"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," as the title already suggests, a romantic comedy version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol;" even though Dickens' name doesn't appear in the credits, the movie is boldly set at Christmas (though the holiday has nothing...
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Yes, this is a sex comedy, a romantic comedy for guys. It's very coarse and direct full of all the usual naughty words, with guys exhibiting very bad behavior of the kind that men often find hilarious. Women do too,...
The story goes that "Gremlins" was written by Chris Columbus as a sample, hoping to catch Hollywood attention. As director Joe Dante suggests in one of the extras here, this idea should be taken with a grain or two of...
Until the release of this movie, virtually all Blu-ray discs have been movies of recent years, or ones so famous the man in the street would recognize the title. Kino has taken a great step forward: this is a silent...
This dense, intricate and serious movie alienated some filmgoers, though it was popular and handsomely profitable. Generally speaking, mass audiences are not comfortable with films that make you think, and "Twelve Monkeys" is downright cerebral. It's a rich, detailed film...
The advertising for "My Cousin Vinny" insisted that it's a raucous fish-out-of-water comedy tossing a street-wise, fast-talking, tough little New York Italian--Joe Pesci, of course--into the still waters of the Deep South, with laffs aplenty following. Actually, it's a much...
Carl Franklin was a busy actor, primarily on TV, when he turned director; he did a few films for Roger Corman, including "Full Fathom Five" (1990), then in 1992, directed "One False Move," a tense, involving latter-day film noir. This...
Guy Ritchie made a strong impression with two early movies, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," and "Snatch." For the next several years, he was best known as Madonna's latest husband, and for directing her in the excoriatingly-reviewed remake, "Swept...
Pixar is almost unnerving. They've been making features since 1995's "Toy Story," and every one of them, without exception has been very good. Several have been outstanding, among the best movies of the year, animated or otherwise. Their ease and...
"Wrong Turn" is tense and well-directed, and was successful enough to produce two straight-to-video sequels, which seem to have just replayed more or less the same story. Which would make them very blurred carbons, since the original film itself is...
