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 »