After seven seasons of unflinching storytelling, THE SHIELD ends its run with an unforgettable finale-a perfect end to what can now be called one of the best shows ever! Note to David Chase: THIS is how you wrap up a series! -- Stormy Curry
Month: November 2008
TROPIC THUNDER
Feel the THUNDER! Offensive, un-PC & totally hilarious. Great cameos. Cruise & Downey shine in this vicious satire of the film biz. Don't miss this (TRO)PIC! -- Alan YudmanAfter a very funny opening, TROPIC THUNDER hits the skids faster than John Edwards' political career. Any random 5 minutes of the tv series Action packs more … Continue reading TROPIC THUNDER
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Forget her cute past.Forget her cute past. Anne Hathaway breaks out in RACHEL GETTING MARRIED! A script that doesn't sound like dialogue & great work by Demme. A top 10 4 2008! -- Alan Yudman
30 ROCK — THE ONE WITH THE CAST FROM NIGHT COURT
Forget Jennifer Aniston it's the Night Court reunion that (30) ROCKS! While the former friend did okay work it was Judge Stone and the gang that stole the show! Well done! -- Stormy Curry
SPLINTER
A little Night of the Living Dead, a little Straw Dogs, a little Evil Dead 2, a little Vacancy -- Toby Wilkins' thriller is a SPLINTER off all those movies and more. Completely derivative but well made, it's a perfectly decent...rental.-- Jeff SchultzSPLINTER sticks it to viewers with a creepy good premise and acting that … Continue reading SPLINTER
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE – BEN AFFLECK HOSTS
The only thing worse than this week's SNL is the prospect of a McCain presidency. No, wait, SNL was worse. -- Jeff Schultz
THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY
Good golly, Miss MOLLY: you're Carrie- meets- Rosemary's Baby. THE HAUNTING OF HARTLEY is competently told but utterly scareless. It leads to a climax that might be a surprise if you never saw a movie before, ever, in your entire life. Prediction: Chace Crawford is the next Josh Hartnett. -- Jeff Schultz
ZAK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
Zack+Miri=Kevin Smiths worst movie ever! Real PORNO has wittier writing, less predictable stories, and more laughs. Smith tries to combine unfunny gross out scenes with a lame love story and gets a movie that fails on all levels! The only ones screwed in this porno? Anyone who paid to see this mess! All that was … Continue reading ZAK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
"GOOD" TRAILER
I'll have more comment on this in a few days, but it's an excellent film.-- Alan Yudman
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
Who gets 21 million dollars to make a movie spun out of an arcane figure of speech? Charlie Kaufman does. His latest puzzler SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK is another onion-layered, art-vs-illusion, reality-vs-metafiction gimmick a la Malkovich, but at the end of the day, who cares? It's 8 1-2 with a death wish, or a more self-serious … Continue reading SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK