Surviving Christmas
When the box office bomb Surviving Christmas (2004) came to home video I was working at the local video store. It was a “mom and pop” establishment and the boss… Read more »
Tag: 2000s
Reindeer Games
The latter films of director John Frankenheimer can be split between great films like 52 Pick-Up (1986) or Ronin (1998) and lesser films in which the director had little at… Read more »
Funny People
Judd Apatow’s personal epic Funny People (2009) is a tribute to its star Adam Sandler and a reflection on the price of fame. Apatow draws inspiration from Fitzgerald’s The Great… Read more »
Serving Sara
Serving Sara (2002) is a vulgar road comedy packed with casual misogyny and jokes that never quite stick the landing. Rightfully so, Serving Sara was panned by critics when it… Read more »
Possessed
Possessed (2000) is a made for television film that was co-written and directed by Steven E. de Souza (best known for his work in the action movie genre) that adapts… Read more »
Cursed
Cursed (2004) has a reputation befitting its title. The film brought Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson back together after their success with Scream (1996) only to have their modest little… Read more »
Antitrust
Imagine that your romantic partner is a criminal blackmailed into controlling you by a Steve Jobs-like computer genius trying to recruit you. Imagine that this so-called computer genius is a… Read more »
Fanboys
Usually films about characters who belong to the cult-like fanbase of some film property speak to me in some subtle, very personal way. Even when I know the movie isn’t… Read more »
The Girl Next Door
I was still working at a video store when The Girl Next Door (2004) came out on DVD and videocassette. Where I happened to work we made most of our… Read more »
Cropsey
Cropsey (2009), a documentary film by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio, looks at the version of the infamous urban legend specific to Staten Island. As it is pointed out in… Read more »
