Shawn Bourdo

The first dramatic comedy by Chaplin teaches us how to see clearly despite the blinding lights.

Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Old film finds new audience.

Malick’s masterpiece unfolds for the patient.

In which I dabble in some hip hop-related panels and a few Spotlights On.

Life is sweet but it can hurt too in Mike Leigh’s tribute to family love in north London.

The Doctor and Jo battle the Master in a story that tells us more about the latter than the former.

Buffy meets Scooby partially impresses and partially disappoints in Second Season.

Adult science fiction show reduced to novel aimed at simpler audience.

Young Christopher Nolan shows off his storytelling prowess.

The influential Muppet twist of the annual Dickens classic.

The Third Doctor encounters aliens from Mars who may not have come in peace.

Paul & Mary’s Country Kitchen is open for business.

The necessary step to move the franchise forward.

I’m glad to have my 1990s love back in my life.

The Gonds used to serve their Kroton masters until the Doctor came to lead them to freedom.

Chaplin is an artist at the top of his game here.

The show is very appealing to even modern sensibilities.

Trapped in an intergalactic peepshow with his companion, Jo, can the Doctor fight his way out before the monsters get them?

The first three Doctors come together for the show’s 10th Anniversary.

The Cybermen arise from the dead – just another fun trip with the Second Doctor.

I think you sound like you are in the epilogue to “Felicity”.

A brilliantly shot period piece with beautiful cinematography and lots of fighting.

The Scooby Gang’s dark journey to solve the secrets of the previous Mystery Incorporated.

Suzuki’s 1967 Yakuza classic finally gets Blu-ray release.

A must for anyone who loves film.

“A new fiesta in the making.” – Wooderson

Harry Faversham’s journey from coward to hero.

Lasse Halstrom knows just how to balance the lightness of the eccentric characters against the main themes of the film.

An interesting peek inside the mind of Polanski.

Not just a nostalgic trip, the 1973 TV movie actually holds up pretty well.

We walk a mile in Harper Lee’s shoes and learn the story behind the great American novel.

Mike Leigh examines a generation lost after the economic and personal mess of the ’80s.

Year One at Hogwarts is a true celebration of magic.

Louis Malle’s 1975 surreal take on “Alice In Wonderland” almost defies description.

Zooey Mama.

Chaplin shows off his mastery of the cinema and tells us life can be free and beautiful.

Put together with a soundtrack as important to the story as any John Hughes soundtrack of the day.

Twenty-five years later, the reviewer sees a completely different story though finds it no less enjoyable.

Jane Campion, future director of “The Piano”, shows her roots in directorial debut.

The despair of a dying country is portrayed in this powerful film.

Some of the best of the first season.

The nod to both summer-camp films and horror films set in summer camps make this enjoyable for the adults in the viewing audience.

The mystery tries to reach back to the more realistic ones that launched and then relaunched the series.

A terrific start for 2/3rds of the film is wasted in an overdone ending.

A misguided film that tries to force its scares and instead just bores.

This film feels like the plot of about three or four of the original episodes thrown together.