Ocean'S Twelve Star-Packed Sequel Gives Larceny A Good Name The original 1960 version of Ocean's Eleven isn't exactly considered a cinematic classic. It was really just an excuse for Frank Sinatra, Dean [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 09, 2004 Read More “That’s what I get for not buying the rental car insurance.”
Blade: Trinity Vampire Action Series Still Alive And Kicking While it would seem that the Christmas holiday is an odd time to release a full-tilt horror film, it could be chalked up [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 09, 2004 Read More Three is a magic number.
Half-Life: A Parable For The Nuclear Age Nuclear-Power Documentary Provides Chilling Postscript To The Cold War Half-Life: A Parable for The Nuclear Age is double-featured with Jayne Loader and Pierce Rafferty's cult documentary The Atomic Cafe. Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 09, 2004 Read More Conditions on the Marshall Islands today are evident.
Kinsey Sober Look Our Our Nation'S Sexual History Still Stirs Up Controversy Earlier this month, the makers of Alfie blamed their film's box office failure on the recent reelection of George W. Bush. While that [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 25, 2004 Read More “It’s a new invention called the centerfold. Someday it will inspire the sexual maturity of thousands of teen boys.”
Finding Neverland Fantasy-Filled Biopic Soars With Imagination, Emotion Finding Neverland sits more or less on the opposite end of the spectrum from Kinsey , this week’s other biopic offering. Both are [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 25, 2004 Read More
Christmas With The Kranks Predictable Holiday Comedy Celebrate Suburban Conformity Every year about this time, Hollywood feels obliged to give us at least one “holiday” movie. That is, one fluffy, family-oriented film set [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 25, 2004 Read More “Take your stinkin’ tree back to the forest you merit badge-hoarding midgets.”
End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones Punks Will Be Punks In Diy Documentary The Ramones could very well have been the most dysfunctional family in rock 'n' roll. And that's saying something in a genre of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 18, 2004 Read More “When you’re a Jet
Sideways Men Behaving Badly Filmmaker Alexander Payne has made a career out of presenting audiences with some very thorny characters: from Laura Dern's glue-sniffing poster child for [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 18, 2004 Read More Miles and Jack finally realize Dave Matthews isn’t all that interesting live.
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason Sequel Relies On Slapstick, But Reminds Us Why We Fell In Love With This Mess Of A Girl The smash hit nature of Bridget Jones' Diary, both in original book and eventual movie form, inevitably led to the release of author [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 11, 2004 Read More “All I need is this comforter and this pint of Ben & Jerry’s. That’s all I need. ... And this paddle game. That’s all I need. ... And the remote control.”
Stage Beauty Boys Will Be Girls In Well-Staged Restoration Romance Stage Beauty projects much of the same energy, wit and love of theater as the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love. This particular Anglophile romancer [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 04, 2004 Read More “Did you steal my mascara again?”