Movies

Masamune Shirow's second most well known work, Appleseed has been translated to film once before as a traditional anime by director Kazuyoshi Katayama and last year was adapted yet again, this time with much better results.

Monster in Law marks Jane Fonda’s return to the big screen after a fifteen year absence and Jennifer Lopez’s return to film after the Bennifer debacle.

"A long time ago... in a galaxy far, far away ..." With those words, an outer space adventure began 28 years ago; and now, with the same introduction, the saga is complete.

The wait is almost over. The third installment in the Star Wars series: The Revenge of the Sith, will open in the U.S. on May 19th.

Italian Western director Sergio Leone was the first to make a huge impact in the United States, with the quintessential Spaghetti Western "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", making a star out of a young, relatively unknown American TV actor named Clint Eastwood.

Crash is a must see movie. I think in a country that has managed to convince itself that race issues no longer exist this film is a stark reminder that that is far from reality and that there is still a lot that needs to be done and that should be done.

Beauty Shop doesn’t quite rise to the occasion as it repackages and regurgitates characters, themes and plots that we have seen before.

A chapter in the history of the Crusades is vividly brought to life in an epic film by Oscar-winning director Ridley Scott. Alan Silverman has a look at Kingdom Of Heaven.

Having seen the results of a completely faithful screen translation recently (Sin City), I was more than happy to see “Hitchhiker’s” be less than faithful. Unfortunately, being Hollywood, they changed all the wrong things.

Don't Panic. After decades of attempts and false starts, a film has finally been made of a British book that is a comedy landmark for a generation of readers around the world.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy had the potential to be the best movie of the year but it ultimately gets bogged down in its own grandness.

Movie production companies and TV have been creating feature length movies, movie serials and TV shows for years but as special effect technology and costume designs became better and better, Hollywood kicked it up a notch with feature-length high budget productions.

Boy and girl meet, fall in love, break up and get back together again. The time-tested formula for romantic comedy gets a fresh treatment in a new film co-starring Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet. Alan Silverman has a look at A Lot Like Love.

In 1934, when Walt Disney called for a meeting among his artists, a rumor had spread that he was going to shut the studio down and they would all be left unemployed during the Great Depression. Instead he personally told them in his own spellbinding way the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which he intended to make into his first feature length film.

Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith, is due out May 19, 2005. In the meantime, all we can do is guess how Lucas might choose to close up the loop of storyline connecting the prequels to the original Trilogy.