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. […]
Did you see the movie Caveman, with Ringo Starr? Some of the buzz is making 10,000 B.C. (or 10KBC for the hipster crowd) out to be a worse movie than Barbara Bach’s furry bikini debut. Look, no one, I mean no one, expected this movie to be high art. Roland Emmerich directed […]
Rental with Snacks
This little German film is an interesting genre splice between romantic comedy and buddy road adventure, across the borders of eastern Europe and into a pot of red herrings. Written and directed by Fatih Aikin (who has a cameo as a Romanian border patrolman), the film is littered with surrealist touches, sweetness, […]
As kid’s films go, this was not too bad. A little obvious here and there to us crusty veterans, but basically a pleasant diversion for the shorter set without totally boring their parents. The one thing I have to complain about really is the utter waste of some seriously gifted actors, notably Hugh […]
