I don’t write many film reviews anymore because of my increasing work in fiction. However, I make it a point to watch as many films as possible when I think they are going to be talked about come Oscar time. According to many film critics, this is one of them. In Boyhood, the camera follows…
Jason Bateman has had an interesting acting career. He started in the early 80’s as a regular character on Little House on the Prairie, a very successful tv show from when you youngsters weren’t yet born. From there, Silver Spoons, and Valerie, a big hit with Valerie Harper. For a long time he was unfairly compared…
In Jaws, when Chief Brody is asked why someone who is afraid of the water would live on an island, he says, “It’s only an island if you look at it from the water.” Similarly, the 80’s were only horrible when you looked at them from beyond the 80’s. It was more style, less substance, and that’s…
“…you’d waste a lot of time searching for a better first film by any other writer-director.” – me Hard to believe it was 25 years ago this June that a much unexpected film was so provocative that, during the Oscars for which Do the Right Thing was eligible but largely ignored, Kim Basinger was willing to…
Comic book pages can look great from a distance. Just ask Vivek. However, when you get up close enough, it’s really just a bunch of different color dots. There are also some movies that seem brilliant until a close examination shows they aren’t as great as you first thought. One of those is Dead Poets Society,…
As the story goes, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were in the planning stages forRaiders of the Lost Ark, but they were still struggling with one key element – who the hell was going to play Indiana Jones? The best they had at the moment was Tom Selleck. To distract themselves, they went to a late-night…
First, I’m not thrilled with the live-action remake of animated classics trend, most notably Disney classics. I’m warning you now that Cinderella comes out next March with Helena Bonham Carter as the fairy godmother. Second, I’m also not thrilled with changing the story for marketing sake. In the case of Maleficent, Disney went for a better reaction, especially…
There are bad movies that try to be good, such as Showgirls and Plan 9 from Outer Space. And there are good movies that pose as bad, like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. And there are movies so bad that you actually have a good time watching them because the badness is so much fun.…
In my continuing series called “Back in the Day,” we visit a teen classic. Please pay a visit to The Cinematic Katzenjammer to read all about the real “biggest loser.” Say Anything (1989) Written and directed by Cameron Crowe Starring John Cusack and Ione Skye “…an honest reveal of what happens when losers take a…
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