Friday, August 29 2008
What We Do Is Secret
The faux interview preserves Darby Crash's self-image, the reenactment in What We Do Is Secret remembers the preservation.
Monday, June 11 2007
Hostel II (2007)
At first, the girls in Hostel II don't look as eager to be victims as did the boys in Hostel.
Wednesday, May 2 2007
Monkey Business (Part 2: June)
Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.
Thursday, July 15 2004
The Door in the Floor (2004)
Mimi Rogers plays a John Irving trademark, the self-hating and much humiliated woman as wholly irritating 'comic' device.
Thursday, June 6 2002
Tart (2001)
Tart is another in a long line of unoriginal attempts to explore one girl's desire to fit in.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Black and White (2000)
'I'm a kid in America, I can do whatever I want.' Jutting her chin at the camera, New York City high schooler Charlie (Bijou Phillips) mouths off to her stuffy-suit dad, who's been pestering her about where she goes after school.
