It has been quite a while since "Bride Of Chucky" stirred up horror fans and elevated the killer doll franchise to new heights, thanks to an imaginative story, a wonderfully paced film and atmospheric cinematography. Even though Ronny Yu has not [...]
Since I thoroughly enjoyed Steven Soderbergh’s remake of "Ocean’s Eleven" I was eager to see its sequel, "Ocean’s Twelve" as well. Immediately Soderbergh once again makes it clear that he is not working with standard formulas. [...]
Let’s just get this out of the way before we start: Annette Bening was robbed at this year’s Oscars. While the individual eventually awarded the statuette gave a terrific performance in their film (so I don’t name names), it just can’t hold a [...]
Wes Anderson has a different kind of humor. The director and writer of films such eccentric comedies as "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "Rushmore" is back with his latest film, "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou." Multi-faceted [...]
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are once again applying their crude humor to a feature film as opposed to some South Park episode. And once again the result is a remarkable and hilarious movie that breaks with all convention and has a very distinct signature. [...]
We should be thankful that TV shows are as successful on DVD as they are. Many of the smaller shows are suddenly outperforming their broadcast days and become new fan favorites and the focus of the DVD publishers on these TV releases make it possible to [...]
Directed by John Irvin, "Widows Peak" is one of those whimsical films that will have you smile, giggle and laugh for its entire running length, and well beyond as you begin to re-iterate scenes from the film in your mind over. It is not a [...]
Alexander Payne, the director of films such as "About Schmidt" takes us on another little road trip, filled with comic moments of the subtle kind. "Sideways" is the story of two friends taking a week off before one of them is to be [...]
I have always had a lot of affection for "Around the World in 80 Days", although I do recognize that the film could never be considered high art. Nowadays, modern audiences seem to have very little interest in this movie, but as far as I’m [...]
