Prime
March 12, 2006
Ben Younger’s feature film debut was the brash yet hopelessly derivative Boiler Room (2000) that featured a cast of up-and-comers (like Giovanni Ribisi and Vin Diesel). The film spent too much time quoting Wall Street (1987) and trying too hard to be...
Pride and Prejudice
March 10, 2006
Originally titled First Impressions, Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, Pride and Prejudice is considered a classic piece of boy meets girl literature and has already been adapted in to two mini-series (1980 and 1995) and now a second film. The first was...
13 Going on 30: Fun & Flirty Edition
March 7, 2006
Despite the unoriginal premise (the movie Big recast with a woman), 13 Going on 30 (2004) is a very entertaining movie and this is due in large part to its star, Jennifer Garner, who brings to her role loads of charm. This movie is the perfect vehicle...
Elizabethtown
March 7, 2006
Cameron Crowe is something of a rarity in that he’s a filmmaker who makes deeply personal films within the Hollywood system. From his debut with Say Anything (1989) to his best film to date, Almost Famous (2000), he effortlessly blends comedy and drama...
The Tales of Hoffmann
February 25, 2006
Leading British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham conducted the ballet sequence in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948). He proposed filming one of his favourite operas (which he first conducted in 1910), Jacques Offenbach’s Les...
Must Love Dogs
February 24, 2006
Diane Lane is an adept actress who has dabbled in many genres: action (Streets of Fire), art house (Rumble Fish) and thriller (Unfaithful) to name a few. With Must Love Dogs (2005) she takes another crack at the romantic comedy that she last pulled off...
The Baxter
February 23, 2006
The Baxter (2005) is about a nice guy named Elliot Sherman (Showalter). He’s the kind of guy who doesn’t get the girl in the movies. He reads the Dictionary for fun and is an accountant by trade (working for the second best firm in New York City no...
Manhattan
February 20, 2006
After the phenomenal success of Annie Hall (1977), Woody Allen confounded the expectations of his critics and fans with Interiors (1978), which saw him doing his best Ingmar Bergman impression. It was his first dramatic film and while critical reaction...
Dark Shadows
February 20, 2006
While the original Dark Shadows in the late 1960s was very campy, the show’s creator, Dan Curtis, decided to make the ‘90s incarnation a more serious take in the Hammer horror tradition. He is the godfather of TV horror with an impressive resume that...
Dark Shadows: The Revival
February 20, 2006
While the original Dark Shadows in the late 1960s was very campy, the show’s creator, Dan Curtis, decided to make the ‘90s incarnation a more serious take in the Hammer horror tradition. He is the godfather of TV horror with an impressive resume that...
