The damage control in Hollywood may or may not live up to its promise of less violence and more films with gentler, unifying themes in this time of reflection, anxiety and fear. For now, Hearts in Atlantis is up at bat-not great, but a nice start. Based on the collection of stories by Stephen King Read More
Basically, Instinct Is a Copycat
The trailers for Instinct are misleading. They give the impression that this lurid, bizarre film about nature versus the most violent “instinct” of man is another Silence of the Lambs , with Anthony Hopkins as a savage, lunging Hannibal Lecter on the loose and Cuba Gooding Jr. as the man Read More
When Harry Met Woody’s Shrink
After a long siege of courtroom controversy and tabloid scandal, the world may be divided on Woody Allen (people love him or hate him, and you don’t find many “no opinions”), but what does he think about himself? Deconstructing Harry is as close as he’s going to get to Read More
No amount of Saint Johnswort will get you through U-Turn. You need stronger stuff, since it’s a movie so stupefyingly bad it seems to have been made by people stoned on Prozac and helium. Not so much directed as hallucinated by madman Oliver Stone, this lurid, violent and pretentious cross between Blue Velvet and Duel Read More
