Est. 1998
The premise (and the tagline) of “The Family Man” is “What if?”, which is a throwback to quite a few other movies, like the little seen “Mr. Destiny” for instance, but in reverse. In that film, James Belushi played a middle class family man who gets a glimpse of what his life would have been like if he had become rich and successful. Here, Nicolas…
Robin Williams seems two have two acting gears: there’s the hilarious but hardly subtle clown we see in stupid comedies, but he can also be a wonderfully touching, intense and endearing lead actor, as his Oscar-winning turn in “Good Will Hunting” confirmed. In this new film, he’s just right. He makes you laugh, cry and… think ? Well, not really, but you can’t ask for…
One of the most vivid memories of my childhood is how, every other Saturday morning, my little brother and I spent hours playing with our G.I. Joe action figures, turning the living room into a war zone and making up epic tales of good versus evil. We also watched the cartoon, and I remember having a few issues of the comic books lying around the…
Remember that name: Christopher Nolan. Just as a young American filmmaker named Bryan Singer made his mark 6 years ago with a nifty little puzzle of a movie, namely “The Usual Suspects”, British writer-director Nolan’s second feature (after the little seen “Following”) is sure to make people pay attention to his work from now on. In fact, between the two somehow similarly twisted crime…
Movie Infos Title: Black Hawk Down Rating: Year: 2001 Director: Ridley Scott “I’m here to kick some ass!” (actual quote) bang bang bang “Shoot them skinnies!” bang bang bang “Ohmigod…” “Chill dude, this is war, people die.” “Oh, I see.” THE ENDThere, I just saved you ten bucks, and this is one less ticket of encouragement for humourless, pretentious old Ridley Scott. Okay, I’m pushing…
Movie Infos Title: Monster’s Ball Year: 2001 Director: Marc Forster Writer: Milo Addica, Will Rokos Starring: Billy Bob Thornton Halle Berry Heath Ledger Peter Boyle P. Diddy … Time: 111 min. Genre: Drama / Crime / Family / Thriller / Romance Some movies take a while to grab you. Sometimes it even takes repeated viewings. Then you’ve got movies which, from the very first shot,…
This is exactly the kind of film that I find myself arguing about over and over. I can already picture the endless debates I’ll have with friends who’ll insist that this is a masterpiece and won’t be happy with my feeling that it’s good but not great. That’s the silliest thing about it: it’s not even a true disagreement where one loves something and the…
The movie starts with a bang – a finger-bang, that is. Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), everyone’s favorite killer slut novelist, is in a sports car doing 110 mph with a drugged up footballer who’s bending clit like Beckham and, just as she’s orgasming, they drive off a bridge straight into a river. Tramell manages to get out of the car, but her soccer star lover…
Often times, we the little folks (so to speak) will envy the “beautiful people”, the “stars” pouting on the cover of magazines, prancing on stages or acting out on TV. What we don’t always realise is that whatever problems you got don’t vanish because you become famous. This is the central theme of this performance, taped on July 21st 2001 for MTV’s Unplugged series and…
Shakes is, well, a clown, but he’s not your regular happy-happy-joy-joy clown. Alcoholic and full of anger, it’s a wonder why people hire him for their kid’s birthday party. Maybe it’s because behind the foul language and the puking, he’s a darn good clown! You gotta admit that’s an original and appealing premise. Unfortunately, it’s so badly developed. The film was written and directed by…