In the interests of science, this movie review will be handled in a little different way. My friend Melanie is a long-time fan of the show, and went to see the movie with her mom. I had watched maybe half of one show in the first season and just couldn’t get into it, […]
Bigger Stronger Faster
Matinee with Snacks
Christopher Bell grew up watching big muscle guy movies of the 1980’s, with Stallone and Schwartzenegger, pro wrestlers, and basically the USA kicking tail all over the place. In his film, he chronicles how these influences transformed himself and his brothers from low-end bully fodder into pumped-up competitive jocks. Before long, […]
Indiana Jones is the kind of beloved cinematic icon whose fourth movie, set age-appropriately years after his last films, could stain his charming persona forever. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull does veer dangerously away from its more archaeologically relevant predecessors, but it is still very much in the spirit of the original series. […]
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Catch it on HBO
The short version: Prince Caspian (the movie) is gorgeous and a total snore. All the best effects houses worked on the computer and practical effects. The locations are in the stunning environments of the Czech Republic, Poland, and New Zealand. Every dollar of that budget is on that […]
This was my third Universal Studios comedy in a short time, and I was starting to worry. I am so glad this one was last! Writer/star Jason Segel was lovable and full of heart on Freaks and Geeks, but is he funny? Yes! The premise is promising: Segel is dumped […]
I’m not so much into the comic book movies. Outside of Superman and Batman, my experience is limited and my interest less. I have never seen or read any work based on Iron Man until this one, so I cannot speak to its fidelity to the canon. I do see a crapload of movies, however, […]
On its surface, Made of Honor seems like a perfect little girlie diversion. Platonic (rich handsome) guy friend realizes gal pal is the one, only on the eve of her impending nuptials. It’s ground that was tread more successfully in 1997’s My Best Friend’s Wedding (one of the two screenwriters’ work apparently only sings when […]
I love Tina Fey. I loved the movie she wrote, Mean Girls. She’s smart, sexy, funny and endearingly normal and accessible. I love 30 Rock. Amy Poehler has great comic timing, even if she always sounds like she’s making fun of her own line reading. Together they snap, crackle, and […]
George Clooney has worked with an interesting assembly of directors, and spent years on episodic television. What I just figured out about Clooney the director is that he is a crafter of moments more than a story teller. He’s clearly watched and learned from Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton), the Coen brothers, and Steven […]
American Zombie is a tiny little mockumentary that you may need to exert some effort to find, but I hope you will find it as well worth it as I and my companions did. Grace Lee directs (and costars as the in-film documentary’s codirector) this story of the zombie community’ struggles to function in […]
