The Sure Thing

Rob Reiner has had a rollercoaster of a career, having directed three of the best 80's comedies America has to offer, and later giving us a long, long string of terrible clunkers that impressed neither critics nor audiences alike. But somewhere in that mess lies a sweet, forgotten little comedy that made John Cusack a …

T-Bone N Weasel

Made-for-TV Movies are a fascinating and forgotten artifact of American mass culture. Basically B-Movies "not good enough for the theater," they still took time and money to produce, still required name actors, and still basically all have the potential to be quality work, if only the scripts were better... but they rarely are. Steven Spielberg's …

Two Lane Blacktop

Film director Monte Hellman has now passed on to the great beyond, but if you are one of the growing number of people without a dvd player, there's no way for you to enjoy his greatest achievement, Two Lane Blacktop, which only exists as a Criterion Collection DVD. Until now. Two Lane Blacktop is quintessential …

Land of Plenty

Wim Wenders is an odd one. He's capable of some of the most beautiful, thoughtful, pensive films in cinema history (Wings of Desire, Until the End of the World) and he's capable of some of the most ponderous, plodding flicks you'll forget five minutes after they're over. Land of Plenty is neither- a quiet little …

Wild At Heart

It's a little strange to be writing about such a well-known movie as David Lynch's classic Wild at Heart, but for reasons unbeknownst, you can't stream this fun and twisted road trip, so here it is- perfect for an America boasting of killer viruses, murderous cops and a cartoon president that hasn't been funny for …