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With her slightly ruffled pixie haircut, big blinking eyes, deep black pupils, porcelain skin, slightly ducky overbite, and big clunky shoes, Amélie looks like she should be sharing a cartoon screen with none other than Mickey Mouse. Amélie’s world is full of bright bold colors, Parisian landmarks at their...
The film introduces us to Derek Vinyard (the always excellent, and very buff Edward Norton) as he is let out of prison for a racially motivated murder of a black man who was breaking into his family’s car. While he has been in prison, his idolizing younger brother Danny...
There has already been much criticism of reviewers giving away too much of the plot beforehand, which spoils somewhat of the “surprise” of the film, so I’ll do my best. The basic characters are college-boy Frank (Nick Stahl) dating an older woman (Marisa Tomei… acting!) who not only has...
In The Wild One, Marlon Brando was the original “rebel without a cause” (as this film came out a year before James Dean’s film). Brando plays Johnny, the leader of a motorcycle gang, who cruises into a small town with his pack of hooligans and pretty much terrorizes the...
This film came very close to a recommendation from me. I can’t quite put my finger on what was missing from Julie Johnson, because I actually did like the film more than I expected. But still… Julie Johnson (Lili Taylor) is a 30-something housewife and mom in Hoboken, New...
As bloated as Marlon Brando, Redux is a three-plus hour re-edited director’s cut of what is widely agreed to be a great film. We still have the basic plot framework of the original film, based on Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”: In the Vietnam War, an Army captain (Martin...
As much as Seattleites like to grumble about Paul Allen’s bloated architectural monstrosity, the Experience Music Project (or EMP), one can’t help but appreciate the musical treats that the museum has been sponsoring around town. One of the latest offerings to try to win over the public is the...
Since QAF was a U.S. interpretation of a hugely popular British TV series (that had nothing to hide), critics were afraid that the Showtime version would get all squirrelly and be more tame. Not to worry, kids! The U.S. Queer as Folk certainly lets it all hang out, and...
I have to admit when the title of this movie popped up on screen with the word “Family” written in a rainbow of letters, my eyes rolled. In the first 20 minutes, we are introduced to Rachel, a 30-something Jewish New Yorker, who has moved to Southern California to...
When bored, rule number one is to never look at your watch. Time will crawl. But you can’t help it, can you? Even if it feels mentally like ages, you’ll take a peek at your wrist to find that it is only 5 minutes later. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust...
The setting: 1960s Hong Kong. On the same afternoon, Mr. Chow (Tony Leung) and Mrs. Chan (Maggie Cheung) move into rooms they’ve rented in neighboring apartments. Their respective spouses are always working late, or are out of town on business. It doesn’t take the two very long to realize...
Mark Borchardt is a scraggly-haired lanky fellow from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin suburbs. Ever since he made horror movies as a kid, using his friends and chocolate syrup “blood” as props, he has dreamed of becoming a major successful filmmaker. In his eyes, it is just a matter of time...
