Diary of a Mad Black Woman is two different movies in one, with neither working particularly well. On one hand we have a ridiculously heavy-handed drama involving a woman, her rich, abusive husband, and the morally flawless man who wants to be her “knight in shining armor.” Yes, that line… Continue reading
Many will recall The Mask, which was released in 1994 to the tune of a $120 million total box office. It solidified Jim Carrey as a comedic star and launched the career of Cameron Diaz. While the film had an open ending of sorts, I think after about 1997 most… Continue reading
Hide and Seek takes an intriguing first hour of buildup and flushes it down the toilet by downgrading itself to another “killer on the loose” fable that has been done time and again as of late. This is all thanks to, of course, the near-given surprise “twist” that is in… Continue reading
Even the tagline to Are We There Yet? is wrong. Now that may be a first. Throughout the film we are constantly reminded that Nick and the woman he hopes to date by driving her kids from Portland to Vancouver, Suzanne, are not boyfriend and girlfriend. Consider this error foreshadowing… Continue reading
I can’t recall another movie in recent memory that had such an effective ad campaign for a colossal mess. Sure, it happens often, but rarely on this scale. For those who are still a bit foggy about the details of EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon), here’s the basic jist: People who… Continue reading
Darkness is one hell of a god awful mess. Here is a film that wants so badly to be a clever horror film, but fails on virtually every level. It voluntarily chooses to follow the time-dishonored Hollywood wannabe horror film formula: Dark room, loud bangs in the soundtrack, silhouette crosses… Continue reading
Now here is a nasty little piece. In and out of theaters faster than you can say “cheese,” Paparazzi is a surprisingly dark and brooding thriller. Bo Laramie (Hauser) has just become the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. With his film “Adrenaline Force,” he is now at the top of the Hollywood… Continue reading
Anacondas, subtitled The Hunt For The Blood Orchid, is a cataclysmic miscalculation. One may have drawn that conclusion from the equally horrid trailers that have been surfacing, but no, I chose to give it a solid chance because I didn’t find its predecessor, 1997’s Anaconda, to be as bad as… Continue reading
Movie dorks area special kind of breed. Perhaps their greatest accomplishment is capturing the hearts of women who would otherwise step all over them like Lou Piniella and first base (for the baseball junkies). Napoleon Dynamite, based on the crowd at last night’s screening, is no exception, and for the… Continue reading
The numerous fundamental flaws in Envy seem like they should have been caught in the earliest of draft stages for the script. They weren’t, and DreamWorks knew it. After a year of collecting dust in the DreamWorks basement, it will likely do the same thing at your local Best Buy… Continue reading