Est. 1998
Krimo (Osman Elkharraz), a fifteen year old living in an HLM cité outside of Paris, dreams of going around the world on a sailboat with his parents. It’s not for anytime soon though, what with his father being in jail and his mother slaving away in a supermarket… In the meantime, Krimo goes to school, hangs out with his buddies, nothing special. He’s got this…
“L.A. Confidential” is the closest thing to a classic cop movie you could imagine, a throwback to a few decades ago. I mean, these days, movies seem more fond of gangsters. The only cop movies we see are big action comedies à la “Lethal Weapon”. Maybe that’s why this film is set in the 50s, in and around Hollywood, as the respectable image of the…
Crom knows I love homoerotic ’80s action flicks, but somehow I’d never seen “Road House” until now. What finally convinced me to stop putting away watching what I knew was one of the classic guy movies of my generation (along with personal favorites like Die Hard, Predator, etc.) was when I learned that they were releasing a Deluxe Edition DVD that included an unlikely commentary…
Nicolas Cage stars as Rick Santoro, a crooked detective from Atlantic City, as well as a terrific character. Not many characters have such an elaborate evolution through a film. Santoro is first presented to us as a corrupt cop with a taste for women, gambling and boxing. When he goes to this big title fight, it’s simply to have a good time and maybe score…
Movie Infos Title: Bedazzled Year: 2000 Director: Harold Ramis I really, really loved this movie. Oh, sure, it’s not “Touch of Evil” or anything, but man do you come out of the theater with a huge smile on your face, a numb feeling in the jaw and even warm fuzzy butterflies in your heart. Yup, Harold Ramis did it again. The man who gave us…
Sylvester Stallone stars as Freddy Hefflin, the fat, sad and bored Sheriff of Garrison, a small New Jersey town inhabited by NYPD cops. Hefflin would want to be a real cop, but an hearing problem keeps him off the force. So he just keeps on doing his job without enthusiasm. He doesn’t even seem to notice that the town of Garrison is extremely corrupted. It…
What’s hilarious about Jiminy Glick, the jolly fat fellow with the erratically pitched voice Martin Short personifies in Comedy Central’s Primetime Glick, is how he makes the usually hyper polished and antiseptic celebrity interview format implode. Unlike other press junket reporters who are all about kissing movie star ass, Glick is bored, disrespectful and generally incoherent – he goes against the whole prepackaged marketing game…
Movie Infos Title: 8 Mile Year: 2002 Director: Curtis Hanson Starring: Marshall Mathers III … Marshall Mathers III, better known as rap superstar Eminem, is decidedly a controversial figure. You’ve heard his detractors: he’s vulgar! violent! misogynist! homophobic! racist! That’s all hogwash. Sure, the guy’s got issues, he’s got a bad temper and apparently a lot of trouble with women (at least with his mom…
“This isn’t about women’s lib, kitties, this is about women’s libido! Not since Brian De Palma’s “Carrie” do I recall a movie about teenage girls starting with such an overt depiction of the outset of puberty. I mean, the first shot of “The Runaways” literally shows a drop of blood falling to the ground from between Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning)’s legs, as she gets her…
Here I am, nervous as hell, waiting for a call from the man himself, Kevin Smith, to talk about his brilliant Clerks II DRING! Hello. Hi, I’m looking for a Kevin. Speaking – wait a second, I’ll put you on speakerphone… CLICK! Aww, crap. Yeah, I hung up on Kevin Smith. Thankfully, he was kind enough to call my stupid ass back! DRING! Hello? Hi,…