All that THE RING asks of us is to bide our time until the dynamite last 20 minutes or so, when all questions are answered, all patience is rewarded, and the preparations for the sequel can begin. For the other 95 minutes, we must watch an interesting premise made as bland and colorless as the rain-washed streets… Read More »
RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS
Okay, Ill admit it. Until now, I have been immune to the acting charms of Drew Barrymore. Actually bemused, disconcerted, and frankly puzzled would be a better way to describe it. Sure, shes cute as a bugs ear and sweet as a honey pie, but a screen presence? No, I just didnt see it. Then… Read More »
THE ZOOKEEPER
THE ZOOKEEPER is an unjustly overlooked film about bitter regret and unexpected redemption told in the starkest possible terms. Released in 2001, it features a towering performance by Sam Neill in the title role as Ludovic, former Communist party true believer now tending to the municipal zoo in an unnamed war-torn eastern European country suffering… Read More »
THE ZOOKEEPER
THE ZOOKEEPER is an unjustly overlooked film about bitter regret and unexpected redemption told in the starkest possible terms. Released in 2001, it features a towering performance by Sam Neill in the title role as Ludovic, former Communist party true believer now tending to the municipal zoo in an unnamed war-torn eastern European country suffering… Read More »
NO SUCH THING
You have to take filmmaker Hal Hartly on his own terms. His is a vision of deliberately slow pacing, and dialogue that is spare but pithy, rife with wit. As a result, his deliciously eccentric, stylized films are like no one else’s. You either love them or you hate them. It’s as simple as that.… Read More »
RESIDENT EVIL
I have three words for you and they will determine whether or not RESIDENT EVIL is the film youve waited all your life to see. Ready? Barbequed Doggie Zombies. If your heart just skipped a beat and you find yourself atingle with anticipation, then I wish you good luck and God speed and theres no… Read More »
CLOSET, THE
French filmmaker Francis Veber is one of the finest filmmakers working today. The reason, I suspect that his is not a household name here in the United States like, say, Truffaut or Goddard, is that Veber has chosen to use comedy to examine the human condition. Yet there is more about what it’s like to… Read More »
ROCK STAR
Mark Wahlberg looks yummy in tight leather pants and thats a good thing because theres not much else to recommend his latest flick, ROCK STAR. Its the standard tale of the dangers of getting what you wish for, of the hollowness of a life of too much sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Fortunately, he… Read More »
WAKING LIFE
WAKING LIFE is that rarest of films, one that is unique. Take one slacker and cycle him, or at least his consciousness, through a series of conversations, lectures really, by devotes of different philosophies. But more, take the film footage and put it through an animation technique called interpolated rotoscoping and what you get is,… Read More »
FRAILTY
In the opening scene of FRAILTY, a man calls his brother and tells him that the world is full of demons. He then takes a gun and blows his brains out. Like the film itself, this scene is telling the truth and lying at that same time. The intricate plotting of this disturbing Southern gothic… Read More »
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