There are few things more pleasing than silliness done seriously, what the members of Spinal Tap famously dubbed the thin line between clever and stupid. When a movie falters in this tightrope act, it can be abysmal. It’s a ...
In the age of Facebook, is there still any point to high school reunions? And in the age of the 90-day turnaround to home video, is there any point to releasing an unneeded four-quel to theaters? These are the questions that come ...
A couple months ago, I posted the news that an audience test screening of footage from Peter Jackson’s upcoming ‘The Hobbit’ film was widely greeted with negative reactions, primarily due to the director’s ...
Stanley Kubrick was a notorious perfectionist, often known to fine-tune his movies right up to the last minute, and sometimes beyond. For his masterpiece ‘2001: A Space Odyssey‘, the director actually cut 19 minutes ou...
