If you’ve ever seen the classic Disney films The Three Caballeros or Saludos Amigos, you undoubtedly recognize them as a marked departure from typical Disney fare. Out of context, they seem like a random foray to South America with Donald Duck acting as a tour guide, but in fact they represented a U.S. Government sponsored …
I’m always surprised by how few of our favorite movies are actually reviewed on The Pie, but it makes sense. How do you begin to discuss something that has been an integral part of your life for years, if not decades? How do you write a plot summary when you can’t so much explain what …
I loved the 2007 British film Death at a Funeral. I did not, however, love this American remake.
A terrific, silly, way over-the-top (in the best way imaginable) British farce!
The plot can be a bit convoluted at times, but this is essentially Sherlock Holmes for kids – we’re expected to pay attention.
Things to Do is a cute little slacker movie that’s more about doing nothing than anything.
In the realm of human existence, I’m thinking that an English childhood in the 1800’s was just about rock bottom.
Despite the material—which is RIPE for skewering—the movie has no bite.
I dunno. Maybe I’m hyper-sensitive. Maybe I expect too much. Maybe it’s me. But do we really, really still need big-screen comedies geared towards a target demographic made up largely of young men to be peppered with gay jokes? Really? Is “hey fag!” still funny as a put-down? Was it ever?
A movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel is a lot like a movie based on a John Grisham novel: you have a pretty good idea of exactly what you’re going to get before the first frame even unspools.