It’s another slow Monday morning, and as I sit at my computer avoiding work, I think of the innocent idealism of Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal), the young artist at the center of Michel Gondry’s fantastical new film, “The Science of Sleep.” If only my job could allow me an unconditional creative outlet. Returning to Paris […]
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One of the funniest parts of “Jackass Number Two” is the warning at the beginning that states that all stunts were “performed by professionals.” In the strictest sense of the word, I guess anybody who gets paid thousands of dollars to chug an entire beer through his butthole is a professional. Using that criterion, that […]
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Watching Howard Hughes’ “Hells Angels” fleet of biplanes speed recklessly across the sky in the 2004 Hughes biopic “The Aviator,” I remembered thinking that there is a great movie waiting to be made about World War I pilots at the dawn of aviation. “Flyboys” is not that movie. It is set in 1917 and features […]
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Eric and J.D. review Brian De Palma’s neo-noir thriller “The Black Dahlia” and discuss its relevance to Bret Michaels and Poison with a straight face. Scary. Click on the photo for the Windows Media version of this on-camera review.
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“It’s like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.” Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap may have been talking about the color of his new album, but he may as well have been talking about “The Black Dahlia.” By definition, film noir is black. Pitch black. Some argue […]
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For his first lead role since the 2004 surprise hit “Garden State,” Zach Braff is back with “The Last Kiss,” a melodrama about impending adulthood that is seriously lacking in laughs. Unlike “Garden State,” though, which defined ennui for the post-emo college crowd, this remake of recent Italian film “L’Ultimo Bacio,” was not written or […]
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“The Black Dahlia” is an exciting and epic film noir from director Brian DePalma (“Carlito’s Way,” “Dressed to Kill”). This adaptation of James Elroy’s classic novel is a virtual movie making clinic from DePalma who fills each scene with intense and inspired camera work and vibrant performances from four of modern-day Hollywood’s finest up-and-comers. If […]
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George Reeves was an Average Joe. A struggling actor whose apparent suicide in 1959 suddenly made his unremarkable tale a whole lot more intriguing, Reeves reluctantly took the role of Superman on TV after a series of false starts at a serious movie career. The actor in a similar career slump these days who portrays […]
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Neil LaBute is the director responsible for dark themed movies like “Nurse Betty” and “Your Friends and Neighbors.” His latest effort “The Wicker Man,” is a remake of the 1974 horror film of the same name. LaBute’s up-close-and-personal style has made the new film an articulate psychological thriller that looks and feels contemporary, even while […]
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There’s something fascinating about magic again. In an era where computer-generated special effects can portray the most stunning of creatures or stunts, there is something exciting about watching a magician like Criss Angel or David Blaine leave onlookers in a state of shock by performing a trick right in front of their disbelieving eyes. It’s […]
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What in the hell happened with “Snakes on a Plane”? With one incredibly simple title phrase and some super-savvy advertising, all this movie had to do was make good on everyone’s ridiculously low expectations. Bring the snakes, the plane, and the funny (intentional or otherwise) and it could ascend to a seat at the big […]
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On the way home from a screening of “Little Miss Sunshine” starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell and Toni Collette, Eric and J.D. review the movie and try not to wreck the car, which is not being pulled by a truck.
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Eric and J.D. review the new Mark Wahlberg sports flick “Invincible”, while a hardcore Philadelphia Eagles fan ridicules them and the Dallas Cowboys. Can our dedicated critics keep their focus or will they lose the battle to a big green bald man who takes no prisoners and has eaten no lunch? Click on the photo […]
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The standard sports movie cliché usually involves an underdog team faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles in their way. They look deep within themselves and, against the odds, pull out an unlikely victory. “Invincible,” the newest Disney sports film, more or less follows that formula with one exception. Vince Papale’s teammates don’t even want him on […]
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In the tradition of great sports hero films like “Rocky,” “Invincible” is predictably inspirational. The fantastic surprise is that it is a PG-rated Disney film that is both incredibly well-made and full of gritty realism. Not unlike “Good Will Hunting,” this is the story of a loyal pack of friends deeply bonded and living under […]
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