West (1996) is not a film by Ken Burns. The West was produced by Insignia Films (a production company founded by director Stephen… Read more »
Tom Kovack (Leonard Nimoy) is one of the fastest, most reckless race car drivers around until he suddenly spins out of control. It turns out that Kovack is suddenly experiencing… Read more »
In 1998 Susan Edwards (Olivia Colman) and her husband Christopher (David Thewlis) murdered Susan’s parents and stole £300K from them. They spent this money living abroad in Paris on Hollywood… Read more »
Band Of Brothers (2001) is now twenty years old. When it first aired on HBO Band Of Brothers epitomized the movement towards the cinematic in American television that had begun… Read more »
After directing such acclaimed cult classics as Link (1986) and Roadgames (1981), Richard Franklin transitioned to television, first in America and then in his native Australia. One of Franklin’s American… Read more »
The Sign Of Four (1987) is the first of the Sherlock Holmes television movies helmed by John Hawkesworth for Granada Television. The Sign Of Four corresponds to the end of… Read more »
Martha (1974) is one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s most disturbing cinematic creations. Made for West German television, Martha is a startling look at the possessive nature of marriage told in… Read more »
I was pretty excited when I saw that the Criterion Channel would be streaming Buffalo Soldiers (1997) as part of their Black Westerns series. I can remember when this movie… Read more »
Like so many of Pierce Brosnan’s pre-Bond films, The Heist (1989) is a lot of unpretentious fun. The Heist isn’t as good as Taffin (1988), as sleazy as Victim Of… Read more »