Little, low-budget, independent films every week, every month, all year long … that’s what keeps the dying movie business from its own burial, six feet under. A Little Help, written and directed by Michael J. Weithorn, is a benign slice of life about suburban angst on Long Island. It’s not much, but thanks to the Read More
Hall Pass is garbage waiting for the dump truck. The latest assault on public decency from the pathetic oeuvre of the Farrelly brothers is the same old swill, wrapped in odor-resistant disposable trash bags. What, you expected more? You thought they swallowed elegance pills? Any Farrelly brothers flick (the word “film” does not apply) that Read More
A few nights ago we finally caught Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story on cable, having intentionally missed it last winter. It was exactly the kind of movie we expected it to be… a better version of the Scary Movie/Date Movie/Epic Movie/Please God Not Another Movie spoof films but with lots of unnecessary full frontal Read More
The Promotion
Running time 85 minutes
Written and Directed by Steve Conrad
Starring Sean William Scott, John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Lili Taylor
Steve Conrad’s The Promotion, from his own screenplay, immerses itself in the world of Chicago supermarket midlevel employees, two of whom are furiously competing for promotion to a Read More
The biggest hit at Lucky magazine’s “hospitality suite” (swag distribution center) at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, held for celebrities in town for the network television industry’s “upfront” presentations on Monday, May 12, was Guitar Hero III, the music video game. “My boyfriend always kicks my butt and I still have to master ‘slow ride, ta-na-na-na, take Read More
