FRANK MARSHALL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA/Canada, 1993. Film Andes S.A., The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Paramount Pictures, Touchstone Pictures. Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, based on the book by Piers Paul Read. Cinematography by … Continue reading →
TERRY ZWIGOFF Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA/United Kingdom/Germany, 2001. United Artists, Granada Film Productions, Jersey Shore, Mr. Mudd, Advanced Medien, Capitol Films. Screenplay by Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff, based on the … Continue reading →
BBBBB (out of 5) Robert Redford directs this awe-inspiring examination of the more “innocent” days of television. When it is revealed that a popular quiz show has been rigging its … Continue reading →
BB.5 (out of 5) When soon-to-be-married Julie Warner is dumped just days before her wedding, she and her roommates (Paulina Porizkova and Illeana Douglas) come up with a crazy scheme to beat … Continue reading →
BBB.5 (out of 5) Poetic cinematography and an unapologetically hammy romantic feel will go over extremely well with those in the mood for melodrama. Robin Wright is excellent as a single … Continue reading →
BBB.5 (out of 5) Unfairly compared to The Sixth Sense, this low-key murder mystery is crafty and intelligent, making up in plot twists and turns and brilliant character development for … Continue reading →
BBB.5 (out of 5) Two escaped convicts (Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn) steal a gay couple’s RV and get stuck in the small town where the couple were expected to perform … Continue reading →
BBB.5 (out of 5) God, I miss the good old days when I could sip a cocktail, snort cocaine, get a blowjob, discuss Proust with a beatnik and swap lipsticks … Continue reading →
JOHN SCHLESINGER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA, 2000. Lakeshore Entertainment, Paramount Pictures. Screenplay by Tom Ropelewski. Cinematography by Elliot Davis. Produced by Leslie Dixon, Linne Radmin, Tom Rosenberg. Music by Gabriel Yared. Production Design by … Continue reading →
BB.5 (out of 5) Poor Shelley Long left Cheers in search of a film career and, outside of Outrageous Fortune, found little to suit her ample comedic and/or dramatic talents. This … Continue reading →
MARTIN SCORSESE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. No one would have thought Martin Scorsese capable of such hackery, but here it is. His remake of the 1962 thriller is weakly … Continue reading →
MARTIN SCORSESE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBBB. USA, 1990. Warner Bros.. Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, based on the novel Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi. Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus. Produced by Irwin Winkler. Production … Continue reading →
