American Cousins
A quirky crowd-pleaser that builds off of the strength of strong characters to draw its audience in.
Category: Reviews: A-E
At Five in the Afternoon
Makhmalbaf wants to reflect what’s happening in Afghanistan today. To that end this is a timely piece. Whether or not it remains as such as the years go by will only be known as history rolls itself out.
Capturing the Friedmans
Capturing the Friedmans is a film that goes beyond what you’re watching on the screen. I left asking questions about how I was viewing it.
Canadian Bacon
Let’s leave the poking fun at Canadians to those who do it best – Canadians.
Better Off Dead
Better Off Dead’s charm stems from its imagination and attitude.
Chaos and Desire
Little more than a fish-out-of-water tale told like my uncle’s suspect raves of his annual fishing trip: colourful but not terribly enlightening.
Films: C · Reviews: C · Sucky Sequels
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
Full Throttle would have worked if it were a promo video for a Hollywood stunt school. But you can only defy gravity so many times before you go floating off into space.
Chalte Chalte
I was disappointed by the simplistic route Mirza takes…and the lack of unique situations that might have made Chalte Chalte feel more genuine.
Decline of the American Empire
Arcand’s message might not be the happy, happy, joy, joy we have come to expect from our movies but he does shed some truth, no matter how hard it might be to digest.
Anger Management
I chuckled quite a bit, but when you have Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson teaming up anything less than laugh-out-loud hilarity has to be considered a major disappointment.
