Est. 1998
Kevin L.: This is not a popular belief, but it’s true: over his last five pictures, M. Night Shyamalan has created one of the most consistent and thematically rich film cycles of the decade. Forget his boast that he’s “made four studio movies, super-personal, from [his] original screenplays [that] are the most successful four consecutive originals Hollywood has had in the last decade.” I’m not…
There tends to be too much hyperbole in film criticism in general and in online criticism in particular, but here’s a case where it’s fully justified. Some of my favorite movies are personal picks and their genius is not necessarily widely appreciated. But “Apocalypse Now” is everything anyone could ever hope for in a motion picture, whether you’re into the surreal madness of international maverick…
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg‘s classic movie did not invent adventure, as it was largely inspired by old serials, pulp magazines and B-movies, but it certainly revamped our conception of big screen adventure. Even “Star Wars” from a few years before wasn’t as relentlessly exciting, and one could argue that very few movies have been since either. Not that they haven’t tried to crack the…
Movie Infos Title: Rushmore Rating: Year: 1998 Director: Wes Anderson Writer: Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson Starring: Jason Schwartzman Bill Murray Olivia Williams Brian Cox Mason Gamble … Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman)’s life is centered around Rushmore, one of the best private schools in the country. Not that he’s any good in class; he’s one of the worst students. Or not that he’s any popular; he’s…
I don’t think I’ve ever identified this much with a high school movie. Which is not to say that this is the best I’ve ever seen. To name only one title, “Say Anything” is probably the crowning achievement in the genre but, as much as I’d like to think I was like Lloyd Dobbler when I was 17, um, no. I was way more like…
Ah Tony Scott… king of schlock filmmaking. Yet this ain’t a film from the 80s Tony Scott from the “Top Gun” days, but the slightly edgier, more stylish 90s Tony Scott, post-“True Romance” (his collaboration with Tarantino). Of course, this is still a Jerry Bruckheimer production, so the film is lightning fast and action packed, but it has an intriguing plot and it’s even rather…
Lauren Ambrose – Claire Fisher Michael C. Hall – David Fisher Peter Krause – Nate Fisher Frances Conroy – Ruth Fisher Six Feet Under – “Pilot” (2001, Alan Ball)92 “How’s it going?” “Great, great. My father’s dead, my mom’s a whore, my brother wants to kill me and my sister’s on crack.” I waited a long time to jump on the “Six Feet Under”…
How do you turn what begins as a romantic comedy about a middle-aged widower who decides to hold auditions to find himself a new wife into a gory mindfuck that would shock even David Lynch? Ask Takashi Miike, whose viscerally intense “Audition” did just that, dealing with “issues of trust and betrayal between a man and a woman” and all kinds of messed up insanity…
Before their release, certain movies seem to have it all: the best actors, the most exciting premise, and an awesome preview. Once those movies open in theaters though, most of them turn out to be disappointing flops; movies that could but didn’t. Vantage Point, with its cast and premise, sets the bar high for itself. After all, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver…
1978 I Wanna Hold Your Hand 32 [ Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust, but 40 years ago it was in full outbreak as the Fab Four first came to the US to play the Ed Sullivan Show. This movie is about girls who will do anything to meet their idols. It’s played for laughs, but I found this tale of stalking and obsession…