Like a group therapy session with no psychologist in sight (unless that scary principal counts), The Breakfast Club is often considered the Most Meaningful of all the John Hughes teen movies. And while that very well might be the case, that doesn’t necessarily make it the best of those movies; that prize would most likely […]
The story of Bridget Jones’s Diary tracks our title character during the 32nd year of her life, one dominated by menial work, too much drinking/smoking/eating, and most notably, the lack of a meaningful relationship. Renée Zellweger has clearly and bravely gained the 20 requisite pounds to play the chubby-cheeked Bridget, who repeated resolves to get
Renée Zellweger has lost all 25 pounds of her Bridget Jones weight, vamped her way through Chicago, chunked up again for Cold Mountain, waifed away for Down with Love, and finally put all that weight back on for her long-awaited return to the role of an insecure Brit one which she swore she’d never perform
There’s a point about 35 minutes into Bring It On where you suddenly realize you’re sitting in a movie theater, watching Bring It On, wondering exactly how the hell the events in your life conspired to put your ass in an uncomfortable movie theater seat to watch Bring It On. But soon you give up,
More than a decade after Steve Martin lost control of his own home in Housesitter, another of his patented Poor Sap characters is in similar trouble. This time, instead of a spunky, conniving Goldie Hawn acting as unwanted tenant, a sassy, street-smart, badass Queen Latifah is movin’ on up. Thankfully, Martin and Latifah make for
They say every dog has his day but not Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy), the unluckiest man in Vegas. He always loses, no matter what the odds. For starters, his wife divorced him, both his son and his cat ran away, the plants in his apartment are all dead, and he can never sleep because
When the core of our planet stops spinning on its axis – a reason is given, though it makes little sense – a motley crew of hastily-trained scientists must accompany two astronauts (Bruce Greenwood, Hilary Swank) to the Earth’s center so they can jump-start our globe using nuclear weapons. Casually brilliant college professor Josh Keyes
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
