This is the Coen brothers trying too hard: a great cast has been overwrought in this witless farce of crude jokes, bad accents and stereotypes.
See the 1955 original starring Sir Alec Guiness and Peter Sellers if you prefer your comedy quirky, but smart.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Ladykillers (2004)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Valentine's Day (2010)
Relationships are difficult; even more so on Valentine's Day as we see in this trite romantic comedy from director Gary Marshall.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
With a sold cast including George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Robert Patrick, Steven Root and Keven Spacey, why did this movie turn out so crappy?
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Greenberg (2009)
Ben Stiller stars as a self-absorbed 40-something who won't play the cards life has dealt.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
As You Like It (2006)
An overwrought adaptation of Shakespeare’s tale of love and mistaken identity from director Kenneth Branagh set in feudal Japan with a bunch of British people. Not his best work.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Feast of Love (2007)
Incredibly irritating romantic dramedy with a nice ensemble cast with Morgan Freeman and his ‘God’ personality.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
The Ramen Girl (2008)
Eating ramen is more interesting than this dramedy starring the odd waif Brittany Murphy.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
House of 9 (2005)
This low-budget and ultimately forgettable imitation of Saw stars Dennis Hopper as a Catholic priest.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
How about you pretend not to read this and I'll pretend I didn't see it. DEAR GOD! MY EYES!! OH!! MY EYES!!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
The Art of the Steal (2009)
Political maneuvering from the likes Walter and Lenore Annenberg (The Philadelphia), The Pew Charitable Trust, and the City of Philadelphia conspire and succeed to dismantle one man’s humble beginnings that became a brilliant (private) collection of Post-Impressionist and Modern paintings.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Road (2009)
Beautifully hopeless post-apocalyptic road trip movie starring Viggo Mortenson as Father and unknown youngster Kodi Smit-McPhee as Son; failing health, cannibalistic survivors, and the end of the world threaten their walk to the east coast.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Entre les Murs (2008)
If you have the patience to put up with this French docu-drama, released in the U.S. as The Class, then you will be forever grateful for our public schools.
The Box (2009)
Spazzy melodramatic chemistry-free crap-fest starring Cameron Diaz with a feathered hairdo and the dude that Rachel McAdams dumped in The Notebook—James Marsden
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
'Powerful antiwar' film—at least that’s what they say. What I stayed around for a crazy mess.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Pirate Radio (2009)
One awesome looking film with an equally awesome soundtrack, just don't go looking for a plot.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Fever Pitch (2005)
Surprisingly sweet romantic comedy (based on the book by Nick Hornby) about Ben (Jimmy Fallon) a crazed Boston Red Sox fan and his workaholic girlfriend Lindsey (Drew Barrymore) who must overcome their respective obsessions that threaten to destroy their relationship.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
The Cowboy Way (1994)
Every cowboy cliché—actually every cliché known to man—is alive and well thanks to Woody Harrelson and Jack Bauer in this "let's go to the big city and find the daughter of our murdered friend while stumbling our way into every possible scenario including, but not limited to: pricey hookers and hotels, bloodthirsty thugs, crazed cabbies, sweatshop-owning mobsters, and token black (Ernie Hudson) Central Park policemen who always wanted to be a cowboy."