If you’ve been anticipating Punch-Drunk Love as the latest in Adam Sandler’s long line of dumb comedies, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. If, and this is a big if, you’ve been waiting for Adam Sandler to prove he’s got acting chops, you’re in luck. Paul Thomas Anderson, writer andContinue Reading
Vampire movies have always walked that fine line that Spinal Tap mentioned. You know, that fine line between clever and stupid. Stupid usually translates into big box office, ala Bram Stoker’s Dracula or Interview with a Vampire. Clever translates into obscurity, ala Near Dark or Fright Night. No vampire filmContinue Reading
Made for less than $200,000 and shot on digital video, Tadpole doesn’t look like a Hollywood production. Featuring the unlikely cast of Bebe Neuwirth (TV’s Cheers), John Ritter (TV’s Three’s Company), Sigourney Weaver (Aliens) and newcomer Aaron Stanford, this little film takes on a somewhat controversial subject and handles itContinue Reading
Have you ever seen an overweight, underachieving guy with a thin, beautiful woman on his arm and wondered, “What’s she doing with him?” The Tao of Steve might just answer that question for you. It also might make you question your first impressions of both the man and the womanContinue Reading
Three hours before Roland (Taye Diggs) is scheduled to be married, he disappears. His best friends Mike (Omar Epps) and Slim (Richard T. Jones) find him drunk at his first girlfriend’s house. In their efforts to talk Roland into sobering up and going back to the wedding, the friends beginContinue Reading
If you’ve heard Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is an action movie, you’ve heard correctly. Sort of. If you’ve heard Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a love story, you’ve heard correctly. Sort of. If you’ve heard Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a great movie, you’ve heard correctly. Well, sort of. CrouchingContinue Reading
A priest walks into a bar…and, wait, stop me if you’ve heard this one. Ok, that’s a pretty bad way to start this review, but it’s how Keeping the Faith starts. In the film, a young Irish priest, named Brian Finn (Edward Norton), walks into his local bar — drunk out ofContinue Reading