All the Real Girls
Like love, the film mucks about, making up the rules as it goes along. It’s not perfect, but neither is love.
Superman Returns
A tender film that steps outside of its expected genre.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Still a lot of fun, has lots of action and adds some depth to the overall story, but it’s also bloated and ends far too suddenly.
The Goonies
Whether it’s an organ that threatens death if the wrong note is played, a wishing well that talks back to you or a pirate ship, the surface of The Goonies is all about a child’s innocence and faith in the unlikely.
Fitzcarraldo
If you have a dream, the only way to accomplish it is to face it head on. If your dream requires you to drag a massive boat up a mountainside, do it. So says director Werner Herzog in the bizarre but captivating Fitzcarraldo.
Grosse Pointe Blank
Armitage encourages [Gen-Xers] to keep the skeptical attitude, but to also negotiate some sort of confusing middle ground between maintaining the image without “selling out”.
Sidekick
Even though I have read a comic or two in my life, it’s not just for us nerds….It’s a universal story. Honest.
V for Vendetta
With its delightful mix of action and thinking, V for Vendetta is in one sense escapism but on the other, depressing as hell.
Show Me
The premise of Show Me sounds lame, but the end result is something much greater than its plot.
Mondo Hollywood
What once caused a storm of controversy is now pretty tame, mundane even.
