As Fitzgerald summed it up so well a century or so ago, the rich are difference than you and me, and Alex Scharfman’s sly black comedy, DEATH OF A UNICORN, expounds on that beautifully while also pointing up where the not nearly as rich fall short when in thrall to the 1%. There is nothing… Read More »
GHOST TOWN
GHOST TOWN is a film about ghosts, but the focus is not on the afterlife. No, it is firmly in the life of here and now. The ghosts that populate the film are still all too caught up in the lives of those that they have left behind to move on. Unfortunately, for everyone involved… Read More »
SPANGLISH
SPANGLISH is neither particularly good, nor particularly dreadful. Its weak point provide an almost perfect counterbalance to its drawbacks, rendering it the sort of thing you might hit upon while flipping channels when nothing else is on, or buy a ticket for if everything else at the multiplex is sold out. In it, James L.… Read More »
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE
A certain amount of hype is to be expected in show biz, even if the excesses of the golden days of ballyhoo as exemplified by William Castle have passed. It’s all part of the shell game that purveyors of entertainment play in order to engage the enthusiasms, or even just pique the interest, of the… Read More »