In the case of this tepid horror remake, the numbers 6-6-6 add up to 18 reasons why the second half of the film fails miserably to do justice to what came before.
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
Ask the Dust (2006) Review
Following collaborations with Oliver Stone and Terrence Malick, Colin Farrell teams up with yet another Grade-A American filmmaker. But the result, unfortunately, is C minus.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005) Review
Don't be fooled by the title. There's very little comedy here, and the Muslim world in question is on the wrong continent.
Friday, October 21, 2005
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) Review
Shane Black's blood valentine to the narrative genre that has made him a multi-millionaire delights in giving a town that worships loglines the finger.
Friday, August 12, 2005
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) Review
It opens with a great one-two-three punch line montage that has the audience giggling. Then, it plunges penis-first into the Amsterdam gutter.
Friday, August 5, 2005
My Date With Drew (2004) Review
The budget for this year's second Drew Barrymore romantic comedy is 36,363 times smaller than that of the first, Fever Pitch. Guess which film is more satisfying?
Friday, June 24, 2005
Bewitched (2005) Review
It now appears as if Jessica Simpson's Daisy Duke is going to leave skid marks this summer all over Nicole Kidman's Samantha.
Friday, March 21, 2003
View From the Top (2003) Review
| Strange mishmash of a movie plays like a bad episode of Saturday Night Live, with Gwyneth Paltrow doing her best to keep things moving and Mike Myers scoring a few, but not enough, direct hits. |
