Shopgirl
April 26, 2006
Shopgirl (2005) was marketed as that year’s Lost in Translation (2004) – a love story between a young, idealistic woman and an older, disillusioned man – only it really wasn’t, people seemed to realize this and the film disappeared fairly quickly...
Little Manhattan
April 20, 2006
One of the genuine surprises to be released in 2005 was Little Manhattan, a charming, precious (without overdoing it) Woody Allen-esque ode to New York City for the elementary school set. It asks that age old question do girls mature faster than boys...
The Twelve Chairs
April 18, 2006
Born in 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, Mel Brooks got his start as a stand-up comedian working the resorts circuit in the Catskills. A few years later, he was working as a television writer on various shows for Sid Caesar alongside future comedy legends,...
Moonstruck: Deluxe Edition
April 17, 2006
When MGM first released Moonstruck (1987) on DVD they inexplicably did so with an inferior pan and scan transfer. They’ve rectified this situation with a new deluxe edition that restores its proper aspect ratio and with a collection of new extras. Moonstruck...
3 Films by Louis Malle
April 13, 2006
French filmmaker Louis Malle was born in 1932 in Thumeries which is located in Northern France. He grew up in a wealthy family and attended a Catholic boarding school near Paris at the age of 12. After World War II, Malle studied political science in...
Wonder Showzen: Season 1
April 11, 2006
Last year a battle raged on MTV2 between rival T.V. shows Stankervision and Wonder Showzen on who could be more controversial and offensive. Stankervision apparently won as it was cancelled after one season when sponsors pressured MTV to yank the show...
Controversial Classics Volume 2: The Power of the Media
March 31, 2006
The 1970s was a fertile time for challenging, politically charged movies. Thanks to Easy Rider (1969) a lot of riskier material was getting green-lit by the major Hollywood studios and, in some cases; they were commenting on the current political climate...
Everything is Illuminated
March 28, 2006
Based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated (2005) is about one man’s journey to discover his roots and marks the feature film directorial debut by actor Liev Schreiber. The novel has quite...
That ’70s Show: Season 3
March 27, 2006
As the title suggests this show is set over three decades ago, the time that brought us Kiss, Pong, The Exorcist and Bell Bottoms. If the fashion and decor of the 1970s wasn’t funny enough, it’s a hip comedy as well from the creators of 3rd...
Broken Flowers
March 14, 2006
Bill Murray re-teams with his Coffee & Cigarettes director Jim Jarmusch in a story about a lonely batchelor who seeks out his old flames in an attempt to uncover if he really has a son. There are two kinds of people: people who worship Jarmusch’s...
