About a hundred years ago, the United States government decided that it needed to get involved in regulating the food processing industry and created what would eventually become the Food and Drug Administration. It was a radical idea at the time and there were a few who grouched that it was an impediment to free… Read More »
VAN HELSING
VAN HELSING is a film that does not do things by halves. One might, in principle, admire the way it pulls out all the stops early on, but the results, a hemorrhaging husk that eventually dissolves into the same sort of dust as the staked vampires that people its running time, prevents admiring it in… Read More »
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES
Are you a bug, Bill Murray? It’s an odd question, but in the context of Jim Jarmusch’s brilliant consideration of human interaction, COFFEE AND CIGARETTES, there is both genius and poetry to it. This series of vignettes filmed in glossy, nostalgic black and white examines ten different conversations that on the surface have nothing in common… Read More »
TROY
Cassandra, my favorite character from Homers Iliad, is missing from TROY, Wolfgang Petersons timely meditation of the futility of war. Its not the only change in this handsomely mounted retelling of the mythic tale of the Trojan War. The others are more in keeping with Petersens theme, though jarring for those familiar with the story… Read More »
SHREK 2
There is no talk of parfaits in SHREK 2. You might recall from the original, an instant animated classic, that this was Donkeys favorite dessert, not to mention panacea, that nothing was so bad that a nice parfait couldnt make it better. Parfaits are in order for viewing this sequel that stumbles badly before hitting… Read More »
STATESIDE
At one point in STATESIDE, Dori, played by Rachel Leigh Cook, asks Mark, played by Jonathan Tucker), and Im quoting here, whether or not two people who sort of suck can marry each other. Legally, of course, there is no law against it. As for the philosophical implications, I reserve judgment, there being so many… Read More »
SAVED!
What would Jesus do? That’s the theological conundrum at the heart of SAVED!, a smart, sharp, and ultimately compassionate consideration of just that question. And before anyone jumps to any conclusions, consider the biblical injunction to judge not lest ye be judged. Open your mind, the way many people in this film just won’t, and… Read More »
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) spends a lot of time being knocked cold in the third installment of J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN. Its hardly surprising, between mishaps at Quiddich matches, the Dementors, particularly nasty creatures that Ill get to later, and the amount of story to get though,… Read More »
IMELDA
Ramona Diazs mesmerizing documentary IMELDA is not a recounting of the rise and fall of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, the quintessential power couple that ruled the Philippines for twenty years, though that aspect of Imeldas remarkable life is not neglected. Rather, its a study of the mystique of the lady herself. And make no mistake… Read More »
STEPFORD WIVES, THE
The occasional burst of witty dialogue in THE STEPFORD WIVES does nothing to justify this misogynistic screed that will in all probability set the Womens Movement back by about 150 years. It doesnt do much to bolster the image of men, either. Or kids, pets, supermarkets, suburbs or the art and science of housekeeping. Not… Read More »
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