I’m not one for ripping movies for not sticking the landing, provided the buildup has been enjoyable; after all, the buildup is most of the
Because of its premise of high school students going toe-to-toe with an evil teacher, the star-making turn by Marisa Coughlan (who goes toe-to-toe with veteran
Brian De Palma, the greatest remixer in cinema history, follows up his Hitchcock-inspired breakthrough “Sisters” (1973) with “Phantom of the Paradise” (1974). The musical combines
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“American Beauty” (1999) shoulders the weight of being the chosen representative as the best movie of the best year in cinema history. It won the
Dario Argento has his own style, but it can’t be denied he rolls with the times. His ’70s films look like the Seventies, his ’80s
“Runaway Jury” (2003) is about the gun control versus gun rights debate. Before this gets your blood boiling by assuming the movie will take one
The Sony branch of the Marvel multiverse has been a punchline as much as it’s been a line of movies, but the bright spot has
Dario Argento combines aspects of his greatest hits with Aughts trends in “The Card Player” (2003), an ultimately ridiculous but incongruously watchable giallo. While the
As comedies disappeared from theaters during the PC era of the past 10-15 years, some throwaways from the period before that gained stature. A prime