The residents of Fairy Tale Land [Canada was taken, eh?] have a wee problem – Cinderella's wicked stepmother has stumbled onto the means to permanently upset the balance between Good and Evil in every fairy tale. You'd think that would make for a fresh twist on the subject, but you might well be wrong… When […]
From The Producers of Underworld – The Covenant; From The Man Behind Ghostbusters – My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Neither The Covenant not My Super Ex-Girlfriend were well received by critics – and neither did boffo box office. And yet… neither is nearly as bad as some would have you believe… The Covenant The Covenant is really a superhero movie. The main characters in the film – good, evil, or indifferent – are descendants […]
Factotum, Little Miss Sunshine, Brothers of the Head, The Architect
Matt Dillon gives one of his finest performances in Factotum; one the year's best films, Little Miss Sunshine, follows the misadventures of a dysfunctional family as they drive cross-country in VW Miocrobus to get the youngest child to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant; one of the worst, The Architect, is the examination of an […]
Interview with Torchwood star Naoko Mori
The 10 Most Interesting Films of 2006
Everyone and his dog has a list of "The Best Films of [Whatever Year]." Sometimes, though, as good as a film can be, it's just not interesting. So, this year, I've put together a list of ten films that held my interest even after I'd left the theater. They are, in alphabetical order… Casino Royale […]
TV 2006 – The Cream of the Crop
Top tens are always so objective – they're colored by one's liking or disliking of specific genres; whether there's substance to the choices; even whether there's diversity. For the season of 2005/6, these are the shows that kept me coming back for more… …in alphabetical order: 24 This year's "day" was the best since the […]
Michael Shanks In 3rd Stargate Series ‘Just a Rumor’
Over the days before the Christmas holiday, rumors and ‘news items’ about a possible third Stargate series began to appear on various Stargate related sites. Both Gateworld and Stargate:SG-1 Solutions were posting news stories based on information garnered from anonymous ‘production sources’. From Gateworld came the announcements that there is to be a third Stargate […]
Under Wrought Dreamgirls Doesn’t Live Up To The Hype
One of the season's most hyped films is the musical, Dreamgirls – a thinly veiled recounting of the story of The Supremes. The hype would have you believe that it will be a star-making vehicle for Beyonce
We Are Marshall Doesn’t Quite Score!
When a film has its heart so firmly in the right place, it's a shame to have to say that it's not wonderful. Unfortunately, despite all the best intentions, We Are Marshall is a clunky, overbearing film that seems to wallow in its sadness… The tragedy that struck Marshall University and the town of Huntington, […]
Potpourri: Jet Li’s Fearless – Unrated Edition; The Wicker Man – 2-DVD Collector’s Edition; American Pie Presents The Naked Mile
Jet Li's last wushu movie, Fearless, is about the philosophy behind the martial arts – and yet it features some of his most interesting fight sequences; The Wicker Man has survived the indignity of a hideous remake, courtesy of a splendid two-disc collector's set, and American Pie Presents The Naked Mile takes baby steps back […]
Keeping the Date Alive with the Men of Mortuaries Calendar
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