Jailhouse to Milhouse (2024)
I had a minor resistance walking into Buddy [...]
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Maps to the Stars (2015)
The idea of David Cronenberg taking a jaded look at Hollywood seems irresistible, especially considering the themes of his work. He’s a gonzo artist whose films are always about the bizarre and the grotesque – he made The Fly, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence, Videodrome and The Dead Zone. The very idea that he […]
The DUFF (2015)
The hurt on Bianca’s face is appropriate the day she is informed by an otherwise good friend that her place in the high school pecking order is to be “The DUFF” – The Designated Ugly Fat Friend, meaning that she is the friend that other girls keep around to make themselves look more attractive. “It’s […]
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
It is sort of a sad commentary that Fifty Shades of Grey is threatening to become the perennial erotica of the 21st century. At a time when nudity and four-letter words have slipped onto basic cable and the internet provides free porn 24/7, here is a commercial product that offers steamy sex that is – […]
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Whatever faults the Wachowski siblings may have as filmmakers, lack of ambition is not one of them. Even when they’re not at the top of their game their films are always brimming with big ideas and a lot of visual splendor. This has earned them a well-deserved cult following, even when their films don’t completely […]
V/H/S/2 (2013)
The very concept behind both V/H/S movies is admittedly clever. What would happen if someone found an errant old video cassette tape and put it on. In the real world, it would probably be blank or at least packed with either bad porn or old episodes of “Oprah’ and ‘Diff’rent Strokes.’ But this is a […]
Bad Teacher (2011)
Bad Teacher is an aimless misfire of a comedy with few laughs, little plot and a cast of undefined and uninteresting characters. It’s the kind of movie that you watch with bored disinterest as you wait for something interesting to develop and eventually find yourself laughing at something just to break the tension. And yet, […]
