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CLERKS 2

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

CLERKS 2

CLERKS 2 isn’t just everything a perfect sequel should be, it’s everything a superb film should be, too. Right on top of the zeitgeist, and fiendishly clever in it commentary on it, it skewers political correctness within a profane framework that unwaveringly champions middle class values with an infectious elan. It picks up with the eponymous… Read More »

Tagged With: bad taste, cinema, CLERKS 2, comedy, Dante, earthquake, fanboys, film, humor, Lord of the Rings, movie, narrative, Randal, sequel, Star Wars

SLITHER — DVD

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

SLITHER  — DVD

SLITHER has perhaps the worst poster of any terrific film released in 2006. It may have actually kept people away, what with the way its space slugs converging on a bathtub cradling a classically nubile nymphette. It fails in every respect to convey the wicked humor and superbly self-aware irony that permeates every frame of… Read More »

Tagged With: comedy, homage, horror, sheriff, small town, space slugs

THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

I am one of those slavish devotees of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhker Trilogy who can, as a result of manic bouts of reading (the books), watching (the BBC television series) and listening (to the original incarnation produced by BBC radio) recite vast swaths of text. It’s a skill that provokes delight in some, consternation in others,… Read More »

Tagged With: book to film, cinema, comedy, Douglas Adams, executive producer. budget size, film, narrative, reimagining, science fiction

Amy Acker & Alexis Denisof talk MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Amy Acker & Alexis Denisof talk MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

It was, as you can imagine, delightful to see Fred and Wesley together again. And though there was much to discuss about the Whedonverse, when I spoke to Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof on April 28, 2013, it was not for talking  about their previous pairing as the star-crossed Fred and Wesley on Joss Whedon’s… Read More »

Tagged With: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, cinema, comedy, film, Joss Whedon, movie, poetry, Shakespeare, stage to screen

David Schwimmer Says RUN FATBOY RUN

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

David Schwimmer Says RUN FATBOY RUN

When I spoke to David Schwimmer on March 5, 2008, his directorial debut was the reason for the interview, but it was his working relationship with radio legend Studs Terkel that I wanted to start with. Schwimmer’s reminiscence about the man, and the effect he had on his theater career that shed a whole new… Read More »

Tagged With: Band of Brothers, comedy, David Schwimmer, directorial debut, film. movie director, mid-budget film, narrative, rolling with the punches, Simon Pegg, Studs Terkel, theater career

Simon Barrett & Adam Wingard Say YOU’RE NEXT

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Simon Barrett & Adam Wingard Say YOU’RE NEXT

Director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett take the art and craft of the horror film very seriously. And when I spoke to them on April 28, 2013, it was not all fun and games. They were refreshingly cerebral about horror, and about what they wanted to accomplish with YOU’RE NEXT. In little things, such… Read More »

Tagged With: art imitating life, cerebral, cinema, comedy, comfort of horror, director, Family, film, horror, masks, movie, narrative, rewarding the audience, slaughter, tied to a chair, writer

Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman Consider ADAPTATION

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman Consider ADAPTATION

Frankly, I would have been disappointed if an interview with director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman hadn’t turned surreal with the first question posed. The team that brought us BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and now with ADAPTATION, a tall tale of orchid hunters and moviemaking, have their own take on reality, which makes for a refreshing change… Read More »

Tagged With: Academy Award, based on a true story, book to screen, Charlie Kaufman, Chris Cooper, cinema, comedy, director, Meryl Streep, narrative, neuroses, Nicolas Cage, orchid collecting, orchid hunter, orchid poaching, orchids, screenwriter, Spike Jonze, surrealism, swamp

Jimi Mistry & Heather Graham Find THE GURU

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Jimi Mistry & Heather Graham Find  THE GURU

THE GURU was a hit in Europe long before it made its way to the States and that’s a darn shame. Its infectious good humor and playful smarts is something no moviegoer should have to do without a minute longer than necessary. Playful is also the way I’d describe two of its stars, Jimi Mistry… Read More »

Tagged With: bollywood, comedy, compassion, culture shock, Heather Graham, Jimi Mistry, nudity on set, playful, porn film, sex, spirituality

Rachel Weisz Describes THE SHAPE OF THINGS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Rachel Weisz Describes THE SHAPE OF THINGS

Rachel Weisz radiates intelligence as intensely in person as she does in her film roles. Hardly surprising considering that she took top honors at Cambridge. When I spoke with her on April 14, 2003, it was to promote THE SHAPE OF THINGS, but I couldn’t help asking about another film of hers that was also about… Read More »

Tagged With: Cambridge, comedy, CONFIDENCE, gender relations, intelligence, ladder tattoo, narrative, nature of reality, Neil LaBute, Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, sexual politics, stage to screen, university

Jena Malone is SAVED!

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Jena Malone is SAVED!

If there is such a thing as a very old soul, Jena Malone has one. For someone who is not quite old enough to legally order a drink, she has amassed an impressive body of work that showcases not only her considerable talent, but also a commitment to intelligent, thoughtful films that do more than… Read More »

Tagged With: Christianity, comedy, darwinism, image, media, religion, satire, teen pregnancy, unwed mother

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