Archive for the 'Film Review' Category

Super Size Me

How often do you hear that? Once a week? Once a month? Once a year? How about every day for a month? Let’s face it, America is in love with fast food. The faster the better. You can’t drive a city block without passing at least one fast food chain. They are a part of our lives, and for one month, were the lifeblood (and almost deathbed) of spunky documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. Read the rest of this entry »

6 Days, 7 Nights

How could spending two hours on a deserted beach with Harrison Ford turn out to be a bad thing? That’s the question I kept asking myself after sitting through the intolerable "6 Days, 7 Nights," a film so derivative and cloying you wonder why the box office giant would even agree to tackle such drivel. "6 Days, 7 Nights" wastes much more than a decent performance by Ford as a grizzled South Seas cargo pilot who winds up playing Robinson Crusoe to Anne Heche’s "Girl Friday." Read the rest of this entry »

Films review February

ALL OR NOTHING (R)

Quintessential Mike Leigh working class drama examines the family dynamic of a cab driver (Timothy Spall) and his diverse family. Lesley Manville is strong as Penny, Phil’s (Spall) distant wife who has to deal with negative influences both within and outside the family unit. Read the rest of this entry »

The Prophecy

Evil never dies, especially in the movies. Box office success has done more for resurrection than the church. In horror films, you can’t keep a good serial killer down, at least not for long. You can stab them, impale them, behead them, or even blow them up at the end of a film. Doesn’t matter. Read the rest of this entry »

Heist

Writer-director David Mamet’s latest film “Heist” begins with a black and white Warner Bros. studio logo, perhaps an indicator that what follows will be a traditional, old-fashioned crime caper. The nostalgic throwback isn’t just a gimmick, but a subtle reminder that Hollywood is still capable of making them like they used to. Read the rest of this entry »

The Contender

When the Vice-President of the United States dies, Democratic President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) finds himself pressured to fill the post. The obvious choice is Governor Jack Hathaway (William Petersen), but when Hathaway becomes involved in a failed rescue attempt, his chances fade away. Read the rest of this entry »

Video Reviews

OCTOBER 1

BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF

THE LADY AND THE DUKE

NINE QUEENS Read the rest of this entry »

Identity

With less than twenty-fours remaining before his client receives a lethal injection, a criminal psychiatrist and lawyer (Alfred Molina) stumbles across a personal diary that suggests his client suffers from multiple personality disorder. Read the rest of this entry »

Dogma DVD

A war is being waged on Earth between heaven and hell, and the unlikely protagonists are a pair of fallen angels played by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Read the rest of this entry »

Extraordinary Gentlemen

As bloated as Marlon Brando during the off-season, “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” is not only bigger-than-life, it’s bigger than fantasy. Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore (“From Hell”) and illustrated by Kevin O’Neill, “Extraordinary Gentlemen” brings together seven literary creations (six in the graphic novel, one recruited by the films writer) to help the British Empire stop a madman from kick-starting a World War. Read the rest of this entry »