Reel Speak

This week comes a film which has been unfairly flying under the radar; unfair because it involves one of today’s best working directo...

Gary Kurtz, producer of cinema classics and favorites such as STAR WARS (1977), and THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982), has passed away at 78.  ...

Movies have that magic to inspire, educate, enlighten, sadden, and most of all…entertain. But they also can disappoint. Sometimes th...

In 1987, director John McTiernan and bigger-than-life star Arnold Schwarzenegger brought us PREDATOR, a thrilling mash-up of sci-fi,...

In 1987, the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led, John McTiernan-directed PREDATOR arrived on screens as a clever, and thrilling mash-up of sc...

The news dropped out of the sky today like a wounded superhero; an appropriate metaphor considering the state of DC Comics superheroes...

The blasted heat of Summer may still be hanging around, but Oscar Season is underway with the arrival of September. Here are the not...

Burt Reynolds, actor and sex symbol of the 1970’s, has passed away at 82. Born Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. in Lansing, Michigan, Rey...

“What’s in the case?” This month marks the 20 th anniversary of John Frankenheimer’s RONIN. A globe-trotting, espionage actio...

Based on the novel of the same name, director Jon M. Chu’s CRAZY RICH ASIANS has so far been the surprise hit of 2018. Special guest wri...