Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Pre-1999, the Star Wars fan universe was a loyally committed group in the millions and deemed George Lucas a surrogate God. The release of “The Phantom Menace” on May 19th, 1999 saw the many fanboys feeling utterly spited by their holiness and after two other films (the third of which was not completely unappealing) the [...]

Criterion Collection: Bottle Rocket

Finally…

November 25, 2008 – (I’ll replace my old copy)

Review: Tropic Thunder

Hollywood is a very self-congratulatory institution, a trait quite irritating to a large population of filmgoers. However, every once in a while a film comes along like “Tropic Thunder” – a self-deprecating satire of Hollywood fakery – that helps to ease the resentment. After months of hype surrounding Robert Downey Jr.’s performance as an actor [...]

Isaac Hayes – Pioneer of Film Music – passes away

Forget Chef (Although “South Park” would never have been the same without his presence – and departure), the late Isaac Hayes changed the history of cinematic music throughout his terrific career. The Oscar-winning theme from “Shaft” was a huge hit, both on the charts and in its usage in several films since the release of [...]

Bernie Mac has passed on

This is terribly bizarre news… After about a week of speculation surrounding his health, comedic actor Bernie Mac died today from complications due to pneumonia at the very young age of 50. For me, he was the reason “Bad Santa” became such a great comedy classic. I hope his family is well in this time [...]