Max Power
Back in the summer of 1984, Beverly Hills Cop and Ghostbusters ruled the box offices as big-ticket action thrillers headlined by comedians.
Hollywood has been...
North Country
Christopher Zalla's first feature filmmaking effort screened at Sundance in 2007 under the title Padre Nuestro, where it became the first Spanish-language film to...
Crouching Tiger, Eating Panda
The latest animated family film from DreamWorks Animation, Kung Fu Panda is not as much fun as Kung Fu Hustle, but it's much better...
Green Energy
Welcome to Hollywood in the 21st century, a time and place where a film doesn't need any fans to spawn a sequel.
Five summers ago,...
Carrie-on Baggage
I wish the Sex and the City movie had been a musical, with our four favorite fashion plates addressing their relationship problems by bursting...
Hebrew Hammer
In Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, the main character and his Jewish friends are huge fans of Steven Spielberg's Munich: "Every movie with Jews, we're...
Mixed Subjects
Transcribing an interview with Jeff Fraley and Harry Lynch proves to be hard work.
Interviewed by phone from their offices in Austin, they both talk...
“You Were Home”
While so much buzz has been building for that movie opening this week about the Cosmo- and stiletto heel-loving ladies from New York, The...
Aliens in America
Richard Jenkins is one of those actors you've probably seen several times without his name sticking in your memory.
He's 61, but his film career...
Indy Film
Let's get right to it: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is quite a bit of fun.
It falls short of total...
