How many times have we seen this movie now? The old slacker friend moves in with his recently married/successful friend for hijinks and a moral lesson. Is this really the best entertainment Hollywood has to offer for a peak mid-summer release? You, Me and Dupree sloshes through 108 minutes of… Continue reading
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest certainly has a darker side than its predecessor, 2003’s The Curse of the Black Pearl, but that won’t stop me from making a general and simplistic statement: If you liked Black Pearl, you’ll like this one. The same goes for if you disliked… Continue reading
It would be safe to say that I represent the demographic that everyone involved with The Devil Wears Prada could care less about. I’m male, I’m twenty-four, I know nothing about fashion, and on top of that I find the industry to be a cancer on contemporary culture. So it… Continue reading
If anyone out there ever had any doubts as to whether Superman was a metaphor for Jesus Christ, those doubts will be quickly quashed after viewing Superman Returns. Superman’s only weakness appears to be that he’s a human with the power to lift up a boat and stop a crashing… Continue reading
“I’m Al Gore and I used to be the next President of the United States.” So it goes every time Gore begins his global warming slide show presentation; a presentation that he has given over one thousand times, according to himself. Global warming has always been Gore’s bread and butter,… Continue reading
The Hollywood mis-marketing machine strikes again! Touted as a signature Adam Sandler comedy in the trailers, Click is actually a heavy-handed drama that uses up its comedy points in the first thirty minutes. Those going in expecting Happy Gilmore Gets A Remote will be gravely disappointed. That’s not to say… Continue reading
Nacho Libre serves as further evidence to the theory that people will laugh at anything as long as they expect to. I thoroughly hated director Jared Hess’ now-cult classic, Napoleon Dynamite, but now Hess returns with a movie that actually makes Dynamite seem remotely watchable. It doesn’t take much research… Continue reading
The notion of talking cars just isn’t nearly as fun or intriguing as that of animals, dolls, or even plastic army men. Undoubtedly caught up in the raging popularity of Nascar, Pixar has chosen to utilize automobiles as their source material in the uneven, but nevertheless entertaining Cars. The film… Continue reading
The Omen, although a remake, may be a cinematic first – a film whose entire existence can be attributed to a date. The three 6’s for which the series of films (starting with 1976’s original of the same name) are so well-known are given prominent placement not only in this… Continue reading
Am I the only one who has noticed that stars usually hook up and start relationships while making really crappy movies? Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger seeing sparks during the filming of The Getaway remake, Antonio Banderas… Continue reading