If you’re seeking enlightenment on what you think would be a modern reverberation on the timeless Fyodor Dostoyevsky masterpiece, don’t be misled by Crime + Punishment in Suburbia. While the film opens with a quotation from Crime and Punishment, which, I suppose, is intended to lead us to a new interpretation of the book, that’s […]
The 2002 incarnation of The Count of Monte Cristo is a remarkably similar experience, full of pleasing flavors yet probably too rich for everyday consumption but, as with all things, I figure you’ll eat it if you’re hungry enough. Sure enough, in this snail-slow winter movie season, Monte Cristo is just about the best thing
Never mind comic books and video games Believe it or not, Walt Disney’s The Country Bears is (to our knowledge) the first movie based on an amusement park attraction. What’s next, It’s A Small World The Motion Picture? Maybe Journey Through The Hall Of Presidents? In the film, a cub named Beary runs away from
It’s 1993. Some Hollywood bigshot reads an article in GQ magazine about a nutty bar called the Coyote Ugly in Manhattan. They only have women bartenders, see, and they, like, dance on the bar with fire and stuff! And they don’t serve water. If someone orders water they hose down the crowd! Holy mackerel, what
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
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
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,
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
