Every once in a while, there comes a movie that so defies explanation that it renders me incapable for writing for a full month. This is that movie. Filmmaker Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tannenbaums) loves the quirky, the ugly (interior), and the true things in the world. He celebrates the wacky […]

Some of you might have skipped the Whole Nine Yards, thinking Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis would not a funny movie make. Well, that is certainly your loss. My companion and I watched Nine Yards before slipping out to catch Ten Yards, and we still laughed out loud most of the film. […]

My companion said it best, and I didn’t want to admit it at the time but in the cold light of day, I have to say that Jackie Chan has really, truly jumped the shark. AND he had to use wires to do it. Longtime readers know I love and admire Jackie, and […]

I am so sorry to report that Johnny English is not worth the price of admission. However, this not to say that Rowan Atkinson is not, himself, under normal circumstances, worth the price of admission. The man you hopefully know from Black Adder as well as Mr. Bean and Rat Race is a […]

Argh! Chris Rock is so funny! Why did he have to do this? I know why, but still. If you saw Rock’s brief segment in Bowling for Columbine, if not his regular stand-up, you know he’s an affable, positive man who calls the injustices against the people as he sees them. […]

Steven Soderbergh, newly minted Oscar winner, is trying to stretch his auteur muscles with his newfound artistic freedom. But wait - he always had artistic freedom, ever since sex, lies, and videotape, Soderbergh has done what he wanted and the audiences lapped it up. What is different? Now he can *really* do […]

I knew I wouldn’t like this film; I didn’t particularly like the first one, and even though Will Smith has proven himself to be genial and likable, with good comedic timing and a fun attitude in films, I can’t stand this franchise. I went in with low expectations, but expected to enjoy the effects, […]

I have spent so much time defending poor victimized Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman that I forgot to tell people how absolutely embarrassingly horrible this movie was. If you had any interest in seeing it I am sure you already have so what I have to say is old news, but you young moms […]

It takes the combined influence of a free copy and a friend’s recommendation to make me sit through a Matthew McConaughey movie. Frailty was nominated in a few year-end lists so I thought hey, it can’t be all bad. It wasn’t all bad, but I can’t say I was glad to see it. […]

Whatever Zoolander is or is not, it is completely and utterly committed to the gag.  It full on drives it home with every frame, every word - the sad part is that the gag is not worth all the trouble.  However, not even the considerable comic talents of Ben and Jerry Stiller, Owen Wilson, or […]