Shortbus Explicit Sex Drama Finds Humor, Reality Amid The Fornication Have you ever been to the movies with your parents and had to squirm your way through an explicit sex scene? Inevitably, you’re [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 16, 2006 Read More “Yes
Fast Food Nation Industry Satire Not As Meaty As It Could Be Richard Linklater’s adaptation of Fast Food Nation isn’t the first film to make fictional fun of a popular nonfiction book. In 1972, Woody [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 16, 2006 Read More Wilmer Valderrama prepares for a big night in the back of his shag van.
The Queen Intimate Backstage Look At The British Crown Makes For Royal Character Drama British director Stephen Frears ( Dangerous Liaisons, The Grifters, Hero, The Hi-Lo Country, High Fidelity ) has developed a taste for his country’s [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 09, 2006 Read More “Did you have tuna fish for lunch
Stranger Than Fiction Writing’s The Key In This High-Concept Comedy For the most part, people go to the movies to see their favorite stars. (“Tom Cruise? I am so there!”) Occasionally, people are [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 09, 2006 Read More “Khaaaaaaaaaaan!”
Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan Faux Documentary Tries To Be Offensive And Funny, Manages 50 Percent Of Its Goals Is British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (creator of “Da Ali G Show” and the face behind phony journalist Borat) funny because he's an [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More “In my country
Flushed Away Energetic British Toon Shows What Happens When The Cat’s Away Flush with the success of their last outing (sorry, had to get that out of my system early), the fine folks at England’s [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More “Say cheese!”
Conversations With God New Age Prophet Delivers God’s Greatest Hits In Bite-Sized Nuggets As I understand it, Neale Donald Walsch got into an auto accident, broke his neck, lost his job, became homeless for a while, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 26, 2006 Read More Hugs! Hugs all around!
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints Actors Drive Gritty But Familiar Coming-Of-Age Tale New York kid Dito Montiel may have been born on Nowhere Street, but he spent a good chunk of the ’80s hanging out [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 19, 2006 Read More Shia LaBeouf
Heading South Muted, Metaphoric Melodrama Explores The Long-Lost World Of Haiti’s “Love Tourism” Trade America doesn’t have quite the same legacy of colonialism as, say, England. That is not to say that we haven’t, at various times [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 19, 2006 Read More “Where’s my damn Piña Colada?”
49 Up Director Michael Apted Checks In On England’s Kids For A Seventh Time In 1964, a progressive British television production company decided to make a documentary ostensibly examining the class system in England. Producers gathered up [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 12, 2006 Read More Whoa. Trippy.
