The Whole Ten Yards
TweetThe first one was good and ended with the good guys in comfortable places. No need to bring them back to resolve some hanging story thread or buddy-buddy tension. The Whole Nine Yards just made...
View ArticleHarold and Kumar Go To White Castle
TweetBetween unloading boxes and figuring where everything goes we watched a couple of amusing flicks, one recent, one the last of a series from the ’60s and ’70s. Both enjoyable though and I think the...
View ArticleSideways
TweetFor a movie from the director of About Schmidt and Election, and with the awards, nominations and critical acclaim it got, I expected a lot more of Sideways than I saw on the screen. If memory...
View ArticleWedding Crashers
TweetAlthough a bit uncertain over whether it wants to be a farce or romantic comedy, this flick out of the Wilson/Ferrell/Vaughn crew is still pretty funny. Not as funny as it could have been if Owen...
View ArticleThe Dukes of Hazzard
TweetHollywood studios, like most businesses, don’t really care where the next idea comes from, only that it return more cash than the cost. So don’t expect the big screen remakes of TV shows to end...
View ArticleOcean's 13
TweetDanny, Rusty and their ever-growing squad of adorable con men are back for a third stroll down Frank’s Way and for my money, its the charm, the best of the bunch. Perhaps it was just a question of...
View ArticleYou, Me and Dupree
TweetCaught up with this light buddy/romance romp from 2006 on HBO the other night; actually it was pretty close to chick flick territory except for Owen (‘I’m the blonde one’) Wilson’s whack job of a...
View ArticleRush Hour 3
TweetAfter taking down Vegas and Hong Kong, the unlikely pairing of LAPD detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) and Hong Long PD Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) are after the biggest game of all in...
View ArticleClerks II
TweetTen years on and much Hollywood success later, Kevin “Silent Bob” Smith returns to bookend the original black & white indie comedy that launched him. Where are Dante and Randal now? Has Dante...
View ArticleVarsity Blues
TweetPre-Friday Night Lights, pre-We Are Marshall, pre-Glory Road, Varsity Blues (1999) is nonetheless a step in their direction with its depiction of a snarky, proto-intellectual backup QB (James Van...
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