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Thursday, January 15 2009

OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008

There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!


Friday, January 4 2008

One Missed Call (2008)

What is Ed Burns up to?


Friday, September 28 2007

Moonlight

It looks like an excess of darkness in Moonlight, both literally and figuratively.


Wednesday, May 2 2007

Networks are still toying with viewers


Tuesday, January 9 2007

Dirt

Apparently, this is how you do dirt in Hollywood. Surfaces seem bright and pretty until they're subjected to the grainy, garish tabloid long-lens shot.


Friday, August 26 2005

Undiscovered (2005)

A non-meeting on a subway platform serves as the first scene in the exceptionally uninteresting Undiscovered.


Thursday, September 11 2003

The Order (2003)

'We're the Catholic Pete, Linc, and Julie.'"


Thursday, October 10 2002

The Rules of Attraction (2002)

Attraction is not comprised of rules, only missed opportunities.


Thursday, February 28 2002

40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

'40 Days and 40 Nights' is a love story, yes, about a boy and his penis.


Sunday, January 1 1995

A Knight’s Tale (2001)

They hold this discussion against the backdrop of a couple of dead bodies, one hanged and still dangling, the other in a cage suspended from the same scaffolding. The meaning is clear: life (and death) in this time and place kind of sucks if you're not of 'noble birth.'"


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