Film
America’s Favorite Alien Returns After Twenty Years
To be honest, I really don’t like Steven Spielberg. He’s simplistic, condescending and, the odd for-the-ages shot aside, he isn’t
Quaid Goes the Distance in ‘Rookie’
Frequently, I wonder what I would do if someone pushed me into a chair and ordered me to write a
Keeping 'Memento' In Mind
Why bother to complain about the Oscars? Why bother indeed, when these measures of cinematic merit mean very little? This
Arranging Love and Marriage
Monsoon Wedding isn’t a subtle film. It is, instead, melodrama at its glorious and exuberant best: When the screen isn’t
A Not So Nice Disney
“Someday my prince will come,” Snow White wholesomely sings in Disney’s first feature-length cartoon. Yes, irritated Z magazine writer Marlene
Showtime Shines for De Niro
The new comedy Showtime, starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy, features De Niro as a serious, hardworking cop and
‘Time’ Comes to a Standstill
When the best moment of a movie focuses on the image of changing hemlines in a dress shop window to
On Kerouac’s Road Again
“Sal, we gotta go and never stop going till we get there.” Fifty years later, Sal and Dean are still
Life After Death
On August 25, 2001, a late summer night with only the slightest chill hinting at the impending autumn, one of
'Dragonfly' Lacks Wings
With a leading actor whose best days seem to be behind him and a plotline involving a doctor caring for
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Terminated
Most of you have heard his name. Some of you can even spell it. He’s a man short on talk
Britney: Not Yet A Girl..Not Yet a Film
Picture the worst film that you can possibly imagine and begin beating yourself with a tire iron. Only then can
Willis, Farrell: Fighting the Bore War
Bruce Willis’ role in Hart’s War can be gleaned entirely from looking at the film’s promotional poster; his picturesque army
A Forced 'Occupation'
Last Saturday, Occupation, the documentary about the Progressive Student Labor Movement’s (PSLM) infamous 21-day sit-in in Mass. Hall, premiered at
High-Speed Hypocrisy
By Steven N. Jacobs Contributing Writer Rollerball, directed by John McTiernan of Die Hard fame, skates into theaters today. Starring
