When I originally saw this movie, I worked in a bookstore. Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil is a book that I’d been told to read by countless customers but I never got around to it. After seeing this movie, I’m not so sure I ever will. That’sContinue Reading
Former Showgirl Gina Gershon plays Corky, a lesbian ex-con, who’s found a job doing maintenance in a condominium complex owned by mobsters. She finds herself the object of next-door neighbor Violet (Jennifer Tilly), a sometime prostitute who lives with Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), a mob money launderer. Violet feels something isContinue Reading
Julia Roberts’ true acting career started out with this fine little movie about love and life in the fishing community of Mystic, Connecticut. In the film, Julia plays Daisy, one of two sisters working at a pizzeria called Mystic Pizza. Daisy is basically a slacker, who lives off her looksContinue Reading
David Mamet’s play Oleanna gained notoriety by debuting immediately following Anita Hill’s allegations of sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas as he attempted to win a seat on the Supreme Court. Those hearings brought the ideas of perceived sexual harassment to the forefront of mainstream awareness, prompting discussions of the subject in allContinue Reading
Larry Flynt was never a name that I recognized with the immediacy of, say, Hugh Hefner or Bob Guccione. Not that those names incur recognition for everyone, but I will confess to reading at least a few of each of their respective publications. I’d been wanting to see this filmContinue Reading
Garrison, New Jersey is a town directly across the river from New York City. Finding a loophole in the clause that says that only transit officers can live outside of the city, NYPD officers looking for a place to raise their families have taken out low interest loans, bought upContinue Reading
Whew! Having heard reviewers sing its praises and watching Nicolas Cage receive the Best Actor Academy Award in 1996 for this performance was not enough to prepare me for the experience of watching Leaving Las Vegas. The only word that I can use to describe the experience is “haunting.” BenContinue Reading