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When watching a good Woody Allen movie, viewers are not only entertained for about an hour and a half, but they also get a great glimpse into the director’s psyche. At his best,
When watching a good Woody Allen movie, viewers are not only entertained for about an hour and a half, but they also get a great glimpse into the director’s psyche. At his best,
Manhattan Murder Mystery represents one of the last few gasps of creativity before Woody Allen’s career descended into self-parody (before he rebounded with Matchpoint). Made in 1993, Allen would follow
I’ve been looking forward to seeing Superbad since I saw the trailer back in April. This flick could be the first genuinely “funny” teen comedy without the word pie in
I went in to this movie knowing that it would be my kind of comedy but had no idea that it would become one of my all time favorites. This was
From the opening frame of A Hard Day’s Night, the screen pulsates with energy. The Beatle’s first foray into the medium of film is exciting, original, and simply takes your
I hate to be the barer of bad news, but people need to stop trying to copy Quentin Tarantino. Ever since Pulp Fiction came out in 1994, impressionable directors have
Movies about high school kids are known for being about sex, causing trouble, and drinking beer at parties. Cameron Crowe achieved something with Say Anything… that throws all of those
I don’t think I ever smile more during movies than I do during Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. There is something about them that radiates joy and warmth. Maybe
Within certain jobs there is a line that needs to be tip-toed in order to keep things running smoothly. The entertainment business straddles the line between style and substance constantly.
Ambiguity is a core fixture in the moral code of the western in general, and Lawrence Kasdan’s Silverado in particular. There is a certain necessary correlation between having morally tilted
And following right on the heels of the Die Hard sequel, British smash Hot Fuzz squeals onto U.S. screens. From the awesome creators and stars of Shaun of the Dead,
How fantastic it would be if the nanny got prettier the nicer her charges acted. You would start out with the old hag from Don’t Tell Mom, the Babysitter’s Dead,
This being a film school, many students know of or have seen the 1936 “documentary” Reefer Madness, the propagandist film which attempts to warn children and their parents about the
Tell Your Classmates! Recently I was told about this school, SUNY: Purchase College, a self-proclaimed “liberal arts” school, which, in my opinion infers a thinly disguised socialist, anti-patriotic institution, doing
Hitchcock not only connotes the figure of a portly, balding English gentleman that often pops up at odd times in movies, but also evokes particular images, sounds, colors, and especially
In one scene in “The Legend of Zorro,” Zorro, aka Alejandro de la Vega (Antonio Bandaras), saves his son Joaquin (Adrian Alonso) from falling off a cliff. Zorro is Joaquin’s
After struggling to find an adjective for “Elizabethtown,” we decided ‘warm-hearted’ was pretty accurate. It isn’t a feel good movie. It’s more of a feel alright movie. The message I