Features
Wednesday, April 29 2009
Summer of Same: July 2009
In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures.
Reviews
Friday, July 9 2010
'Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief' Needs a Bit More Voltage
This is a rare case of a film that could have used another 15-minutes to build its characters and emotional relationships.
Monday, February 15 2010
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
While Grover is loyal and intelligent and even, on occasion, right, he is also the black kid, reduced to vernacular and other stereotyping.
Friday, July 10 2009
I Love You, Beth Cooper
I Love You, Beth Cooper is yet another in the long line of shameless knock-offs being shoveled into theaters near you.
Wednesday, April 16 2008
Mrs. Doubtfire
This film about a charmingly warped, desperate, and divorced dad in drag has held up well 15 years after its original release.
Wednesday, November 23 2005
Rent (2005)
The song, 'Rent', names its own dilemma, how to make melodrama and artifice compelling when experience has turned so sensational and illusory?"
Blogs
Monday, November 15 2010
Pottering Around
The Star Wars and Lord of the Rings film franchises are revered by millions. Harry Potter? Not so much. The question, of course, is 'why?'
Sunday, February 21 2010
'Percy Jackson' is Slick, Superficial...and Subpar
Ah, Chris Columbus, you interminable franchise-mongerer. Having done nothing of real worth, commercially or in terms of entertainment, since the first two Harry Potter movies,…
Friday, July 10 2009
You'll Hate 'Beth Cooper'
Apparently, previous accomplishments and past reputation mean nothing in the "what have you done for me lately" world of Hollywood hackdom. Just because you've made…
