Review: Bewitched

Posted by: Tom Milroy  •  June 24, 2005 @ 11:59am

The tagline for the movie Bewitched goes like this: "Be Warned. Be Ready". Here's how it should read: "Be Not Funny. Be Waste of My Time". Whoever green-lighted this movie for Sony needs his or head examined. This movie is so bad it should star Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.

All right, let's dissect Bewitched and find out where it went wrong.

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Interview: Pete Tong, FUBAR director Michael Dowse

Posted by: Mark McLeod  •  June 23, 2005 @ 12:00am

Canadian films often have a hard time finding an audience theatrically. There are many reasons why, none the least of which is the fact that they are often given less-to-no promotion and released in only a handful of theaters for what is usually only one or two weeks before disappearing to the shelves of your local video store.

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Review: The Perfect Man

Posted by: Mark McLeod  •  June 17, 2005 @ 11:59am

Jean Hamilton (Heather Locklear) is not your typical mother. She's in her fourties with two young daughters ages six and sixteen and she's still highly attractive. She's a good baker, but has problems baking up the perfect relationship as she goes through loser after loser in hopes of finding the perfect man.

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Review: Howl's Moving Castle

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  June 16, 2005 @ 11:59am

Master storyteller Hayao Miyazaki follows up his Academy Award-winning animated film Spirited Away with a tale of wizards, witches, spells, and a mysterious walking castle.

The story concerns a timid hat-decorator Sofi (Emily Mortimer), who falls under an aging spell by the Witch of the Waste (Lauren Bacall).

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Review: Batman Begins

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  June 15, 2005 @ 11:59am

The caped crusader and his plight to rid his beloved Gotham of evil, begins again.

Many of us remember the crazed anticipation to see the dark knight thwart evil back in the classic 1989 Tim Burton-directed superhero film, Batman.

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Review: Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  June 10, 2005 @ 11:59am

Despite all the over-blown gossip surrounding the question did they or didn't they, despite the conflicts Ms.

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Review: Lords of Dogtown

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  June 3, 2005 @ 11:59am

I have never understood the allure of skater culture. I guess for me it goes back to the 1970s when people were obsessed with "roller-derbies" and those roller-ball leagues. I also have never understood the captivation of ice-skating in the Olympics. I never understood any of it.

When it came down to my turn to review the film, Lords of Dogtown, I was a little out of my element.

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Review: Cinderella Man

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  June 3, 2005 @ 11:59am

There is a great boxing story about a miracle heavyweight champion who brought hope to a nation filled with hopelessness. His passion and will to win allowed for many people to find the will to survive the darkest hours of the Great Depression.

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Review: Various Positions

Posted by: Mark McLeod  •  May 30, 2005 @ 11:59am

Josh (Tygh Runyan) is just your typical college student. He lives in the dorms despite his parents living nearby his chosen school. His life path is all set out for him. He's going to law school and will then join his father's firm after the completion of his studies. However, all this changes when he meets the lovely Cheryth (Carly Pope), an art student who he quickly falls in love with.

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Review: The Longest Yard

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  May 27, 2005 @ 11:59am

A lot of people regard the classic sports comedy The Longest Yard from 1974 as the greatest football comedy, if not film on the sport, of all time.

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