Tom Hanks makes his feature film directorial debut in this rather light-hearted and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young rock-and-roll band in 1964. Now, personally, I wasn’t expecting to like this film very much. The trailers, which I’d seen umpteen thousand times on video and theater screens, didn’t exactly paint theContinue Reading
I really didn’t know what to expect from The Ice Storm. What I got was a quirky, strange, and somehow satisfying look into the self-destruction of two families in 1973 Connecticut. The Hoods are coming apart as the result of Ben Hood’s (Kevin Kline) drinking and adultery. Elena Hood (JoanContinue Reading
When Will Hunting (Matt Damon) solves a math problem on the blackboard of an MIT class, it propels him into a potentially life-changing situation that he doesn’t want. You see, Will isn’t a student at MIT, he’s a janitor. He also happens to be a genius on the order ofContinue Reading
When I was a boy, I used to love Saturday afternoons. I’d always get up early to watch countless hours of horror and science fiction films that were shown on the afternoon TV matinees. While my favorite movies were the ones that featured large rubber-suited monsters, like Godzilla, there wasContinue Reading
Boogie Nights tells the unusual story of Eddie Adams, a teenager endowed with a special gift — a 13 inch special gift, to be exact. The film chronicles Eddie’s foray into the world of adult films and his encounters with some of that genre’s truly unique characters. Assuming the screenContinue Reading
Ever since he wowed the world with Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino’s kept a rather low profile. Well, as a director anyway. Aside from some attempts at acting (From Dusk ’til Dawn, Destiny Turns on the Radio) and a rumored turn at the helm of The X-Files that never turned out, we haven’t seenContinue Reading
James Cameron must feel quite vindicated by the current success of his $200 million epic, Titanic. Over the past year, the movie was deemed a failure waiting to happen as story after story of the studio’s concern about the movie’s budget leaked out. But, after just over three weeks inContinue Reading