Films

“Three hours?” “My ass was asleep the whole time.” “It’s too depressing.” “What’s up with the end?”
(Actual comments from people leaving movie theatres after seeing “Magnolia“.)
I have dubbed myself a “Magnolia” fanatic. I have seen this film FOUR times. “Magnolia” is a brilliant film. Along with “American Beauty“, “Fight Club” and “Dogma“, “Magnolia” is the […]

When director Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption was released in theatres, it didn’t do that well at all, despite glowing reviews from all manner of critics. Chalk it up to poor marketing, heavy box-office competition, or just plain bad luck; this fine film just didn’t draw in the number of moviegoers that it ought to […]

After a long day’s work, I’m not usually in the mood to go see a movie. And since I work all the time, it seems my anti-movie mood is common. Truth is, I don’t really see all that many movies. It probably doesn’t help that my attention span has dwindled to nil, thanks to multi-tasking […]

This is a movie I expected not to like. As a rule, I don’t like Bruce Willis’ films. This may stem from the fact that I promised myself I would stop throwing money away on testosterone fests like Die Hard. Add to this that the movie trailer for the 6th Sense annoyed me. It was […]