reviews

Painfully aware of how plain vanilla his life is and tired of feeling invisible, Peter Rooker (Marcus Thomas: Noel) tries out for a part in a local production of Cyrano de Bergerac… and gets the lead role, despite having no acting experience whatsoever and giving a dreadful audition. Yup, this is another one of those … more…

It looks like a chick flick, but don’t let that fool you, guys: When you get dragged along to *Hitch* this weekend, because it’s Valentine’s Day and for some reason you have to do whatever your ladyfriend wants because some greeting-card company has forced a holiday upon us, you will discover that this is actually every man’s fantasy.

Wow! The most entertaining new Hollywood action movie wasn’t made in Hollywood… it was made in Thailand. A country boy and devotee of the kick-boxing discipline of Muay Thai (Tony Jaa) travels to Bangkok in search of the stolen head of his village’s sacred Buddha statue and gets sucked into its seedy underworld of warring … more…

“Just in time for Black History Month” is how the money people would like you to think of this comedy concert film, featuring a slew of standups including Vincent Morris, Rod Man, Chris Spencer, Esau, and Sexy Marlo. Black they may be, but the ghosts of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman are weeping. There’s nothing … more…

What a curious, beautiful film! Filmmaker Khyentse Norbu, who is supposedly the reincarnation of an important Tibetan lama, gifts us with a small gem that embodies not only the physicality of his gorgeous homeland — this is the first feature film to be shot entirely in the Kingdom of Bhutan, and a breathtaking land it … more…

The sign outside Dublin’s residential-care facility Carrigmore reads “A special home for special people,” and director Damien O’Donnell makes sure you don’t miss it as this triumph-of-the-human-spirit- slash disease-of-the-week flick opens. So you know you’re in for either a sappy valentine to “special” people, or — more likely, considering the bitter Irish sense of humor … more…

Finally, an “erotic thriller” for people who like the ludicrous, threadbare plots and stilted, preposterous acting of bad porn but just don’t want to deal with all the boring explicit sex that goes along with it. Laughably cheap and cheesy, this ridiculous tale of infidelity, murder, and alleged sexual obsession is beset by coincidence, “sexy” … more…

Hooray! Now all those women who had their sense of sexuality perverted by the ‘fairy tale’ of *Pretty Woman* have the perfect twisted fantasy movie cure for their messed-up love lives: Don’t wait anymore for a man to come along and purchase you — buy him instead!