Catherine Breillat clearly prides herself on her reputation as a director who explores sexuality in a variety of frank, explicit and often shocking ways. 2001’s Fat Girl is without a doubt one of her most provocative films. Whether it’s any…
Pop teen idols have been around since pop music burst forth in the forth in the fifties. Every generation seems to have their own idols, and some last longer than others. When I was very young, Leif Garrett was huge….
Given the massive success of the Twilight films, it should come as no surprise that Hollywood has gone into overdrive, trying to adapt specific types of stories for the screen–ones about mopey teenagers falling in love with just the right…
Warner Bros. | 1973 | 151 mins. | PG Based on a best seller by the late Frenchman Henri Charriere, who claimed it was a true story, Papillon offers a lot to like. Compared to today’s blockbusters, with their explosions…
Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 108 mins. | R No Strings Attached was originally titled Friends With Benefits, which was changed due to a forthcoming Justin Timberlake-Mila Kunis comedy bearing the same name and a near-identical premise: longtime friends decide…
Image Entertainment | 1963 | 935 mins. | PG The fourth season of The Twilight Zone brought with it lots of changes. The most notable to the casual viewer was a shift from its highly effective half-hour format to the…
Paramount Pictures | 1984 | 105 mins. | R Beverly Hills Cop owes its success to star Eddie Murphy. Murphy’s one-of-a kind, fast-talking personality turned a rather routine, shallow cop comedy into something special. Murphy’s presence is the primary reason…
Disney / Buena Vista | 2011 | 89 min | PG While they were in theaters I consciously avoided the High School Musical franchise, fearing an all out assault on my musical sensibilities. When I finally viewed the trilogy on…
Criterion | 1955 | 108 min | NR Released in 1955, Ingmar Bergman’s 16th film, Smiles of a Summer Night would give the director his first taste of international success. Few would argue that Bergman was very serious director. While…
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 114 min | R I missed Blue Valentine in theaters, but after hearing and reading so much about it, I was anxious to check it out for myself. Now having done that, I’ll…