Like a cut-rate package tour that promises much but delivers little, THE BIG BOUNCE, sucks the joy right out of you while offering little glimpses of the paradise that is forever beyond your reach. Based on the Elmore Leonard novel of the same name, its filled with the robustly eccentric characters that he dreams up… Read More »
A KNIGHT’S TALE
No doubt about it, A KNIGHTS TALE is an odd film. Part adventure tale, part romance, part social commentary and dont forget the one thing that will stick with you long after Heath Ledgers dreamy smile and Rufus Sewells wildly sexy sneer have drifted away. The way these denizens of 14th century Europe break into… Read More »
CATCH THAT KID
When feeding very small children, its important to keep the fare bland so as not to upset the little ones tummies. And thus is it with CATCH THAT KID, a trite and uninspired remake of a Danish blockbuster that features parents in trouble and kids saving the day. The parents are Molly (Jennifer Beals), a… Read More »
50 FIRST DATES
With 50 FIRST DATES it seems as though Adam Sandler is going through an identity crisis of some sort. The film itself is an ill-conceived amalgam of sentiment played sweet not sappy, mixed uncertainly with the usual lower-than-low-brown humor with which Sandler’s films, PUNCH DRUNK LOVE excepted, are saturated. Hence the walrus spew scene less… Read More »
WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT
The best moment in WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT comes when former president Monroe Eagle Cole (Gene Hackman) comes to visit his rival in the mayoral race in Mooseport, Maine, Handy Harrison (Ray Romano) at the latters hardware store. As he prepares to step into Harrisons ramshackle office for a private chat, the secret service agent doing… Read More »
EUROTRIP
It’s not like we go to a film like EUROTRIP expecting a considered examination of the human condition. We don’t go for a dazzling display of verbal acuity and trenchant wit. We don’t even go for the lovely scenery, though Czech Republic, which stands in for all of Europe except The Louvre and Amsterdam, does… Read More »
STARSKY & HUTCH
I think I know what happened here. Someone came up with three really good jokes and decided that an entire film could be created around them. For insurance, that same someone decided to slap those jokes into a big-screen version of a 70s television series, hoping that the identification would also bring in a ready-made… Read More »
THE PRINCE AND ME
It is eminently fitting that THE PRINCE AND ME includes a scene where all-American heroine Paige (Julia Stiles) gives incognito Danish prince Edward (Luke Mably) a lesson in how to do laundry. This occasionally whimsical potboiler churns suds like an industrial washing machine spiffing up 100 pounds of bland with almost as much soft soap. Think… Read More »
SCOOBY DOO 2 — MONSTERS UNLEASHED
The Gods of Cinema have not been kind to us, their loyal acolytes, and so it is that there is SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED, a film in which much time, money, and effort was expended so that a computer-generated dog could fart. Its not just a bad movie, it is one that, considering SCOOBY… Read More »
GREENFINGERS
There are many reasons to see GREENFINGERS. Its a pleasant little bit of British escapism, based on a true story, that charms with its odd premise, keen sense of justice, and sharp humor as it delivers a sweet little love story. But right at the top of the list of reasons has to be its star,… Read More »
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