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As far back as I can remember, I've always been a sucker for a good time-travel story. If the time travel is wrapped around a convincing...

Bollywood movies are an acquired taste. You don't go into them expecting realism and subtlety. Having seen only half a dozen or so, ...

Misjudged as a slap at his fans and widely panned on its release in 1980, Woody Allen's Stardust Memories finally seems to be escap...

For me one of the great pleasures of streaming services like Netflix Instant (or Amazon Prime) is the ability to quickly indulge a nostalgic...

You'd never guess that Richard Dreyfuss' first project after shooting Jaws would have been an X-rated black comedy that takes place...

There's a lot to be said for blunt, literate dialogue between two characters--something more common to plays, books, and high-caliber T...

If the latest list is correct, a substantial chunk of Netflix's MGM/UA catalog is set to expire on May 1. Sadly that means a lot o...

Let's get Spaced If you like your comedies smart and zingy and fueled with pop culture riffing, you're due for a visit to Spaced...

There are guilty pleasures. There are movies so bad they're good. And there are those that, like a five-vehicle pileup on the interstate...

Original Spanish poster art It's funny the tricks memory can play. I saw Sex and Lucía when it was first released, in 2001, and I ...

"It's a habit with me, like breathin'... If I skip one night a week I wake up the next morning with such a headache." -Din...

Whether by coincidence or fate, two of the titles I decided to review today are late-1990s takes on growing up in the late '70s. One is ...

The French aren't usually known for action movies. More often the words "French cinema" evoke long, talky scenes of love, exis...

Continuing this month's rundown of notable flicks now available for streaming: King of the Hill (1993) (FYI, no relation to the Mik...

If you like your romantic comedies with more of an adult sensibility   than today's Hollywood usually allows, take a look at 2006's...

This monthly feature spotlights a number of titles that recently debuted on (or returned to) Netflix Instant. For April, a bunch of great ...

To kick off this blog, I thought I'd start with one of my all-time favorite classic comedies. There have been many attempts to bring B...

Thanks for taking a peek at this, my humble attempt to guide you past that awful, head-gouging moment when you realize you've seen every...