Brave New World (1980)

Brave New World (1980)

Imagine a world absent the need for free will where happiness is just a soma away, you take a pill to overcome sadness, a pill to make yourself sleepy and a pill to keep things perfect. A world that not only encourages sex with multiple partners but mandates it – several times a day in fact. There is no family, there is only perfection. Babies are...

Metropolis by Fritz Lang

Metropolis by Fritz Lang

As an owner of the original 1927 Metropolis DVD by Fritz Lang, it never dawned on me that what I was viewing was only a portion of the man’s creation. Although it flowed well, it was hard to get my Spike TV buddies to sit down and look at the mother of Science Cinema. Recently while perusing my Netflix queue I saw a movie with the title Metropolis Restored...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Once in awhile I will pop in one of my favorite classics and sit back to enjoy it as if watching it for the first time. One of the top movies in my collection is 1939′s The Hunchback of Notre Dame starring Charles Laughton as Quasimodo and the beautiful Maureen O’hara as the gypsy girl Esmerelda. This like Excalibur in comparison to all other films...