Film Reviews

Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

November 19, 2005 Rich Drees

There almost seems little point in reviewing a Harry Potter film. The countless faithful fans of the book series turned film franchise about a gifted student wizard ensure that the films will endanger, if not [click for more]

Review: THE ARISTOCRATS

September 2, 2005 Rich Drees

It’s been said that trying to explain why a joke is funny is a bit like dissecting a live frog; what’s left in either case is devoid of life. So from its beginning, the documentary [click for more]

Review: THE BROTHERS GRIMM

August 27, 2005 Rich Drees

Director Terry Gilliam is inarguably one of the top fantasists working in film today. His best work – Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991) and 12 Monkeys (1995)– display an imagination informed [click for more]

Review: THE DUKES OF HAZARD

August 6, 2005 Rich Drees

Bucking the trend of film adaptations of old television shows that feel compelled to place a post-modern twist on the material, the new big screen adaptation of the early 80s southern-fried series The Dukes Of [click for more]

Review: BAD NEWS BEARS

July 22, 2005 Rich Drees

Successful movies and sporting teams have much in common. Their success depends not so much on one or two star players, but on all the team members working at their peak towards their common goal, [click for more]

Review: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

July 15, 2005 Rich Drees

I first encountered candy-maker Willy Wonka and his imagination-defying chocolate factory growing up outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I was about seven years old and the 1971 film Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory starring Gene [click for more]

Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

Review: THE ARISTOCRATS

Review: THE BROTHERS GRIMM

Review: THE DUKES OF HAZARD

Review: BAD NEWS BEARS

Review: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Review: FANTASTIC FOUR

Review: HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

Review: HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

review: KUNG FU HUSTLE