When VCRs first came out, An American Werewolf in London was one of the first videos where my brother and I discovered the joys of rewinding-your-favorite-scene abuse (“A naked America man stole my balloons!” har har har!). John Landis was still a young director, monster-maker Rick Baker was a complete unknown, and special effects were …
Call me a bitter person, but I really don’t like singing children. No, let me rephrase that… it’s a bit unfair. I don’t like singing children who have the prima-donna attitude of believing that they are good singers, and think they are cute to boot. The number one offender is, of course, the creepy little …
Hollywood needs to be told that computer geeks very rarely look like Sandra Bullock (The Net), Ryan Phillippe (Antitrust), or Angelina Jolie (Hackers). If these people worked in marketing, I might believe it, but programmers? Unfortunately they (or do I mean many of the people I know?), are a heck of a lot more scrappy …
After the first 20 minutes or so of harrowing scenes, multiple-character introductions, and mumbling mountain-climbing mumbo-jumbo, I leaned over to my Japanese friend, who sat wide-eyed, enthralled, yet confused, and asked her if she knew what was going on. She shook her head no, so I wrapped it up for her: “There is a brother …
I wasn’t ever bored (despite the grumblings of those who say that it is long and dull). Jodie Foster is fine as Anna, though I don’t think it will stand as one of her better roles. She does the prim-and-proper, yet headstrong woman quite well… not much of a stretch, really, considering her past roles. …
The night I rented American Psycho with a friend, we had just been talking about the last time a movie gave us nightmares. For me it had been the movie Jurassic Park. I was embarrassed to say that the night I saw it, I dreamt I was running down a dark muddy road with scary …
Let’s just say one thing right off: Bollywood this ain’t! After enjoying the delightful Straight From the Heart song-and-dance flick at SIFF last year, we rushed to pick an Indian film from the new schedule. Oy, vey. Straight From the Heart was eye-popping entertainment that kept your interest for three hours, whereas Vanaprastham: Last Dance …
All My Loved Ones is a fictionalized story of one family in Czechoslovakia just before World War II broke out. Hitler has already occupied several countries, and is threatening to go across the borders and into Czechoslovakia. Jewish doctor Jacob Silberstein is a well-to-do citizen with a large and loving family. His three brothers and …
Jiney (Race Wong) is a pretty young student who disses boys to instead go out and take photos with her best friend Jas (Race’s real-life sister Rosanne Wong). She is a serious girl, with furrowed brow, oblivious to the stares and “I think you’re hot” interest of cute boys like Anson (Anson Leung) and even …
Not to be bitter or anything (as I grumble, “Goddamn kids these days…” and bang my cane on the floor), but I don’t think that the teenage movies of my generation sucked as much as they do now. OK, the Porky‘s movies sucked, but other than, say, Clueless or Election, has there really been any …