Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?
It’s the same question everywhere and always, some may still asking it in hopes of getting a real answer while others just to laugh at…
Author: Ernest Dempsey
Life with Father (1947)
If you are looking to go back in time and visit America of the Victorian years, particularly New York, you don’t need a time machine;…
Babette’s Feast (1987)
Putting virtue and faith on the treadmill of time, Gabriel Axel’s Babette’s Feast (1987) offers some fine taste in Danish faith-based dramas. With a female-led…
The Matrix: Trans Allegory or Garden-Variety Identity Politics?
Over the past few years, media and the blogosphere have tried to make a case for The Matrix (1999) by the Wachowskis being an allegory…
The Devil’s Rain (1975)
Robert Fuest’s The Devil’s Rain (1975) brings the evil cult storyline to a modern-day western setting, creating a horror thriller that is entertaining in the…
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death (2002)
Medical malpractice has killed and continues to kill countless people around the world, and this includes the developed world. In addition, there have been medical…
Is Tom Cruise among Hollywood’s Greatest Action Heroes?
Is Tom Cruise one of the greatest action heroes? Is he great enough to be put up on the Mount Rushmore of greatest action movie…
The Day Time Ended (1979)
Following his sci-fi horror features Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) and The Dark (1979), John Cardos directed another sci-fi movie that carried bit of mystery…
Decision at Sundown (1957)
For a classic western showdown in a small town’s downtown, look no further than Budd Boetticher’s Decision at Sundown (1957). The movie lives up to…
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz co-wrote (Vera Caspary and John Klempner) and directed the thoroughly entertaining drama A Letter to Three Wives that explored some key qualities…