As with his last film, BOTTLE SHOCK, Randall Miller returns to the themes of father-son relationships in NOBEL SON. While the former was a sun-drenched idyll in the wine country of Napa Valley, arch but ultimately warm and fuzzy, the latter starts in the darker environs of human behavior and then gets seriously nasty and… Read More »
YES MAN
YES MAN tries to be two kinds of Jim Carrey movies at once and fails twice over. The result is a flat and unappetizing work that is neither serious enough to win over an audience looking for something of substance, nor wacky enough to satisfy fans of the manic Carrey of THE MASK or ACE… Read More »
BEDTIME STORIES
There may once have been a charming idea at the heart of BEDTIME STORIES, but alas, whatever it might have been has been Sandler-ized. And not for your protection. The tale of Skeeter (Adam Sandler), an underappreciated hotel maintenance man given a chance to succeed where his father failed in the hospitality industry is singularly… Read More »
THE SPIRIT
There is much that is irksome about THE SPIRIT, so much, alas, that it overwhelms the spiffy art direction that is nothing short of dazzling. Written for the screen and directed by Frank Miller, and based on the graphic novels by Will Eisner, it is a syncopated series of missteps and gaffes served up in… Read More »
SEVEN POUNDS
SEVEN POUNDS is an ambitious film tripped up by its execution. Full of noble intent, and the brave choice to (mostly) eschew sticky sentimentality in favor of a more clinical approach to the issue of a man obsessed with death, alas, the result is a film that is for the first three-quarters of its running… Read More »
BRIDE WARS
Sloppy writing and lazy direction are the hallmarks of BRIDE WARS, a stale story badly told. And that’s a shame because there is much to lampoon about the current state of the wedding business, where the complicated planning and execution can rival that of the Normandy Invasion during World War II. Perhaps it’s no accident… Read More »
UNBORN, THE
Even for the sort of low-rent horror flick that is dumped unceremoniously into theaters during the month of January, THE UNBORN is an embarrassing jumble. A little Kabbalah, a little Holocaust, a spooky kid with eyes that are a little too blue, and a whole lot of nubile female flesh in tank top and underwear… Read More »
PAUL BLART — MALL COP
Kevin James, star and co-writer of PAUL BLART: MALL COP should know how to play to his comedic strengths when penning a role for himself. He and writing partner, Nick Bakay, an alum of James’ sitcom, “The King of Queens”, however, aren’t so great at fabricating a long-form script around which to build on James’… Read More »
UNDERWORLD — RISE OF THE LYCANS
For those who have been waiting with bated breath for the back story in the UNDERWORLD mythos, the time has come with UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS. Everyone else can go about their lives in an orderly fashion secure in the knowledge that they are not missing a thing. Set in a time somewhere before… Read More »
HUMPDAY
HUMPDAY is a wry and perceptive comedy that is deadly serious about intimacy, sexuality, and the peculiar zero-sum form of competition that male bonding can manifest. Beyond gender, it also examines with a compassionate, if unflinching, eye the maddening fluidity of personal identity, the not so tidy ways people slice up themselves in order to… Read More »
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