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Saturdays with Siskel & Ebert - The Fisher King (1991)

2010-07-31T08:38:41-04:00

Film Review - Smash His Camera

2010-07-30T00:01:00-04:00

Art versus personal invasion is the premise that drives the documentary, “Smash His Camera.” A portrait of celebrity photographer Ron Galella, the film confronts the compulsion of paparazzi culture, isolating the experiences of its most famous member to explore the...

Reliving the Summer of 1990 - Week Ten

2010-07-29T00:01:00-04:00

Facing a godless existence with “Problem Child” and setting lust sights to Greta Scacchi in “Presumed Innocent.” Problem Child Nutshell: Ben (John Ritter) and Flo (Amy Yasbeck) are desperate for a child to help complete their lives, but their infertility...

Film Review - Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

2010-07-28T14:14:18-04:00

The documentary “Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel” aims to rise above traditional pit stops of jiggles and giggles while recounting the tale of Playboy Magazine’s founder and editorial icon. This is an investigation into a man who consistently pushed...

Film Review - Dinner for Schmucks

2010-07-28T14:09:27-04:00

“Dinner from Schmucks” is the type of comedy that doesn’t understand the proper time to take a bow and exit the stage. It’s a funny picture that pays careful attention to the rituals of dumb guy cinema, but if there...

Film Review - Charlie St. Cloud

2010-07-28T14:05:16-04:00

There’s something painfully off about “Charlie St. Cloud” that causes it to miss most of the dramatic points it endeavors to make. It’s a well-intentioned tearjerker, but the film appears to have been whittled down rather harshly in the editing...

Film Review - Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

2010-07-28T14:02:14-04:00

It’s been nine years since the release of “Cats & Dogs,” and I don’t recall hearing anyone openly request a second installment. Fresh from the file of needless sequels comes “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,” which doesn’t...

Film Review - The Extra Man

2010-07-28T13:59:05-04:00

I wouldn’t classify “The Extra Man” as particularly motivated, but it definitely reaches for a level of eccentricity that’s just barely within its grasp. It’s a character piece, adapted from the novel by Jonathan Ames, delivered in an iffy fashion...

Trailer Tuesday - Psycho II (1983) Teaser

2010-07-27T23:59:51-04:00

Always Late to the Party - E.T. II: Nocturnal Fears (Story Treatment)

2010-07-26T02:04:53-04:00

Midway through the summer of 1982, there was no one absorbing more power in Hollywood than Steven Spielberg. With his sci-fi masterpiece, “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” Spielberg not only had a smash hit flexing unreal box office muscle, but a motion...

Saturdays with Siskel & Ebert - La Femme Nikita (1990)

2010-07-24T10:07:03-04:00

Film Review - The Oxford Murders

2010-07-23T00:29:26-04:00

Attempting to balance the cerebral with the suspenseful, Alex de la Iglesia’s “The Oxford Murders” is a wonderfully compelling mess of a movie. It’s tricky trying to bond Hitchcockian flair with lecture hall semantics, but the director works his tricks...

Reliving the Summer of 1990 - Week Nine

2010-07-22T00:00:00-04:00

Joining the spider convention of “Arachnophobia” and saving America with the “Navy Seals.” Arachnophobia Nutshell: Arriving reluctantly in small town California for a medical position, Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels) soon learns the job offer has been rescinded, the locals are...

Film Review - Ramona and Beezus

2010-07-21T22:35:28-04:00

“Ramona and Beezus” isn’t a very apt title for this picture, but I suppose it handles better than “Ramona and Every Damn Person She Knows.” A bulky screen adaption of author Beverly Cleary’s most enduring character, the picture simply doesn’t...

Film Review - Salt

2010-07-21T14:29:52-04:00

“Salt” is a tremendous load of action hooey, but unlike other action hooey, this action hooey has the sense to keep matters moving along at any cost. An adrenaline shot of international spy games, “Salt” convinces more with its sheer...

Film Review - Life During Wartime

2010-07-21T11:59:31-04:00

A quasi-sequel to his 1998 masterpiece, “Happiness,” “Life During Wartime” follows writer/director Todd Solondz down his preferred path of psychological deterioration and perversity, only this time the monsters of suburbia have returned in search of forgiveness. The real issue here...

Film Review - Operation: Endgame

2010-07-20T14:54:59-04:00

“Operation: Endgame” highlights a type of showoff screenwriting that wows producers and pulls in talent, but rarely makes much of an impression once all the elements are put together. Ostensibly a tale of spy beats spy, this violent picture appears...

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - A Construction History

2010-07-19T22:57:14-04:00

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Reliving the Summer of 1990 - Week Eight

2010-07-16T00:29:52-04:00

Exploring afterlife yearn with “Ghost,” smoking and detecting with “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane,” and planning an escape from New York with “Quick Change.” Ghost Nutshell: Sam (Patrick Swayze) and Molly (Demi Moore) are hopelessly in love, eager to make...

Film Review - Standing Ovation

2010-07-15T00:00:55-04:00

With the rabid success of shows such as “Glee” and “American Idol,” it makes sense that someone with a few bucks in their back pocket would come along to make an “inspirational” film about the lust for musical stardom. However,...