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Elektra

Elektra

Following the events of Daredevil, Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner), sai enthusiast and assassin-for-hire who dies at the end of the film, is brought back to life by the Order of the Hand - a group of assassins who helped train her before her temporary demise. Upon her reincarnation she gets her o... [More]

Written By: Sir Dizzy
House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers is another in a long line of gorgeous Asian productions (see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero). It bagged a couple of much deserved Oscar nominations including one for Cinematography, but for whatever reason, it wasn't nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. Go figur... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
A Slipping Down Life

A Slipping Down Life

A Slipping Down Life popped-up at Sundance in 1999. The debut baby of actress-turned-director Toni Kalem - an adaptation of a 1969 Anne Tyler novel about an unlikely love-relationship that takes root between a diffident and backward wallflower (Lili Taylor) and a local singer-songwriter/barroom poet... [More]

Written By: The Boneman
Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents is an apt name for this film for several reasons. Although the nature of the serendipity that takes place in the film might be a bit inaccurate by definition, I'd have to say that the fact that I picked it off the video store shelf (based solely on the fact that it starred Vincent D'... [More]

Written By: The Boneman
Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet, might have been more appropriately entitled "Is It Over Yet?" In fact I'd probably feel sorry for Ice Cube for having been wrangled into taking part in this ex-rapper-on-the-road pile-up, had I not noticed his name in the production credits. Showing evidence that "Amerikkka's Most... [More]

Written By: The Boneman
Beyond The Sea

Beyond The Sea

Beyond the Sea is a rather old fashioned bio-pic and serves as the ultimate vanity project for the multi talented Kevin Spacey. This film, based on the life of crooner Bobby Darin (his most famous tunes were "Mack the Knife" and the title track), has been a huge labor of love for the American Beauty... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Fat Albert

Fat Albert

Fat Albert (the cartoon) came along a few years after I'd lost interest in Bill Cosby. As a youngster I sat glued to the turntable listening to Cosby records, but when his portly creation and the gang came along I was over Cosby and, hence, I went into Fat Albert more-or-less as unfamiliar with the... [More]

Written By: The Boneman
Boogeyman

Boogeyman

Boogeyman is the latest film released by Sam Raimi's Ghost House Productions. While it is better than the dreck it clearly resembles (i.e. They, Darkness Falls, and The Darkness), it's hardly a memorable entry into the increasingly sagging horror genre. Anyone associated with the creative force that... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek boasts a roster of A-list acting talent, perhaps the two finest actors of their respective generations in DeNiro and Dakota Fanning and, if the trailers can be trusted, a promising evening of thrills and chills at the Bijou. As we begin, DeNiro and his daughter Emily are beginning the... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
Sundance Report # 2

Sundance Report # 2

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Written By: Adam Mast
Oscar Nominations 2004

Oscar Nominations 2004

OSCAR NOMINATIONS! Typically, this is the time of year when I fall behind, what with Sundance and all. This year is certainly no different, and while I have about ten different things I'm working on, I thought I'd take a few minutes to do a little profile on the recently announced Oscar Nominatio... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Hedwig and The Angry Inch

Hedwig and The Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is an ingenious bit of musical theater turned film that is every bit as entertaining as Rocky Horror Picture Show. John Cameron Mitchell (who also wrote the wonderfully intelligent script and co-wrote the films stunning score) turns in absolutely fabulous performance as the... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
Danny Deckchair

Danny Deckchair

Danny Deckchair is as light as the helium that changes the title character's life and, though derivative and formulaic, is a film that's sweet-natured charm elevates it above any real criticism that I could rightfully muster up. With obvious nods to such films as The Wizard of Oz, Doc Hollywood and... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
Assault On Precinct 13

Assault On Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13 is a retelling of John Carpenter's stylized actioneer from 1976. Even though that picture wasn't exactly regarded as a classic, it was Carpenter's follow-up to the little seen Dark Star, and sort of put his name on the map (he would do the infamous Halloween shortly after). I'... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is a fairly stylistic but surprisingly straight-forward underground revenge film that made me feel sleepy more than a few times. If you took an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to Ireland and inserted the plot to the Patrick Swayze vehicle Next of Kin, you'd pre... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones