James Russo

As diverse as Quentin Tarantino's first films (“Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Jackie Brown”) were in tone (tragic, comic and romantic, respectively), they all took place within roughly the same world and the same...

Wicklow Elementary in Sanford has walked into an unexpected cash windfall that it will use to upgrade technology at the Seminole County school. Wicklow is among 50 schools nationwide that have received a $100,000 grant from the Target stores. Wicklow is...

Friday February 28, 1997      How much Mafia can you take? Are you entranced by the Talmudic distinctions between a wise guy, a made guy and a connected guy? Do you relish hearing cold-eyed thugs mumbling, "I don't mean no disrespect"? "Donnie Brasco" is...

Wednesday December 24, 1997      The year is 2013. America's consumer society lies in ruins, a hodgepodge of faded Coppertone billboards and tilted Union 76 globes. Heartless bandit hordes rape and pillage at will. Who dares stand in their way? Can...

Margot Kidder is back, looking far too young and beautiful to be the mother of a 30-year-old son, and giving a beguiling performance as an easygoing parent in Stephen Kijak's skittish "Never Met Picasso." It's a wry comedy, decidedly on the callow side,...

Say what you like, think what you will, scoff if you have to (and you will definitely have to), but in the final analysis Kevin Knows Westerns. Returning to the genre that won him Academy Awards for best director and best picture with 1990's "Dances With...