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Teachers Pet

Teachers Pet

With Teacher's Pet, Disney is clearly looking to expand into the arena of hand-drawn animation of the sort kids are accustomed to on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. After all there is a demographic out there somewhere (kids) who consider Sponge Bob, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed Edd and Eddy, The Po... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
Catch That Kid

Catch That Kid

Maddy (Kristen Stewart, Panic Room), a twelve-year-old femme fatale in training is faced with a crisis: her Father (Sam Robards), an ex-mountaineer and now go-cart track proprietor, whom she adores, is suddenly paralyzed with a spinal injury resulting from an earlier near-fatal climbing accident. Th... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
The Fog of War

The Fog of War

Errol Morris is, perhaps the best documentary film maker out there. I'm a big fan of Michael Moore, but Morris has a larger body of work (see Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control, or Mr. Death), and his The Thin Blue Line is one of the most important and powerful documentaries ever made. The Fog of W... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

In  2002, Barbershop emerged as a surprise hit, so it's no surprise that two years later a sequel is back for a trim. Not that I mind. I found the first film very engaging - save for an unecessary subplot or two. What I really admired about it was it's nerve. You wouldn't think a comedy about a Chic... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Miracle

Miracle

The new movie Miracle is already getting slammed by a good bit of negative press for it's depiction of the Soviet Union. There are a lot of people out there who think this movie is nothing more than a cheap exercise in giving the U.S. a healthy pat on the back. These are the kind of people who need... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
The Big Bounce

The Big Bounce

You've got to love writer Elmore Leonard. His style has a colorfully unpredictable side, along with an everyman appeal. His works have been fashioned into many great movies (see Jackie Brown, Out of Sight and Get Shorty), and the latest to make the jump from page to screen is The Big Bounce. Sadly,... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

Going into the new thriller The Butterfly Effect, I expected to get Punk'd. The coming attraction trailer made the movie look pretty stupid. I was quite surprised to find that this film has a wildly creative premise. Unfortunately, it's undermined by weak acting and an intrusive musical score that... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog

It's awards season and of all the decent but slightly overrated award-hungry films released in recent months (i.e. Cold Mountain and 21 Grams), House of Sand and Fog emerges as the most disappointing. This isn't to say the movie is bad. Far from it. There's a lot to like here, but overall, I found... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Sundance 2004 #2

Sundance 2004 #2

NOVEMBER Starring Courtney Cox, James LeGros, Michael Ealy, and Anne Archer November is a film that really keeps you on your toes. It's the type of picture that may confuse you as it's unfolding, but rest assured, it does make sense by the end. In the drama/thriller, Courtney Cox plays photog... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls

Knowing that this was based on a true story and given that it was laden with Oscar caliber acting, I was expecting Calendar Girls to be a little more moving and meaty. I also went in expecting to witness things even more hard to watch than Kathy Bates overhyped nudity in About Schmidt. This did turn... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Chasing Liberty

Chasing Liberty

January is traditionally the "dumping month," the month studios trot our their turkeys that they've lost faith in, or have gone bung somewhere along the way. Chasing Puberty, I mean Chasing Liberty isn't quite the sacrificial lamb that a movies like The Big Bounce is going to be (the scuttlebutt on... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Love Actually

Love Actually

Richard Curtis (screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill), makes his directorial debut with Love Actually, a Robert Altman-esque ensemble affair that depicts that crazy little thing called love through several disassociated storylines. There are too many story lines, in fac... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Monster

Monster

Is all the hype surrounding Charlize Theron's fierce performance in Monster true? I'd say yes. She is virtually unrecognizable, and really loses herself in the part. But how's the movie itself? Not as powerful as it's lead player. Monster is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, a woman who... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Along Came Polly

Along Came Polly

Being a long time fan of Ben Stiller it's been disheartening to see his talent wasted on subpar material. After sitting through the disastrous black-comedy misfire Duplex, I was truly hoping he might redeem himself here - though the trailers didn't make it appear likely. While Along Came Polly isn't... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast
Sundance 2004

Sundance 2004

Sundance Film Festival has arrived and I'm as excited as ever. It's quite cool to be able to see these movies, some of which were completed mere days before their premieres. It's just really nice to discover a little gem before the hype machine gets a hold of it. And while I did see one stinker thus... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast