How delightful it is to have the Muppets back on the big screen. I absolutely adore them, and have supported each and every one of their theatrical adventures. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s an idea sure to get laughs: Get white actors to put on black face and pretend to be tribesmen. Shades of Al Jolson! This might have been funny at one time (then again, probably not), but it certainly has no place in the politically correct nineties. So why is this the running gag in “Krippendorf’s Tribe,” a family comedy gone horribly astray? Read the rest of this entry »

“Taxi Driver” is one of those film that stays with you. Once you have seen it, it never goes away. Perhaps that is why the American Film Institute chose it as one of the 100 Top Films of all time. “Taxi Driver” has become so ingrained in our modern pop psyche that it is hard to avoid it. Read the rest of this entry »

When it’s not wallowing in hormonal melodrama, “Real Women Have Curves” is a sweet, honest, and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life, but fears she’ll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams. Read the rest of this entry »

Up until this evening, I have to admit that I have never seen Stanley Kubrick’s “The Killing.” I know. Shame on me. What kind of critic am I if I allowed this film to slip by? I wasn’t even born when “The Killing” was released in 1956, but that is no excuse. Read the rest of this entry »

AMERICAN PIMP (R)

The Hughes Brothers, Allen and Albert, have created a fascinating documentary on an unsavory subject. The directors of “Dead Presidents” and “Menace II Society” hit the streets for this eye-opening look at the world of Pimps. Read the rest of this entry »