More than popcorn. Less filling.
On this morning, Monday, November 28, 2005, the Cinema Gods have seen to fit to smile upon me in a synchronous way. I woke up this morning, took a shower, and then was told by my wife, still half-asleep herself, that it looked like someone had left a “toy” outside our front door. Piqued by [...]
Courtesy of Ann Thompson at the Hollywood Reporter, which is where I first saw this, comes the first critic’s review of Peter Jackson’s KING KONG.
Here’s the review.
Sounds like a great, escapist three hours to spend in the theatre. Three hours? That sounds awfully long run-time for a genre picture, but Jackson’s earned the right to [...]
Lately, I’ve been thinking much about Michael Crichton. He’s a writer I’ve admired on many levels and whose career I’ve followed closely ever since I read “Congo” at the age of twelve. His work is all too often criticized as slickly commercial pop fiction. Of course, it’s easy to criticize, it’s much harder to do. [...]
JUST FRIENDS is the funniest movie I’ve seen since WEDDING CRASHERS. Cut from the same mold as that film and the likes of MEET THE FOCKERS, this is the story of a young man trying to win the heart of an old flame, but whose every maneuver only makes things comically worse for himself.
Ryan Reynolds [...]
Mob lawyer Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) is trying to survive the night. On a slushy, rainy Christmas eve in Wichita, Kansas, Charlie has just stolen two million dollars with his buddy, Vic (Billy Bob Thornton). All they have to do is sit tight, act normal and in the morning they’ll be free and clear with [...]