Movie Infos Title: Strictly Sinatra Rating: Year: 2001 Director: Peter Capaldi Writer: Peter Capaldi Time: 97 min. Genre: Romantic comedy/Gangster Drama Here’s a pretty good little Scottish film which could be a spin-off of The…
Date Archives 2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
“I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” is a perfect example of a comedy that, despite its good intentions, fails to explore a controversial issue because it completely surrenders to idiotic jokes and…
The Fighter
Early on, “The Fighter” star/producer Mark Wahlberg approached Martin Scorsese to direct the film. Then Darren Aronofsky was attached for a while, but ended up stepping down, though he’s still credited as an executive producer….
Lethal Weapon 2
In “Scream 2”, when these film students are arguing about sequels, they’re way off the track. They seem to settle on “The Godfather part 2” as the best sequel ever, but they don’t even mention…
FANTASIA 2011
Red State (Kevin Smith)88 [ Inspired by Fred Phelps, the Westboro Baptist Church and their bullshit “God Hates Fags” campaign, but also by the Waco siege and the U.S. government’s post-9/11 excesses, Smith has put…
2017 log (4)
(1 Apr) The Fifth Element (1997, Luc Besson)91 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (1 Apr) Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016, Jake Szymanski)36 [ I enjoy a dumb, vulgar comedy as much as…
Bamboozled
Spike Lee’s back, with a vengeance. After a string of forgettable joints, Lee finally gets his groove back with this no holds barred satire, his best film since “Malcolm X”. Here’s a movie that might…
Maggie Cheung
MAGGIE CHEUNG has acted in 75 films, but she says she only likes 10 of them and is only proud of 3: “Comrades – Almost a Love Story”, “Clean” and “In the Mood for Love”….