WAYNE WANG Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 2006. Last Holiday Productions, Paramount Pictures, ImageMovers, Laurence Mark Productions, The Paperback Company Films, Stillking Films. Screenplay by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, based … Continue reading →
BBBB (out of 5) It’s not all that surprising to see two Hollywood old-timers poking fun at their own mythologies, but the sportsmanship with which it is done here makes … Continue reading →
MICHAEL RITCHIE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1986. Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company, Warner Bros.. Screenplay by Ezra Sacks. Cinematography by Donald E. Thorin. Produced by Anthea Sylbert. Music by James Newton Howard. Production Design … Continue reading →
BBB.5 (out of 5) You’re not likely to have more fun at the movies than seeing this excellent update of the popular late-seventies television show. Drew Barrymore produces and leads a … Continue reading →
BB (out of 5) Even for a comedy about death this one feels awfully glum. Whoopi Goldberg plays the matriarch of an extended family whose members turn inside out when their … Continue reading →
BARRY LEVINSON Bil’s rating (out of 5): B. USA, 1992. Baltimore Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox. Screenplay by Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson. Cinematography by Adam Greenberg. Produced by Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson. Music by Trevor Horn, Hans … Continue reading →
BB (out of 5) Colin Farrell is once again furrowing his eyebrows in the name of action heroism. If it’s possible, however, this humdrum action film is less inspired and less … Continue reading →
BBB (out of 5) Hilarious horror movie about a research laboratory in the middle of the ocean that is studying Mako sharks with genetically augmented brains for Alzheimer’s research purposes. … Continue reading →
BB (out of 5) Al Pacino plays the disgruntled, aging coach of a troubled football team owned by a tough-as-nails, monstrously evil woman (well, aren’t they all, Mr. Stone) who thinks … Continue reading →
B.5 (out of 5) The second time that John McTiernan has remade a Norman Jewison film hasn’t been nearly as succesful as the first (see The Thomas Crown Affair). Edited … Continue reading →