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I was talking with a friend about the common practice of actors transforming their bodies and appearance for films. I'm not talking makeup or wardrobe, but their bodies. The earliest I remember was DeNiro in Raging Bull who shocked me with his sad overweight Jake Lamotta at the end of the film...

It has become cliche that all of storytelling is just the retelling of a few basic tales. (It was raised in a thread about Hollywood remakes) What are those tales? With a few moments thought I came up with: The fish out of water (mostly comedies, but also dramas): Place character in comically...

Saw "Grizzly Man" at the Charles a couple days ago and was really floored by the story of this strange, manic, sad man Timothy Treadwell, a failed, alcoholic actor who recreated himself as a "protector" of the grizzly bears of Katmai, Alaska. After spending thirteen summers with the bears, he...

I thoroughly enjoyed reading and participating in the thread about not always enjoying classic films. When I was younger and wanted to learn about classical music, a friend who knew the music made me a list of classics that were accessible to a novice and easy to enjoy. It was a great...

I enjoy making screen caps of DVD images on my computer to make screensavers, alternate DVD covers and the like. I had been using an old version of WinDVD but that has ceased working. WinDVD now offers a Platinum DVD player with capture capability. Is that software worth the price? Are there...

I'm not talking box office or awards. Reading how people worship certain films while disliking others and seeing how often those opinions differ from my own, I did a thought experiment. What is the bare minimum a film must possess for you to like it? Is it story, performance, plot, character...

In a recent thread, one poster complained that "Monster's Ball" was too slow. Now I understand that when you find a film uninvolving it can seem terribly slow, but many of my favorite movies are slow-paced character studies that let you enjoy the ulimate 'special effect', good acting. I would...

Two new DVDs of "Roughnecks:Starship Troopers Chronicles" have been released and they are terrific. "Klendathu" and "Homefront" include many of the best, most emotionally effective episodes of the series. Like their last two releases, Sony has included two commentary tracks on each DVD: one for...

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, the CGI series is releasing two more DVD campaigns Feb. 5. Outlining the "Hydora" and "Tophet" campaigns, these new DVDs will fill the gap between the already released Pluto DVD (First) and Tesca Nemerosa (Fourth). Sony also has two more campaigns in...

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles will be releasing a new DVD, 'The Tesca Campaign' on September 18. The new DVD includes not only the best episodes of the series, but concept art and a directors, technical commentary track. This show, the best CGI I've ever seen on TV has been missed by...