This coming-of-age film follows the misadventures of Dawn Wiener (Heather Matarazzo), a somewhat unattractive girl, as she fumbles her way through 7th grade. Her parents favor their younger, more attractive daughter, Missy (Daria Kalinina). Her classmates call her “Wienerdog”, and her attempts to fight back when persecuted get her inContinue Reading
When this film was originally released in theaters, I shrugged it off as another hype-fueled marketing ploy to sell everything from Happy Meals to bedspreads, all adorned with the smiling faces of Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan. Fortunately, I happened to catch this gem of a movie on cable, whileContinue Reading
Watching Tupac Shakur, the gangsta rapper who was murdered in 1996, play an addict who decides its time to quit drugs is kind of unsettling. Why? Because Shakur gives one hell of a performance as the addict in question. It makes one wish Shakur would have stayed away from theContinue Reading
Jackie Chan has secured a cult following for himself in the United States. Since the US opening of Rumble in the Bronx in 1996, Chan’s films have pulled half-decent, if not spectacular, box-office numbers and spawned a number of his earlier Hong Kong films to be re-released in US theatersContinue Reading
The Big Lebowski concerns a man who goes by the name of The Dude (Jeff Bridges). His real name is Jeff Lebowski, but he doesn’t want anyone to call him that. When two thugs break into his apartment demanding money that his wife owes to their boss, they realize theyContinue Reading
It’s 1985. Robby Hart (Adam Sandler) is a wedding singer in a small New Jersey town. He makes $60.00 a gig singing on the weekends and receives meatballs as payment for singing lessons during the week. Julia (Drew Barrymore) is a waitress at the hall where Robby frequently does weddings.Continue Reading
Just before Election Day, the President of the United States faces allegations of sexual promiscuity. A media manipulator, named Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro), is brought in to divert the public attention away from the scandal for 11 days until the President can be re-elected and everything can return toContinue Reading