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Ah, the 90s. A time of innocence. A tim of awesome movies, where Nirvana and Blink-182 ruled the music scene and Dragons roamed the skies….never mind that last part. It was also a time where animated movies kicked ass, especially superhero animated movies. Now of course, the only good animated …
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm trailer
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I’m not even supposed to be here today. Clerks follows a day in the life of slacker Dante as he runs a hell hole of a convenience store while dealing with various idiots (including best friend Randal), stoners (the now iconic cult duo of Jay and Silent Bob), and disturbing news (his girlfriend…
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When everybody rates a movie as Five Star, calling it one of the greatest ever made, the stakes are high. Expectations of perfection prevail. Expectations, meet Sullivan’s Travels, a perfect Golden Age movie. Sullivan’s Travels is a movie about the movies, about comedies mostly, from whi…
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Lake's legs in Head's costumes
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The hell of war gets chronicled as never before in this stylistic and thematic breakthrough of a movie. Animated though vividly realistic, this grunt’s-eye view of war and its post-traumatic aftermath stands as a postmodern masterpiece, taking its place alongside fictional accounts like "Apocaly…
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Golden Globe acceptance by Ari Folman
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30 Rock is one of the best TV comedies out there. Tina Fey, creator and lead, is a comic genius. When most television shows stop being funny after a while, 30 Rock saves it. The basic premise of the show is about Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) and the SNL-type show she runs called TGS. Every episode has a … |
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One of my all-time favorite movies, this mockumentary follows the reunions of several popular folk bands as they prepare for a concert in NYC. This Christopher Guest movie, along with his other greats (Best In Show, This Is Spinal Tap…
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"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"
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The ability to evoke a profound emotional response is a cinematic ability too often overlooked in a day and age when superficial summer blockbusters get overrated to the nth degree. “Mean Creek,” the superb breakout film of Jacob Aaron Estes, is an independent gem whose ability to tug at the hear… |
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Motown rocks ‘cause of the Funk Brothers: snare rhythms, funky bass, tasty guitar, everything percussive, all from the band behind Smokey and Marvin and Diana and Stevie. Need I say more? Didn’t think so. Let’s get it on. The movie informs us right up front that the Funk Brothers "played on …
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More hits than the Beatles, Stones & ...
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With the upcoming board game movie, Battleship, I decided I’d review this. Clue is the board game movie to end all board game movies. It’s the dumb comedy to end all dumb comedies. This is one of my favorite movies ever. It’s stupid, clever, funny and unpredictable. I’ve seen it many times, and e…
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Delightful bio of golden producer Robert Evans, the man behind The Godfather, Chinatown, Marathon Man, Urban Cowboy, Sliver & How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days – to name some from immortal to shameless. Picked as a movie star himself, while lounging around the Beverly Hills Hotel pool no less, Ev…
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Tinseltown Tales Tantalizingly Well Told
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