• March 16, 2006
• At Home, Comedy, Television

Gimme a Break! was one of the first shows to enter my childhood TV viewing schedule, though I simply referred to it as “Nell” for many years. I watched...

• January 27, 2006
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance

For those of you who may have missed my ebullient-bordering-on-manic praise for this romantic comedy in my TIFF diary, allow me to say once again that I wholeheartedly believe...

• January 13, 2006
• Adventure, At Home, Comedy, Drama

Queen Latifah has a wonderful screen presence, and is often the best thing in some crappy movies (like the dreadfully dumb Bringing Down the House with Steve Martin). With...

• January 11, 2006
• At Home, Comedy

Let me just start off by saying that in the original American Pie movie, the line uttered by Willow, “This one time? At Band Camp?” was funnier than anything...

• January 3, 2006
• At Home, Comedy

I don’t know why I’m doing this. I’m not even taking one for the team—I’m taking one for Billy Bob Thornton himself. Do you hear me, Billy Bob? I’m...

• December 21, 2005
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Family

Okay, maybe not really nine thousand, but it sure felt like there were way more of them than there were the first time we encountered the Baker clan. Sadly,...

• December 6, 2005
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Crime

As I settle in to write this review, I can’t help wishing I had more than eight slices of pie to bestow upon Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I’m not...

• November 27, 2005
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Brad, a college professor, is a gay man who is on the verge of suffering a mid-life crisis on his 40th birthday. He’s a bit of a nerd, suffering...

• November 23, 2005
• At Home, Comedy, Family, Romance

Now, I don’t have cable, so I’ve never actually watched Nickelodeon… but I am savvy enough in the ways of pop culture to know that there is apparently a...

• October 5, 2005
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

The story takes place in the mid-80s New York City, and is apparently based on director Noah Baumbach’s own family unravelling when he was a teenager. Dad Bernard (Jeff...

• September 19, 2005
• At Home, Comedy, Crime, Drama

I have spent my entire life thinking of The Sting as the movie where Robert Redford and Paul Newman play cards for two hours. It never really occurred to...

• August 28, 2005
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance

See, I think Amanda Peet rawks, so even though her latest big-screen outing isn’t really exceptionally spectacular, it does get bonus points for: 1. Having her in it. 2....