Do you remember when Superbad hit it big and its director (Greg Mottola) essentially got the shaft at every turn, what with Apatowamania hitting its stride at the time? The same could be said for Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller, to some extent. But at least those films were produced by Judd Apatow – […]

I caved. The pressure got to me again. I sacrificed half of my principles and $20 or so of my dollars (between Mrs. Fletch and I). I had to see if the unintentional comedy could remotely come close to matching The Wicker Man. That’s right – I saw Knowing. And you know what? I friggin’ […]

Tamara Jenkins’ first feature, 1998’s Slums of Beverly Hills was a (great) comedy about a family that was poor financially but rich socially. They might have been forced to move from “luxury” apartment to apartment in and around Beverly Hills in their facade of upper middle class-ness, but their foundation never foundered. They loved and […]

How much of what we perceive as great acting comes from our previous knowledge of the actor? Should we be truly shocked that Brits and Australians and the Irish regularly dominate the Academy Award nominations for acting? Would that it could be possible to juxtapose Daniel Day-Lewis with an American in There Will Be Blood […]

Yeah…so I’m four reviews behind. With holiday season here, and a number of potential “sees” coming in the next 10 days, it’s high time I catch up. Let’s start with the one I saw longest ago, and the reason I’ve been sitting on my hands for 3 weeks. I have no idea what to say […]

Juan Antonio Bayona’s feature debut is a haunting fantasy (the horror label hardly applies) presented by the reigning rey (español for "king," gringos) of haunting fantasies, Guillermo Del Toro. It’s punctuated by strong performances by all, and a story sprinkled with a little Never-Neverland dust that lends it some magic, and some very real human […]