Clichéd and as subtle as a kick to the groin, the screenplay by first-time screenwriter Randy Brown doesn’t so much foreshadow events as scream loudly from Hollywood playbook exactly what will occur. Overly sentimental, and not ambitious in the least, the film is a crowd pleaser with well-placed grumpy old man jokes that won’t force audiences to think much (or at all).
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The eighth Fantastic Fest is now officially underway! And while I can’t wait to start gorging myself on movies until I’m so sleep deprived I consider voting for a third party candidate, I realize that a lot of you can’t make the trip down to Austin or aren’t yet sold on the world’s most badass […]
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Austin, Texas is home to the biggest, baddest genre film festival in the world — a place where zombie movies share the bill with twisted indie dramas, black comedies, action films, and sci-fi movies. It’s called Fantastic Fest and it starts today.
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Some may feel that the humor betrays the mood of first two movies, and that dropping the reality style was a mistake, but I disagree.
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Arbitrage, starring Richard Gere, is an airtight thriller of the economic titans that avoids becoming preachy or sentimental.
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Using specially designed hidden cameras, Brügger films his “secret” meetings with these powerful men — ministers, defense secretaries, bureaucrats, other “diplomats” — who all put on this charade that they are doing things for the welfare of the country.
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Quadrophenia captures the anger, the innocence, the hurt, and the rage of those young adult years and with The Who blaring in the background, gives you something to scream about.
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Hollywood has demonstrated time and time again that life after death isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. If you’re talking about horror or top comedy movies, sometimes you’re better off dead.
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With the new documentary Screaming In High Heels — out now on DVD from Breaking Glass Pictures — director Jason Paul Collum has done more than just chart the rise of “The Terrifying Trio” of cult actresses Brinke Stevens, Michelle Bauer, and Linnea Quigley. Collum has also created a film that shows the decline of the grindhouse, […]
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I’m hoping this piece, and the interview below, will create a space for a more thoughtful discussion than has existed around the controversial ‘Hick’ thus far, and that it encourages you to rent it and decide for yourself.
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An animated children’s movie about pirates and a drama about a man living his life out of order are two new DVDs out now.
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I recently spoke with Jarecki about Richard Gere’s work on the film, how the actor and director both had different ideas about the character, and how his Wall Street story will play in an election year.
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It’s consistently funny, but it’s also shame that Bachelorette lets most of its characters off the hook too easily, especially after being such a tough-minded film at the opening.
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‘The Words’ provides stories within stories within stories. After all, why settle on a single plot with one narrator, when three will do? Nothing in this script develops naturally. And that’s the problem.
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Those seeking out Robot & Frank are likely to get exactly what they expect, no more, no less, but for longtime fans of Frank Langella (or those desperate for anything even remotely sci-fi), it’s enough.
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