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My experience with Running Scared went something like this: first came skepticism. The film opens with a heavily stylized six minute gun battle, and while I thought there were some cool shots and excellent kills, it seemed pretty standard. Next came… Continue reading
Every now and again you see a movie whose problems can all be summed up in one moment. In the case of Winter Passing, the directing debut of playwright Adam Rapp, it’s a moment very early on when Zooey Deschanel’s character, Reese, takes her tiny kitten, who… Continue reading
The Eternal Battle Between the Forces of Light and Dark. The Chosen One. The Coming End of the World. These are the basic tropes that populate about 99% of fantasy novels, and for some reason no one seems willing to move beyond them. So the problem becomes… Continue reading
I made it pretty far into Eight Below without crying, but in the end it’s a losing battle. The theater was filled with the telltale sniffles of weeping moviegoers no more than halfway through this surprisingly wonderful story of survival, and while each tear… Continue reading
Neil Young thought he was going to die, so he recorded an album. It’s what you do when you’re an artist, try to get those last thoughts out. The album he recorded was called Prairie Wind, and it’s one of his quiet records (Neil Young is notable for the… Continue reading
High school is one of the most fertile topics for pop culture. It seems like few people make it through unscathed, so films, books and TV shows set in high school can resonate with all age groups. One of the great things that Joss Whedon did with Buffy the… Continue reading
It’s quite possible that The Pink Panther has one of the most brilliant advertising campaigns of all time – the studio makes the film look like complete and utter shit so that when it’s finally released and the reviews come in, the consensus is “I certainly… Continue reading
If you're looking for a film to make you believe in Harrison Ford once again, move along. Firewall isn't it. If this heist/techno-thriller isn't quite as rote and pedestrian as his last couple flicks, it's just as formulaic as you'd expect polished… Continue reading
Do you remember when you would come to school and do your homework for the day in your homeroom? That’s exactly what When A Stranger Calls is like – sloppy and lazy filmmaking that’s so terrible you wish Simon West would have just claimed his dog ate the… Continue reading
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story is brilliant, hilarious, wonderful and warmly entertaining. The concept is simple and complicated – Tristram Shandy is known as a book that is impossible to adapt for film because of its purposefully jumbled structure… Continue reading
The strangest thing about Steven Soderbergh’s Bubble isn’t that it was shot on a shoestring budget with non-actors in all the roles, or that it’s being released essentially simultaneously in theaters, on cable and on DVD. It’s that what begins as a meditation… Continue reading
Annapolis is the perfect movie for someone who has never before seen one. The film is aggressive in its attempt to hit as many clichés as possible in its running time, while shamelessly cribbing – and occasionally flat out ripping off – other, better movies.… Continue reading
