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Apparently there is a whole genre of Cinderella-with-a-twist films out there. Looking at the producer’s of this film’s credits, for instance, shows involvement with A Cinderella Story, Another Cinderella Story, and now A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song. Who knew? Not me! Apparently I’ve been too busy watching...
Simon Axler (Pacino) has invested his whole life in acting. He eats, sleeps, and breathes the craft, so when he finds his faculties failing, he’s at a loss. What can he do with himself if he can’t act? And how can he act if he can no longer remember...
The movie finds our protagonists striking out with a business venture of their own, figuring that at least if they are the bosses, they will have the good sense not to be horrible. Sadly, the invention they’re depending upon to turn their lives around is the “Shower Buddy”, an...
For anyone young enough to picture the 1950s as one extended Leave it to Beaver episode, I would respectfully refer you to the film noir classic Sunset Boulevard. It’s as dark and twisted as anything we’ve seen in the last sixty years, and it still holds up amazingly well....
Alas, where would the world be without Rain Man? What would we call our friends when they rattled off some obscure fact or showed signs of obsessive rigidity? What would the words, “def, definitely,” mean without him? The movie has become so ingrained in pop culture that it’s easy...
It’s probably a sign of weak character, but I’m usually kind of a sucker for stunt casting. I mean, how is it not a great idea to put everyone with a SAG card into one movie?! It’s like a big old game of “Where’s Waldo?”, where you just sit...
I watched most of Men, Women & Children in a vaguely uncomfortable state, not liking the stillness or the silence that punctuated scenes, not especially liking most of the characters, and generally waiting for something bad to happen. But I was interested. I wanted to know what was going...
The Keane “Big Eyes” paintings that dominated the late Fifties and early Sixties (and inspired endless knock-offs) have been called everything from kitschy to haunting. What caused this artist to paint such huge eyes? Walter Keane cited the starving children in Auschwitz as his inspiration, but the truth is...
The latest DVD release of Don’t Look in the Basement has the picture quality of something recorded off TV thirty years ago from a channel with poor reception, then transferred to a second tape with some handy home duplicating technology. It’s terrible. It makes you feel as if you’re...
There aren’t a lot of sweet movies these days, and by “sweet” I don’t mean sentimental or family friendly. I mean nice movies about regular folks. Elsa and Fred is a pleasant exception to this phenomenon as well as a delightful vessel for two of the most talented actors...
If you’re any sort of movie geek, one of the first things you think when planning a trip is, “I wonder what was filmed there?” Tony Urban is definitely a movie geek with a particular love of horror, and he can help you plan your next road trip with...
Moving to a new town or having a baby are both life-changing events, but doing them both in quick succession can be pretty discombobulating. For Kelly (Juliette Lewis), enduring this transition is only made more difficult by the fact that her husband and his family fail to acknowledge that...
