In the 80s and 90s, an interesting cycle of inspirational teacher movies was being made. You know the type – the film where a big star plays a down-and-out teacher who gets posted in some crime-ridden school, and they manage to turn things around? Often, they were based on true stories, like Stand and Deliver, … Read more
No Way Out, one of the early movies that launched Kevin Costner to stardom, is getting a 4K release from Kino/ Lorber. While most would say The Untouchables is the movie that made Kevin Costner a star, in many ways, Orion’s No Way Out solidified his stardom. The film was shot before The Untouchables, with … Read more
Brett Ratner’s The Family Man was only a middling success in 2000 but has since become a quasi-Christmas classic. Who would have thought that one of the more enduring family movies in the last 20 years would come from Brett Ratner and star Nicolas Cage? Indeed, The Family Man was only a modest success when … Read more