Review: Eastern Promises

With 2005’s “A History of Violence”, director David Cronenberg created a huge critical success, his first in years. The film landed on most critics’ top 10 lists and he became a director to watch for a whole new generation of moviegoers. His follow-up “Eastern Promises”, an intense drama about a mystery concerning the Russian Mafia, [...]

Trailer: Juno

I remember when this film was first announced, pre-”Superbad” and post-”Thank You For Smoking “and I was very excited. The film is directed by Jason Reitman who directed the latter film with a style that I completely loved. It stars Michael Cera, the beautiful and talented Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Rainn Wilson, and [...]

DVD Review: The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)

One of the best films of 2006 was Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy/historical drama “Pan’s Labyrinth.” That film was slated to win the Oscar for best foreign film and much to the dismay of many Americans (including this film critic), it lost to a fairly unknown German film called “The Lives of Others.” The film is [...]

R.I.P. Luciano Pavarotti

One third, in fact the most famous third, of the Three Tenors has passed away. The Maestro would be very sad. Apparently Pavarotti could kick your ass at table tennis.

Hotel Chevalier

Along with directing his upcoming film “The Darjeeling Limited”, Wes Anderson has been directed a prequel short entitled “Hotel Chevalier” starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman (who also star in the full length feature. Natalie Portman is also reported to be featured nude which has been said about many of her recent movies to much [...]

DVD Review: Cabaret

I’ve always been a big fan of movie adaptations of Broadway musicals especially when the film can stand as a film by itself. “The Producers” was not an example of this, it was just like a filmed version of the show with a few Hollywood stars thrown in for ticket sales. I love “Grease” and [...]