The Producers Movie-Turned-Musical-Turned-Movie-Musical Fails To Produce Solid Entertainment The Producers began life as a film by Mel Brooks. Shortly after Hairspray (a film by John Waters) became a big hit as [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 22, 2005 Read More Ferris Bueller: The Vaudeville Years
Mirrormask Arresting Visual Fantasy Creates A Nice Place To Visit, But You Might Not Want To Live There For true fans, Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman, the minds behind the new fantasy film Mirrormask, need no introduction. For those who haven't [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 22, 2005 Read More “OK. I definitely need more drugs for this.”
King Kong Epic Remake Of Hollywood Classic Is Monstrously Entertaining There are times when remaking a classic Hollywood film is appropriate, and there are times when it is not. The intentions of the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 15, 2005 Read More “Can I take him home. Please? I promse to feed him.”
Syriana Oily Drama Builds Complex But Cold Narrative Having nabbed himself an Oscar for penning 2001's drug war drama Traffic, screenwriter Stephen Gaghan has turned his ambitions up a notch to [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 15, 2005 Read More “He is trained to attack Hollywood pretty boys. Be thankful you are not Ben Affleck.”
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress Low-Key Romance Argues That Books Are Better Than Movies Authors often get bent out of shape when their literary masterpieces get translated from page to screen--which is why so many books find [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 08, 2005 Read More “Well
The Squid And The Whale Bittersweet Divorce Drama Leavens Personal Tragedy With Private Humor According to statistics, roughly half of all modern marriages end in divorce. It would seem, then, that there are a lot of people [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 01, 2005 Read More “Brains go in here.”
Videonasty Terror Beneath The Sea (1966) DVD Release Dates December 6 American Samurai (Warner) Cinderella Man (Universal) Fantastic Four (Fox) Konga (Sony) The Matt Helm Lounge (Sony) December 13 [...] Kurly Tlapoyawa \ Dec 01, 2005 Read More
Yours, Mine And Ours Hijinks Ensue In A House Full Of Kids. (Wacky Hijinks, Mind You.) Following Hollywood's current trend of repetition and regurgitation, Yours, Mine and Ours is a remake of an obscure 1968 Lucille Ball vehicle which [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 24, 2005 Read More The family that bunks together blows chunks together.
Rent Bohemian Rhapsody All musicals are, by their very nature, fantasies. They require audiences to believe in an alternate universe in which ordinary people are prone [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 24, 2005 Read More “Why
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire Fourth Film Knows How To Make Magic On Screen “Dark and difficult times lie ahead,” warns the tagline of the newest Harry Potter film. As longtime fans of the book series know, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 17, 2005 Read More “Well
