If you were to write a screenplay about a drug dealer who has just 24 hours of freedom left before he begins a seven year prison sentence, what would you have him do? Repent? Fashion an elaborate escape? Have plenty of sex? That’s probably why you haven’t authored any Oscar quality screenplays. Writer David Benioff, […]
If you’re ready to buy in to the writer as alcoholic cliché, you should just love 28 Days, which pulls out every stereotype in the book. Sandra Bullock stars as Gwen, the aforementioned drunk writer (living, naturally, in New York City), who ruins her sister’s wedding by insulting her during the toast, falling on the
Billy Crystal’s 61* explains why baseball is more than a sport it’s a legacy. I’ve always seen sports as simple games people play. Sure, those guys out there on the field have talent, but why do athletes get paid more than doctors, teachers, and scientists? Do teachers spend a large portion of their lives hundreds
If any film embodies what most film school wannabes aspire to make it’s Fellini’s 8 1/2. That’s not to say the film is without merit though some complain it is self-indulgent and ultimately without meaning it is in fact a seminal work of cinema. In other words, those film school geeks know a good thing
The movie starts with a freestyle rap battle, which is kind of like a boxing match held during a taping of Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam. Eminem’s the challenger, but he backs down without rapping, and loses. It looks like he’s got stage fright, but I know better. Eminem’s not scared of nothing. People call
The title: Angela’s Ashes refers to cigarettes and not cremation. If someone had told me this before I had entered the film, I might have enjoyed it more than I did. Then again, if someone had told me about the rest of the film, I might have asked for a final cigarette before going in
The full title of this film, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, is a sly reference to the documentary Pornstar The Legend of Ron Jeremy and might indicate a subtle referential humor on the filmmakers’ part. But that’s about as inside as the jokes get. This film is more invested in making you laugh at
Painted in the colors of rust, Alejandro González Iñarritu’s Amores Perros is a hard edged epic of interconnected lives in the mean streets of Mexico City. This has become a popular trend in independent films such as Wonderland and The Five Senses, not to mention big budget blockbusters like Traffic. By blending different scenarios, there’s
An American Werewolf in London, perhaps the best known werewolf movie of modern times, was one of the first 80s-style horror movies to attempt to move beyond the genre. It is (unlike Halloween, which was simply an attempt to make Psycho bloodier and faster) fiercely original, a cultural comedy (it parts off shots on both
Picking up three years after American Pie 2, we find pastry-loving Jim (Jason Biggs) and band-camper Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) graduating from college and still in love. A wedding is deemed in order, which brings back Jim’s pals Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), and Stifler (Seann William Scott) to plan the blessed event.
