Dreamgirls: Showstopper Edition
May 4, 2007
Based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, Dreamgirls (2006) made the successful jump to the big screen with a big name cast that included the likes of Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles and Eddie Murphy. The film charts the rise of the Dreamettes (later...
Spider-Man 2.1
April 30, 2007
In a blatant attempt to cash in on the theatrical release of Spider-Man 3 (2007), the powers that be have revisited Spider-Man 2 (2004), added eight minutes and re-released it on DVD with the nifty 2.1 moniker and a few new extras so that Spidey completists...
Bobby
April 19, 2007
Bobby (2006) is Emilio Estevez’s comeback from obscurity with an earnest look back at the fateful night Presidential-hopeful Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel on June 4, 1968. Instead of focusing on the man, Estevez creates...
Curse of the Golden Flower
April 16, 2007
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) is a Chinese historical drama about the deeply dysfunctional royal family of the Later Tang Dynasty in the year 922, which was during the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. The film depicts a story filled...
Twin Peaks: Season 2
April 5, 2007
Twin Peaks was the first bonafide pop culture phenomenon of the 1990s as millions of viewers tuned in every week to find out who killed Laura Palmer (Lee) and check out what the quirky inhabitants of this small, northwestern town were up to. After the...
Harsh Times
March 22, 2007
Once again Christian Bale disappears into another role, demonstrating how he is not afraid to play an unlikable character. Jim is certainly an amoral piece of work and Bale attacks the role with his customary gusto playing the character as a cocky, super-confident...
Babel
March 21, 2007
The new wave of Mexican cinema officially arrived in 2006 with the presence of its three most well-known representatives at the 2007 Academy Awards: Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. All three directors had films nominated...
Fast Food Nation
March 21, 2007
Adapted from the non-fiction book of the same name by Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation (2006) is something of a departure for filmmaker Richard Linklater as it is his most overtly political effort – a scathing indictment of the fast food industry as...
Stranger than Fiction
March 12, 2007
At some point in their careers many comedians want to be taken seriously. Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler have all tried their hand at more dramatic fare with varying degrees of success. Lately, Will Ferrell has been making inroads at more...
A Good Year
March 10, 2007
File this film under “what the hell were they thinking?” Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott follow-up their successful collaboration in Gladiator (2000) with A Good Year (2006), a warm and fuzzy mid-life crisis dramedy (?!) that plays out like a sub par...
