Est. 1998
Movie Infos Title: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Year: 2002 Director: Steven Spielberg If we had to pick the filmmaker who had the biggest influence on world-wide audiences in the last 25 years, no doubt Steven Spielberg would be the one. Is there another director who made as much box-office smashes and critical successes, often both at the same time? “Jaws” (1975) might have been the first…
Henry Hill: “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” Wiseguys are not called that for nothing. They’re taking chances, making lots of money and living the big life. People respect the Mob, that’s not new. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) doesn’t want to be a dumbass loser who works from 9 to 5. He’s gonna be one of the…
Movie Infos Title: Pleasantville Year: 1998 Director: Gary Ross Writer: Gary Ross Starring: Tobey Maguire Reese Witherspoon Jeff Daniels Joan Allen William H. Macy … What’s better? A so-so film with an original concept or a really fun movie with an unoriginal plot? “Pleasantville” starts with an interesting premise but unfortunately, Gary Ross directs his film into a marshmallow-coated, undemanding feature instead of really trying…
UPDATE! The festival ended yesterday as the awards were announced. AMERICAN SPLENDOR won the Comedia-Just for Laughs Audience Prize, with LA GRANDE SEDUCTION being named best French feature. 07/21/03 ********************** This will be the 7th year of the film portion of Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival. From July 10th to the 20th, Comedia will screen “wacky adventures, bittersweet romance, mobster capers, wisecracking buddy pictures, feverish…
Lester Burham (Kevin Spacey) hates his life. Where has the fun of his youth gone? Things used to be so easier, and now he’s trapped in a boring office job, which he leaves only to return to his alienating suburbia neighborhood to a wife (Annette Bening) who cares more about their furniture than him and a daughter (Thora Birch) who hates his guts. An insecure…
Rebecca: Wow, this is so bad, it’s almost good. Enid: This is so bad, it’s gone past good and back to bad again. (from “Ghost World”) This movie is beyond anything you could imagine. As such, it might grow into a cult classic… Or just be remembered as a spectacularly misguided venture, who knows? To give you an idea, it’s as if Troma produced…
“Dolemite is my name, fucking up motherfuckers is my game!” Words of wisdom from Rudy Ray Moore, self-proclaimed Godfather of Rap and best stand up comedian in the world. I don’t know how much of this is true and how much has to do with the guy being full of shit, but I have to admit he’s a real character! I saw him performing live…
“In the year 2046, every railway network spreads the globe. A mysterious train leaves for 2046 every once in a while. Every passenger who goes to 2046 has the same intention. They want to recapture lost memories. Because nothing ever changes in 2046. Nobody really knows if that’s true because nobody’s ever come back. Except me.” Thus opens “2046”, Wong Kar-Wai’s latest cinematic experiment and…
What is it with Bobby De Niro? Doesn’t he feel like Acting anymore? Isn’t he tired of poking fun at his tough-guy persona in umpteen comedies or giving unearned credibility to B-movies, allowing them to boast that they star an “Academy Award Winner”? The man used to be Scorsese’s fetish actor and now he’s playing second banana to Dakota Fanning? How the mighty fall! I…
Movie Infos Title: Out of Sight Year: 1998 Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Scott Frank Starring: George Clooney Jennifer Lopez Don Cheadle Ving Rhames Michael Keaton … Jack Foley is a very successful criminal who has robbed more than 200 banks without ever using a gun. Still, he lacked luck a few times and spent his share of time in jail. As the story begins, he’s…