Monthly Archives: February 2011
Retro Review: Zodiac
David Fincher is one of those directors that if you are a movie fan you always want to see his latest project. Fincher achieved this movie geek praise and critical acclaim when he made movies such as “Fight Club”, “The Game” and “Panic Room”. The last time that Fincher tackled the serial killer murder-mystery genre [...]
Retro Review: Holy Smoke!
Harvey Keitel re-teams with feminist director Jane Campion for another journey back to the land down under. This time Keitel is the world’s best “cult deprogrammer” and his subject is a religiously confused Kate Winslet. Holy Smoke is one of those art films that probably won’t appeal to the biggest of audiences because of its [...]
Retro Review: Four Brothers
It’s all about family, well, sort of. Four foster brothers reunite on a cold snowy day when their foster mother (Fionnula Flanagan) is killed during a convenience store robbery. She was the only good thing to happen to these four social misfits and she was the only one who really cared. After the funeral, Bobby [...]
Retro Review: Small Time Crooks
Woody Allen’s first film for Dreamworks. Will it bring the magic back to the film veteran? Woody Allen’s “Small Time Crooks” tells the story about ex-con dishwasher Ray Winkler (Woody Allen), who has dreams of taking his ex-stripper wife, Frenchie (Tracey Ullman) to Florida and escape their dismal New York life. His dream lies in [...]
Retro Review: The Dish
A delightful little Aussie comedy that is sure to make you giggle. After seeing Crocodile Dundee 3 in the same week, I wasn’t sure if I was ready for another Australian comedy. But the film starred Sam Neill of “Jurassic Park” and Patrick Warburton of “Seinfeld” and the underrated live-action “Tick” television series. I have [...]
Retro Review: Robots
It seems that PIXAR animation is the titan among the leading studios to produced 3D-animated films. But the bridge between PIXAR and the rest of the animation leaders is narrowing. With the success of Shrek and its sequel and Fox’s Ice Age, other animators seem to be chipping away at PIXAR’s lead in the field. [...]
Retro Review: Domestic Disturbance
Absorbed by divorce, pulled into a new marriage and sometimes a new career, we put our children through a lot of adjustments. Through these unforeseen circumstances new people come into our lives. Can we ever trust the people who become involved in our children’s lives? In the new film “Domestic Disturbance”, Hollywood revisits this impending [...]
Retro Review: Shark Tale
Where has all the heart and humor gone? In the latest computer-animated extravaganza from DreamWorks Pictures, Will Smith lends his voice to a fish named Oscar, who happens to be a fast-talking fish who dreams of bigger and brighter things. When Oscar’s mouth gets him into trouble and he ends up being sent up river [...]
Retro Review: Double Jeopardy
Will she shoot him? Will she get away with it if she does? Double Jeopardy is the name of a law where a person can not be convicted twice for the same crime. Ashley Judd is a woman convicted of killing her husband. She is sentenced to 6 years of prison and taken away from [...]
