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Articles tagged "rob reiner" Film DVD ReviewThe Princess Bride: Blu-Rayby Marisa LaScala[1.Apr.09] :. 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.  Film DVD ReviewThe Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Editionby Rebecca Chang[6.Aug.08] :. This itself modern through that little smidgen of precocious reflexivity, and a healthy does of kitsch.  NewsJack of all trades: Nicholson stars as a dying manby Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)][2.Jan.08] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—“Big Jack,” as Jack Nicholson calls his mischievous, Cheshire Cat-grinning, eyebrow-raising, L.A. Lakers-cheering public alter-ego, is sitting on the coffee...  Film ReviewThe Bucket Listby Cynthia Fuchs[27.Dec.07] :. The Bucket List is the sort of movie you can watch in your sleep.  PopMatters Picks: The Best of TV on DVD FeaturePart 2 - Outsider Influencesby PopMatters Staff[9.Oct.07] :. 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? PopMatters Picks: The Best of TV on DVD  Film ReviewRumor Has It… (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Dec.05] :. 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. Stand By Me: Deluxe Edition (1986)by Nikki Tranter[18.Apr.05] :. Stand By Me is always worth celebrating. Alex & Emma (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.Jun.03] :. It is Alex's fantasy into which the film and Emma's seeming interests devolve. All in the Family: Second Seasonby Stephen Tropiano[25.Mar.03] :. In the case of All in the Family and Sanford and Son, 'groundbreaking' is not an overstatement. This Is Spinal Tap (1984/2000)by Jon MunnSixteen 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. The Story of Us (1999)by Cynthia FuchsHere's a terrifying thought: each of the major turning points in your life is reducible to the hairstyle you're wearing at the time. Your graduation, your first job, your marriage, your dead goldfish, your vacation in Italy: all of it is mucked up when filtered through those misty-water-colored memory glasses. If it sounds awful in theory, it's even worse to see it acted out, on a wide screen with lots of close-ups of teary, badly-coifed movie stars backed by a treacly Eric Clapton guitar score. |
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