“With his swoon-inducing good looks and charisma to spare, Brosnan makes, if not the best Bond ever, then a mighty close second.” 00-Crossed James Bond fights for his honor in Die Another Day It’s weird seeing James Bond behind the wheel of a vintage Thunderbird in Die Another Day. For his past three or four … Continue reading
In the most introspective Bond film ever, Pierce Brosnan returns as the dashing agent, who’s been held hostage in Korea for more than a year. Stripped of his “00” status upon his release for allegedly divulging top-secret information, Bond strikes out alone to uncover the traitor who set him up. Crossing paths repeatedly with the … Continue reading
“Eminem commands the screen in his feature debut with an exhilarating performance that virtually dares viewers to look away.” Rapper Delights Eminem impresses in his big screen debut Gay activists can start gnashing their teeth and sharpening their battle-axes; with his stellar performance in 8 Mile, notorious fag-basher Eminem is about to attain a whole … Continue reading
If his performance in this semi-autobiographical flick is any indication, controversial rapper Eminem stands poised to become a bona-fide movie star. Queer politics aside, Eminem is sensational as Rabbit, a Detroit factory worker who dreams of being a hip-hop performer. Consumed by self-doubt, he watches local freestyle rap “battles” from the sidelines until he meets … Continue reading
“By lulling viewers into a complacent trance before hitting them over the head, Van Sant skillfully heightens dramatic tension.” Elephant, an unsettling and thoroughly spellbinding new film from director Gus Van Sant, takes its name from the ancient parable of the blind men and the elephant. In the story, several blind men examine different parts … Continue reading
I’ve never been a big fan of war movies. Somehow, seeing John Wayne or Kirk Douglas hunkering down in a muddy bunker, smoking Camels and reminiscing about the girls back home never held any appeal to me. I don’t necessarily hate the genre, but for every Schindler’s List, there’s an In Love and War, for … Continue reading
With Enough, Jennifer Lopez – Ms. Lo to you and me – continues steadily on her journey from respected actress to camp icon. Now, I love a good wife-on-the-run-in-disguise movie as much as the next guy, and since there hasn’t been a decent one since the Ashley Judd wig-a-thon Double Jeopardy, I was really looking … Continue reading
Oh, the misfortune of living in a Puritanical society. We can’t buy liquor on Sundays. Topless dancers can’t dance topless. And never in this Bible-thumping, God-fearing country would you have a government-funded television network sponsoring an erotic film contest. Germany, however, is more progressive. There, a state-run network did sponsor such a competition, broadcasting the … Continue reading
“Despite the recurrent heavy-handedness, there’s no denying Evelyn has true heart. It’s just sometimes hard to find beneath all the sugar coating.” Hard Knock Life Pierce Brosnan takes on politicians and orphanages in Evelyn If you ever doubted the brilliance of our Founding Fathers, consider for a moment the separation of Church and State. With God officially … Continue reading
Say what you will about writer-director Todd Haynes, but there’s no denying the man has a flair for the visual. His Safe, about a woman suffering from an environmental illness, unfolded against a perfectly drawn, clinically sterile background. And in Velvet Goldmine, Haynes recreated, with startling accuracy, the look, feel and sound of the Glam … Continue reading
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