One of the great disappointments of the past year in television has been “Parks & Recreation”‘s relative inability to attract a wider audience, especially when compared to mega-hits like “Two…

Ah, ancient Rome. Probably the most famous ancient civilization, and the one that many history experts agree would be most hospitable to modern people. It’s not so different from our…

Big business is seemingly unstoppable except through the courts, which is why everyone loves a great courtroom film, where the rich and powerful lose to the small and seemingly powerless….

In the golden age of cinema, filmmakers had to scout out locations or build sets for their movies. Now, directors have the freedom that comes with all-digital environments, built in…

Bounty hunting is one of the noblest of professions, so it makes sense that there has been a lot of movies on the subject. But if you’re a newcomer to…

Ben-Hur“ One of the first movies to show a protracted and lingering death sequence, the chief heavy of “Ben-Hur” is shown having been severely injured in the movie’s famous chariot…

  Not just anybody can be a spy. It requires perseverance, dedication, and a certain natural inclination for sneaking around in dangerous situations. And these badass movie spies are even…

For over the past 40 years, the wild and wacky horror B-Movie producers Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Hertz, have given us some amazingly bad movies with some amazingly named titles….

“I know!” said the casting director. “We’ll take the hottest girl we can find and put her in a movie!” The idea makes sense in the most caveman-ish of ways….

This is the story of British stock trader Nick Leeson, who brought down an established British trading house in the span of just a few days with a number of…

The movie that inspired so many cinematic moments for Quentin Tarantino. A young Swedish-blond girl roams the lush country side with a shotgun, seeking revenge on the men who kidnapped,…

While "Willow" might seem like a silly movie about a midget sorcerer, what it really is is a silly movie about a midget sorcerer. But that does not make it…

Jerry Lewis was one of the top movie makers in the industry from the late 1940s through the 1960s. Lewis was a comedian who often teamed with singer Dean Martin…

The role of an underling like a maid, butler, or servant may not seem like an exciting one, but a skilled screenwriter and actor can make that role come to…

Frasier Crane. The show ran successfully from 1982-93 and very few scenes were shot outside the bar. The characters were so comfortable inside the Cheers Bar and we were comfortable…

The Travel Channel realizes that people love to eat. The more bizarre the food, the greater the interest. "Bizarre Foods" with Andrew Zimmern is one of the most successful programs…

Rainy days are a perfect opportunity to catch up on some good movies that your have missed when they came out. Disconnect your doorbell and curl up with these seven…

On top killing thousands of people, the Al Qaeda bastards also disrupted several Hollywood blockbusters. Osama and his loyal troop of Jihadi fundamentalists actions were so bad that filmmakers throughout…

Secrets can be tough to keep. The urge to talk about some juicy piece of news can be overwhelming. But the big secrets, the big time cover-ups, those are pretty…

Being a movie slut is a thankless task. First of all, your reputation precedes you wherever you go. Each character warns the other about the promiscuous activity in which you…

Villains often make the best movie characters, probably because they get to do the kinds of things we could only imagine doing. But even better than a villain is a…

Car crashes in films are a dime a dozen and in most cases, these accidents should have seriously injured or killed whoever was driving the cars. Car crashes are serious…

Almost always playing characters with a real American bravado, Christian Bale is actually Welsh, with a heavy Welsh accent when he’s not acting in front of the camera. This might…

The Sopranos is one of the most successful and celebrated shows in the history of television. Presented on HBO, The Sopranos had the type of language and action that could…