OK. Some of you out there just don’t get why this movie has been so anticipated and why we are all so excited. Some more of you saw it and still don’t get it. The thing is, if you get it, you get it, and this movie is exactly what we all […]

If you have any more expectations than a big, whiz-bang spectacle out of this movie, then you will be sorely disappointed. If you are willing and eager to see spectacular set pieces and acts of derring-do, without all that character junk muddying the waters, then come, come to Poseidon on the big screen. […]

OK. There are movies about vampires, and there are movies about werewolves, and occasionally, both (even with Stooges) but what strikes me here is that the Underworld movies want desperately to be about both, but somehow end up being about familial squabbles and centuries-old politics. If you’re reading this review with any intent […]

The Legend of Zorro is one of the best lame, unnecessary sequels I have seen in a long time, largely due to the charm and chemistry of its leads. Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are such an ideal screen couple, it is understandable that the filmmakers would try to recapture the magic of the […]

The single words that I could use to describe Kung Fu Hustle are: surreal, funny, weird, neat, cartoonish. At times the films feels like it wants to be this great serious epic, and when that is happening, I sense cultural touchstones with great meaning slipping below my radar faster than a Dennis Miller monologue interpreted in […]

Bizarre is the word my companion exclaimed at least four times while watching this film, and there’s really no better descriptor for the Weinstein Brothers’ freshman animation feature. It is entertaining, it may or may not really be suitable for children, but it certainly is odd. This is a good thing, escaping from […]

Straight up: this is a movie for fans of the first halves of these series, to wit: Alien/Aliens and Predator (not Predator 2). It is as chock full of stupid “oh jeez” moments as it is full of genuine enjoyment for said fans. But if you are not a fan, the “oh jeez” […]

Oh, Jackie. I can’t even say, “how far you have fallen” because actually, this is a step up from The Tuxedo and The Medallion. I know you are getting up there, and that’s fine - you still have the moves and you still have that ineffable charm and sweet old-school comedy. I […]

When Ira Levin’s book was made into the original movie in 1975, it was a chilling allegory on the value of nonconformity and real love. Its camp value was unintentional and no doubt now a source of embarrassment to the filmmakers. It was meant to be a suspense movie, a horror movie. […]

I walked out of Volume 1 numb from the cartoonish ultraviolence and with many questions about why and why and more why (including, why did I come to see this?). I had hoped Volume 2 would answer those questions, and hopefully also not push any more boundaries of taste and mental stability. Volume […]