Est. 1998
“No pain!” If you watch the film, you’re gonna hear that many, many times. But don’t believe it. There is pain in this third sequel to the Oscar-winning 1976 flick that launched Sylvester Stallone‘s career. It’s all about boxing, machismo and testosterone! Man, I wish the 1980s would never have ended. Reagan, Rocky, Rambo… The President had balls, and so did the action heroes! Movies…
Blake is an aspiring actor who just can’t get a break, even though he seems to have all talents. Beside acting, he dances, he sings, he plays piano… He’s still probably very well remunerated since he lives in one humongous multi-leveled apartment. Blake has a really special relation with his sick mother. Yeah… a great guy, ey? Well, his girlfriend Carla thinks so anyway. Oh,…
How do you review the most anticipated and hyped movie of all time? I think it’s essential to position yourself towards it. I, for one, am not a Star Wars fanatic. I think that George Lucas‘ series is well crafted and very entertaining (especially “the Empire Strikes Back”), but many movies left a much bigger impression on me. Hence, I wasn’t that excited about this…
Why am I just seeing this now? Why didn’t I go see it when it came out in theatres last year? I guess it’s only that there are so many movies which come out every year, heck, every week, that even a film critic can’t see it all. But it’s frustrating when I finally watch a movie on video six months down the road and…
Movie Infos Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Year: 2001 Director: Chris Columbus I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed such frenzy for a series of books. Kids who hate reading are devouring them novels, as are their parents who enjoy them as much. And then there’s even tons of people my age who’ve shed their young adult cynicism and cool and allowed themselves to…
What a brilliant concept: to educate kids with the use of the two things they can’t get enough, cartoons and music. Now, 30 years after these dynamic shorts were introduced into ABC’s Saturday morning children’s programming, “Schoolhouse Rock!” is back in the form of a two-disc DVD compilation of every song created by the original team. I myself remember “Schoolhouse Rock!” even though it was…
One of the things I hate most about critics as a group is their bullying tendencies. You know, how they’ll regularly gang up on an actor (Tom Cruise, anyone?) or a filmmaker (like M. Night Shyamalan, in the case here) and all go out of their way to slam not only their work, but them as individuals? For chrissakes, one of the first review blurbs…
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton have been married for many years, and their lives aren’t as exciting as they once were. They live in New York, they’re intellectuals, they make good money and they’ve spent a lot of time with shrinks. They still love each other, but they might be tempted to have affairs. Allen’s editing the book of a sensual, brilliant woman played by…
Movie Infos Title: The Phantom Rating: Year: 1996 Director: Simon Wincer Starring: Billy Zane Treat Williams Kristy Swanson Catherine Zeta-Jones James Remar … Super-heroes films usually suck because studio execs almost always try to cheapen the characters, like pitching Spawn to the video game generation with tons of computer FX or turning the Dark Knight into a cereal tie-in. The people behind “The Phantom” fortunately…
For some reason, Troma Studios president Lloyd Kaufman really really hates Nancy Meyers. When I attended his Make Your Own Damn Movie! master class last summer, he mentioned her previous film What Women Want at least ten times as an example of everything that is wrong with Hollywood and moviegoing audiences. I guess Meyers’ films do qualify as “baby food shite”, mainstream pap, shameless star…