By Sandra Kraisirideja
Jeremy Piven delivers a line in “The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard” to describe his method for picking up women, but it’s also a great description for the movie: ‘I’m using a buckshot approach and firing until I hit something.”
The jokes, one-liners, quibs and barbs, come from all directions in “The Goods”and while [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja
Parents be warned: if you take your kids to see “Ponyo” you will be subjected to pleas for a pet goldfish immediately after the movie ends.
“Ponyo,” the latest animated film by Oscar winner Hayao Miyazaki, tells the story of a magical goldfish who falls in love with a little boy and transforms herself [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja
Oscar-nominated screenwriter James Toback may be the only person who could have executed a documentary about boxing legend Mike Tyson. Toback, who was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for “Bugsy,” has been friends with Tyson for years. What joins the two together is that they are both survivors of industries that [...]
By Keith Gibson
Let me start by saying this: only a handful of original science fiction films make it to the big-screen every year; fewer still deserve critical acclaim and praise. “District 9” is a rare piece of cinema, well-deserving of both.
First-time feature-film director Neil Blomkamp – under the steady hand of Peter Jackson – brings [...]
