The Suckling
If ever there was a case for safe and legal abortions The Suckling (1990) is it. The film is set on April Fool’s day, 1973, and concerns a young couple… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
Wicked Little Letters
Wicked Little Letters (2023) relies heavily on cursing for its comedy. If one isn’t outraged by the flurry of expletives or dying from laughter then Wicked Little Letters doesn’t work… Read more »
The Lonely Guy
When I was a little kid I was obsessed with actor Charles Grodin. I saw Beethoven (1992) and was hooked. When Clifford (1994) came out it was an instant favorite… Read more »
Cannonball
Cannonball (1976) is the second and lesser known racing film by director Paul Bartel. It’s also overlooked as one of the films that was inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea… Read more »
Nobody’s Fool
Director Evelyn Purcell had worked for years as an assistant director and producer on ex-husband Jonathan Demme’s films before helming her own feature Nobody’s Fool (1986). Purcell’s style, like Demme’s,… Read more »
Snowball Express
Dean Jones plays Johnny Baxter and his ship has just come in. Baxter leaves his dead-end job when he inherits a hotel in the Rocky Mountains. But the hotel is… Read more »
Death Ride To Osaka
From the moment that Brad Fiedel’s synth score plays on the soundtrack you know that Death Ride To Osaka (1983) is something special. The film was helmed by the underrated… Read more »
The Sweetest Thing
Director Roger Kumble and actress Selma Blair followed up the masterful Cruel Intentions (1999) with the raunchy romantic comedy The Sweetest Thing (2002) starring Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate. This… Read more »
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
I first saw Werner Herzog’s Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) when I was in seventh grade. I rented a VHS copy of the film from my local video store to… Read more »
Zapped!
Zapped! (1982) is a teen sex comedy about a high school nerd named Barney (Scott Baio) whose mishap with an experiment gives him telekinetic powers. This power is used primarily… Read more »
