Yep, a new Will Ferrell film hits the screens today–Step Brothers starring Ferrell and John C. Reily. Directed by SNL alum Adam McKay, it’s part of the Judd Apatow franchise. Apatow has a real knack for creating satire that basically bashes the WASP male, poking fun at easy targets like redneck culture (Dewey Cox and …
If it’s Friday, there must be a new Will Ferrell film coming out! Read More »
I just saw Wattstax for the very first time the other night. I was really struck by it’s honesty and grit, but what really stood out was some of the more vocal figures that share their commentary along the way. I’ll get to them in a minute, but first the film itself.Wattstax for the uninitiated …
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If a movie portrayed bees getting gassed in a hive like it was a concentration camp, a famous black comedian represented as a bloodsucking insect, Winnie The Pooh getting hit with a tranquilizing dart, and the Caucasian race getting blamed for the exploitatation of bees for the production of honey, would you take your kid …
GOING GLOBAL NEVER SOUNDED SO GOODI recently attended a special screening for a film based on the, “L’Orchestra Piazza d’Vittorio.” The film is an outgrowth of a much larger project that when viewed from a detached perspective is nothing short of a modern miracle. The backstory takes place in in a neighborhood in Rome called …
Has there ever been a more devilish decade in cinema than the seventies? It started off with howl as Linda Blair become the object of the devil’s desire in “The Exorcist.” “The Exorcist” might be the singular most scary film I have ever seen, and to this day I will not watch it. The atmosphere …
