CHAPTER ONE, in which the inevitable comparison is made While “Manderlay” is indeed the S to the U that was Dogville in Lars von Trier’s United States of America Trilogy and while it does share…
Date Archives June 2014
2014 log (7-8)
(2 Jul) Silver Linings Playbook (2012, David O. Russell) 85 [ I love these recent David O. Russell movies. They take a familiar genre and make it feel fresh and exciting. Here, you’re pretty much dealing…
Coming to America
“Coming to America” is one of the films I’ve watched and enjoyed the most as a kid. It’s as entertaining as it gets. It’s many things at once: a romantic comedy, an hilarious fish-out-of-water story,…
Step Brothers
It’s a pretty common story. Single parents meet and form a new family, which doesn’t always please their kids. This is what happens to Robert (Richard Jenkins) and Nancy (Mary Steenburgen), who each have a…
Little Nicky
Adam Sandler is back, and he’s more retarded than ever! Well, I’m saying this, but I’m a big fan, so what does that make me, ey? On TV in Saturday Night Live, on his comedy…