What Just Happened?

Nov 132008

Hollywood loves making movies about Hollywood.  To be fair, this business we call show is packed to the rafters with drama, sex, absurdity, double dealing, divas, and sordid glamour – who wouldn’t be tempted?  Often as not, the movie is either too inside to be comprehended by the audience at large (Burn, Hollywood, Burn) or [...]

The Producers

Dec 252005

Susan Strohman brought this musical stage adaptation of the 1968 Mel Brooks film to Broadway in 2001 and the entire universe simply had to have it. Now Strohman brings exactly that show (but with a few more locations) to the big screen. It’s like the fanciest A&E/BBC presentation of a stage hit [...]

Team America: World Police

Oct 152004

For my readers out there who have no interest in seeing any film by the South Park creators, much less one that was almost rated NC 17 for puppet sexuality, then this review is not the review you need to read in order to decide what to do with your weekend.
For the rest of you, [...]

Orgazmo / Cannibal the Musical

Mar 11997

Orgazmo is not an NC17 movie. I actually saw this at a test screening in June or July and signed a paper saying I was not a reviewer and that I would not tell anyone what I thought. Well the freakin movie is released now, all bets are off. The friend I [...]