Est. 1998
As its title implies, Judd Apatowâs third feature is all about comedians or, more precisely, about how the very people who make a living (or try to anyway) making people laugh are often miserable, pathetic human beings. Itâs the old âsad clownâ clichĂŠ, but maybe clichĂŠs become clichĂŠs because theyâre true? I borrowed that last line from Paul Thomas Anderson, which allows me to segue…
When you see a movie for the first time, youâre discovering everything, and depending of various factors, you come out having enjoyed it or not. With time, you might come to watch the film again, and again, what with video, DVD, cable and so on, and one of two things can happen: either youâll like it more with each viewing, discovering new subtleties, with familiarity…
What better way to kick off a movie year than with an idiotic comedy dumped into January by studio executives who know they have a dud in their hands? Who isnât thrilled by the pairing of Jerry OâConnell as a dumb New York hairstylist and Anthony Anderson as a fat, Black and loud hustler? Not running to the theatre yet? How about Christopher Walken swallowing…
John Hancock: âCall me an asshole one more time.â It isnât fair to write a film off in the first few minutes but you can sometimes get a pretty good sense as to what youâre in store for from the way the film introduces itself. The film opens on an L.A. freeway, where four punks are being chased in their van by countless police…
Movie Infos Title: Peggy Sue got married Year: 1986 Director: Francis Ford Coppola Writer: Jerry Leichting, Arlene Sarner Starring: Kathleen Turner Nicolas Cage Barry Miller Catherine Hicks Maureen McVerry … Â Kathleen Turner stars in Francis Ford Coppola’s romance fantasy as Peggy Sue, a woman in her early forties who just got divorced from her high school sweetheart, Charlie, a salesman who cheated on her with…
Even though I knew what magic Pixar was capable of, from “Toy Story” to “Ratatouille”… Even though I loved Andrew Stanton‘s previous movie, “Finding Nemo”, more than any other Pixar production until now… Even though everything I’d heard or seen about this new picture was promising… Man, did I not expect “WALLâ˘E” to be this amazing! I’m almost tempted to use the m-word, but let’s hold…
The Western is a unique kind of film. I donât think that any other genre follows such rules and patterns, except maybe film noir. Iâm not that big a Western fan, but Iâve enjoyed some of them. My favorite is probably âThe Good, the Bad and the Uglyâ, an exhilarating buddy comedy/war epic/Western from Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood, our last great cowboy. Hence,…
Movie Infos Title: The Blair Witch Project Year: 1999 Director: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo SĂĄnchez  In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary… A year later, their footage was found. That’s it. That’s all you need to know. First of all, there isn’t much more of a plot anyway, and then it’s best to know the…
M. Night Shyamalan is probably the most hated brilliant filmmaker in Hollywood right now. I think this has to do not so much with his films, which are hardly dismissible even if they’re not one’s cup of tea, but with his perceived arrogance. I mean, I get it, it’s kind of obnoxious to hear a guy compare himself to all-time greats like Hitchcock, as Shyamalan did…
1. Baz Luhrmannâs Moulin Rouge! (2001) What else? This film came along very early in the decade and right away, I fell head over heels in love with it, seeing it three times during its opening week â including once with Baz Luhrmann in attendance. You see, the filmmaker had promised to someone that heâd fly to whichever city in North America âMoulin Rougeâ made…