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Steven Spielberg and George Lucas should have just left Indiana Jones literally riding off into the sunset in The Last Crusade… after all, isn’t how all the best adventures end? But I can understand how all involved were tempted with the unique opportunity to pick up a character almost...
I just read a review of this movie that completely, and utterly, ripped it apart. The reviewer was appalled by the fact that a movie could be made about the Holocaust that was for all practical purposes a children’s movie. But then again, I also remember how some people...
Based on the book by Jeanne Duprau, the story is set in a post-apocalyptic (?) future (?), where humanity (?) has been forced to live in a man-made underground city called Ember as a result of some kind of devastating event (?) on Earth some 200 years prior. (The...
Less than two weeks ago, I read with sadness that Bill Melendez died at the age of 91. Admittedly, the name didn’t spark instant recognition—but then I read his bio. Melendez, along with his producing partner Lee Mendelson, was best known as one of the main creators of the...
Three-dimensional films, as a gimmick, still seem to be in the relative stages of infancy after all these years of the medium being touted as “the next big thing”. There was the initial phase in the 1950s, with cheesy horror movies that literally jumped out of the screen. Then...
As I write this review, The Dark Knight is the #1 Movie of All Time on the IMDB Top 250 readers’ poll. At 115,000 votes and counting, will there be a backlash? Will the fanboys and girls continue to dominate the polls? Is it, hands down, the greatest superhero...
Is it possible that I’ve never seen a Martin Lawrence movie before College Road Trip? I went through my mental rolodex, then double-checked the IMDB. Bad Boys? No. Big Momma’s House? No. His self-named TV show? No. So, to tell you the truth, I’m not one to say how...
Some overall comments about SIFF 2008. Maybe it was just me, but were the films actually better this year? I know that SIFF was tightening its belt–for the first time there weren’t “more movies than ever on the planet, all in three weeks!” (although, don’t get me wrong, several...
Best Film Golden Space Needle Award: Cherry Blossoms – Hanami, directed by Doris Dörrie (Germany) The remaining top ten audience favorites (in order) Frozen River, directed by Courtney Hunt (USA) Fugitive Pieces, directed by Jeremy Podeswa (Canada) Captain Abu Raed, directed by Amin Matalqa (Jordan) The Drummer, directed by...
Whooeee! I do always get that last-day panic at SIFF, don’t you? You know, the monster fest is coming to an end, and heck, what if you missed what turned out to be your favorite movie, because you decided to call it a night early? Let’s just say that...
I present to you two of the hottest humans that I’ve ever seen in person: Ah, yes, the extreme physical beauty of the two stars of Summer Heat (Zomerhitte) (6/8) graced the presence of the pale and pasty SIFF audience on this weekend matinee, along with the charming director...
I had a night off from SIFF, but I also happened to have a DVD screener at home of a movie that played the fest earlier in the schedule, so I’m sneaking this one in: Heavy Metal in Baghdad (6/8). Headbanger band Acrassicauda (Latin for “Black Scorpions”) are more...
