Friday, August 22 2008
Hamlet 2
Dana's inability to parse the difference between acting and living is put to several tests in Hamlet 2, which is not only the name of his movie but also the title of the audacious play he writes for his students to perform.
Thursday, May 1 2008
The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008
Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.
Wednesday, January 10 2007
The Knights of Prosperity / In Case of Emergency
So here's the pitches I imagine occurred for ABC's new sitcoms: What if Danny Ocean looked and acted like Homer Simpson and not George Clooney? Or, what if the high school valedictorian ended up a masseuse at Korean "massage" parlor?
Monday, July 12 2004
Never Die Alone (2004)
'I look older in person than I come across on film,' observes DMX while watching himself in Never Die Alone.
Friday, March 26 2004
Never Die Alone (2004)
King's funeral opens Never Die Alone, but his throbbing self-consciousness drives it.
Thursday, October 31 2002
The Grey Zone (2002)
This crepuscular work offers the most realistic depiction of the infernal workings of a Nazi death camp ever seen in a fiction film.
Thursday, July 18 2002
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
The we-love-'50s-giant bug-movies homage by Independence Day and Godzilla makers.
Sunday, January 1 1995
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Even the magnetic Ice T -- who has about three minutes on screen as a super-sneery mercenary and who has notoriously bad taste when it comes to picking scripts -- looks like he's made an unusually bad decision with '3000 Miles to Graceland'.
