Five writers. Five looks at the five best films. Five number ones. Boy, are we inconsistent.
Every time you sit down for a movie, whether it’s in the theater or your home, you have a preconception about what’s going to run on that screen for the next two hours. The previews certainly influence this. So do the cast and their filmography. Perhaps the writer has a trope that just won’t die. Or, a […]
In one sense, 21 Jump Street is retelling of The Prince and the Pauper wherein economic disparities are replaced by the gulf between the socially admired and the socially anemic. Truthfully, I was expecting little from the large-screen adaptation of the 1980’s television series about undercover police officers who infiltrate reprobate-filled highschools. However, this film is less longer […]
From the beginning of Ted, writer / director Seth MacFarlane blends fairy tale and nostalgia into one film. MacFarlane-as-baritone narrator indicts the people of world for no longer believing that wishes come true. As if channeling the virtues of Jiminy Cricket, the narrator brings us into a wintery landscaped-Massachusetts, on Christmas Eve, “that time of year when […]
Over this weekend, we will learn to be careful what we wish for, know that even strippers can become movie stars, wonder if we have a long-lost sibling, ask ourselves what will happen after fifteen years of marriage, and ponder who keeps paying to see Tyler Perry films. Enoy! Ted: In one sense, Seth MacFarlane’s new film […]