Romantic comedies often referred to as “rom-coms,” have been around almost as long as commercial films themselves. As any fan of the genre knows, a good rom-com should include two primary ingredients: romance and comedy. Unfortunately for 2011’s Something Borrowed,…
First released in 1967 against a backdrop of violence in American cities, The Battle of Algiers (Battaglia di Algeri, La) was hailed by the Black Panther Party and other radical leftist groups as a handbook for urban revolution. In 2003,…
“If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, you are the sucker.” With those words, begins the tale of Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), a card shark who plays people as well as he does…
Disney’s 24th animated film, The Fox and the Hound began production during a time of transition at the studio. Although the two surviving members of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men” began work on the project in 1977, they soon stepped…
With Stargate SG-1 having completed its eighth season, and rampant speculation that star Richard Dean Anderson would leave the series, the folks at Stargate Command decided it was time to spin off the franchise, and so was born Atlantis. Stargate…
Wedding Daze, the first feature film written and directed by comedian Michael Ian Black, never got a proper theatrical release in America. Instead, Wedding Daze saw a limited release on in some European countries, and was released on DVD in…
Nine-year-old Milo (Seth Green’s captured motion, Seth Dusky’s voice) believes he has a tough life. The way he sees it, his dad (Tom Everett Scott) isn’t home enough, and his mother (Joan Cusack) gives him endless chores. Not only does…
Upon its release in 1994, director Mike Newell’s Four Weddings and a Funeral became an international hit, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and turning Hugh Grant into a star. A hilarious look at love and friendship, it was…
F. Gary Gray’s follow up to Barry Sonnenfeld’s Get Shorty, Be Cool is an adaptation of yet another Elmore Leonard novel. Continuing the story of Chili Palmer, Gray’s film lacks much of the black humor and slick charm of the…
In the mid 1980’s—a decade populated by teen-sex-comedies—writer/director Savage Steve Holland made a name for himself by combining animation and video. In his most popular comedies, Holland utilized a quirky style that made his romantic comedies some of the most…