This is the new edit of the music video by Dead Girls Ruin Everything, directed by our very own Eric Melin. It’s a parody of four classic teenage sex comedies– see if you can name them all! Thanks to the actors, crew, and Footage Productions for all their hard work. “All is Forgotten” is from […]
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Anyone going this weekend to see Michael Mann’s movie version of “Miami Vice,” the hugely popular television series that he executive-produced in the 1980s, may be shocked to find that about the only thing that ties the two together are the names of the two main characters. Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Ricardo Tubbs (Jaimie […]
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Eric and J.D. debate the merits of Kevin Smith and re-visiting the “Clerks” for another go-around in this uncensored, no-holds-barred on camera review of “Clerks II.” Click on the photo for the Windows Media version of this on-camera review.
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“They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry.” – Marty Di Bergi, reading a review of a Spinal Tap album in “This is Spinal Tap” “That’s nit-picking, isn’t it?” – Nigel Tufnel, Spinal Tap lead guitarist It was twelve years ago that New Jersey convenience store twentysomethings Dante Hicks (Brian […]
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Eric caught up with Brian O’Halloran (Dante) and Jeff Anderson (Randal), stars of “Clerks II” recently to talk about being surprised with an “R” rating(!) and not getting chased out of France like Frankenstein’s monster. Quicktime users click here.
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“Blade Runner” and “Minority Report” are both terrific movies, but neither of those Philip K. Dick movie adaptations so accurately approximate the unique head trip that it is to actually read one of the revered science-fiction author’s books as much as Richard Linklater’s new animated film “A Scanner Darkly.” Based on a partly autobiographical 1977 […]
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Eric caught up with Brian O’Halloran (Dante) and Jeff Anderson (Randal), stars of “Clerks II” recently to talk about why this sequel needed to be made and discuss who’s hotter, Rosario Dawson or Sharon Stone. The movie opens July 21, but until then, check out this exclusive on-camera interview! Quicktime users click here.
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It was just three years ago that Johnny Depp finally achieved major superstardom and, believe it or not, his first Oscar nomination in a Disney movie based on a theme park ride and directed by Gore Verbinski (“The Ring,” “The Mexican”). 2003’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” had swashbuckling adventure […]
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Like the popular syndicated radio show that bears its name, Robert Altman’s new film “A Prairie Home Companion” occupies its own unique time bubble. Nostalgic for an idealized version of wry family entertainment that probably never quite existed, it embodies all that is strong in character about the Midwest, or at least what should be. […]
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There hasn’t been this hot a debate with Eric & J.D. over a movie since “King Kong.” “Superman Returns” has tempers flaring and insults flying, oh yeah– there’s also an intelligent, well-informed dialogue going between these two geniuses. Click on the photo for the Windows Media version of this on-camera review.
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Usually I don’t read reviews of a movie until I’ve finished writing my own. The frightening new global warming documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” has been in limited release for about a month now, and I’ve just seen it. This means that there are plenty of people in bigger cities who have already posted their reviews. […]
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Ever since “Napoleon Dynamite” was elevated to major cult favorite status, people’s expectations for writer/director Jared Hess’ follow-up effort have been high. That movie is here, and “Nacho Libre” throws in the raucous energy of Jack Black and the unusual setting of a Mexican monastery and low-rent wrestling arenas. On paper, you’ve got an intriguing […]
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A Scene-Stealers first! Eric and J.D. reveal their Top 5 Favorite Musician Acting Performances in movies and a camera just happens to be there to catch it all. Some revealing picks and guilty pleasures may threaten to derail any credibility they have…but isn’t it fun? Quicktime users click here.
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In the low-budget yet endlessly stylish neo-noir “Brick,” the familiar posture of disaffected youth manifests itself in the most bizarre way. The problems of high school cliques are not new, and like any generation, the kids of bleak and sunny San Clemente, California have developed their own distinctive slang. It just happens to be delivered […]
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Gretchen Mol is ebullient and charming as “The Notorious Bettie Page” in an affectionate new biopic of the quintessential 1950s pin-up queen, directed by Mary Harron (“American Psycho,” “I Shot Andy Warhol”). If the real Bettie Page is as elusive and naïve as the film’s wandering screenplay would have us believe, then it’s a good […]
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