Wednesday, April 1 2009
The Princess Bride: Blu-Ray
Reiner and Goldman manage to marry timeless storytelling elements with modern comedic sensibilities in such a way that it will never feel corny, old-fashioned, or dated.
Wednesday, August 6 2008
The Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition
This itself modern through that little smidgen of precocious reflexivity, and a healthy does of kitsch.
Thursday, December 27 2007
The Bucket List
The Bucket List is the sort of movie you can watch in your sleep.
Tuesday, October 9 2007
Part 2 - Outsider Influences
TV was at a standstill. On one side -- the status quo. On the other -- the innovators from outside the mainstream. Guess who ended up winning the 'classics’ argument?
Friday, December 23 2005
Rumor Has It… (2005)
For a couple of minutes, such slippage between movie myths and mythic divas looks like it might turn charming, or maybe clever. But it doesn't.
Thursday, June 19 2003
Alex & Emma (2003)
It is Alex's fantasy into which the film and Emma's seeming interests devolve.
Tuesday, March 25 2003
All in the Family: Second Season
In the case of All in the Family and Sanford and Son, 'groundbreaking' is not an overstatement.
Sunday, January 1 1995
This Is Spinal Tap (1984/2000)
Sixteen years ago, a young filmmaker named Marti DiBergi set out to capture, in his words, 'the sights, the sounds, and the smells' of a workhorse British rock band named Spinal Tap.
