DMX is a hip-hop legend. With his growling, almost metallic, voice, hyped beats, and rugged hardcore lyrics, he transcends the energy and edginess of urban street culture with a unique hybrid style of rapping, singing, and even barking into the mike. Until now, he’s successfully crossed over into film, portraying ruthlessly savage characters in Belly […]
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A coven of outcast, teenage witches wreaks havoc at a high school. Rarely have I been able to totally boil down the plot of a film so succinctly, but with The Craft, it’s a piece of cake. What, no intricate subplots, you ask? No involved character development? No story progression from one act to the
Crash is one of the more disturbing movies I’ve seen in my lifetime, and although I enjoyed it on an aesthetic level, I find it difficult to recommend to the masses, and I think you’ll see why in a minute. David Cronenberg’s story of a cadre of fetishists who get off on car wrecks and
I have to admit something before I write this review. I am a die-hard conspiracy nut who loves the outrageous claims of betrayals and back-stabbing that the CIA and other governmental agencies have been dealing out like drunken blackjack dealers at Circus Circus for the past 40 years. The only problem is that people like
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When a movie opens on a teenager’s repeated attempts to kill herself, well, you know we’re in for some wild comedy! A darkly black comedy of the trailer trash variety, Waking Up in Reno director Jordan Brady mostly misses with this study of working class malaise, the prison system, teen pregnancy, and closeted homosexuality. Well,
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If you’re a fan of Lindsay Lohan (and God knows why you wouldn’t be), the burgeoning teenage sex symbol, then drop whatever you’re doing and go see Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. She’s in practically every second of the movie wearing an array of flimsy dresses, belly shirts, and tight pants. However, if you’re
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The basic story, based on novel by Alberto Moravia, is this Director Fritz Lang (playing himself) is in the process of directing a film version of Homer’s Odyssey. Lang has already shot some scenes, but his boorish film producer Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance) is upset with the results so he has fired most of the
Control Room, the outstanding new documentary about media coverage on the Iraq war, is required viewing not only for any journalist, but also for anyone who truly believes the news they watch or read. History is written by the winners, and they have plenty of weapons and public relations savvy on hand. It’s March 2003
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Judging from Copycat, there’s more of them than we’re giving credit to. Copycat is the story of a serial killer apparently chasing psychologist Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver). The only problem is, some 13 months earlier, another killer (Harry Connick Jr.) almost got her, and the experience was enough for her to lock herself into her
One has to wonder if Martin Scorsese’s worldview stops at the New Jersey state line. A shocking disappointment, Bringing Out the Dead marks Scorsese’s first film since Kundun, and his first contemporary movie since Casino. So neither of these took place in New York, but Scorsese is so in love with his hometown, it shows
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