Good Is The New Bad – Film Reviews And More

By Aaron Shay Today is that day, gentle reader.  Today is the day I write of my cinematic disappointment. Stoner films have a proud history, though not a credited or cultured one.  Cheech and Chong are the collective Orson Welles of marijuana films, giving one an idea of the quality stoner films aspire to.  Unfortunately, [...]

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Never Go Full-Retard: A Review of Tropic Thunder By Aaron J. Shay My history with Ben Stiller is as follows: Being exposed repeatedly to “Keeping the Faith” at Jewish Sunday school when they didn’t have anything for us to learn.  Decent movie, at least for the first three times. Being forced to watch “Meet the [...]

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When it comes to the movies, is there such a thing as too big? With the inflation of expectations and ticket prices, audiences are demanding more from their movies than ever before. We want spectacle and quality; we want to be dazzled by the fantastic and touched with real emotion; we want movies to make [...]

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It’s rare when a second film in any given franchise is superior to the original.

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The New Yorker‘s back-up film critic has just published a surprising review of Hancock that is an unqualified rave. If critics were cars, Denby would be a Ford Taurus. His writing is clear and logical, and almost as exciting as a tan-colored, four-door sedan. He not only lacks the flamboyance and savage wit of Anthony [...]

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Wanted. What did I want from it? It’s easier to ask what I expected from it. Let’s go down the list. One, Angelina Jolie showing off her finely-toned posterior: check. Two, the most heavily enhanced CGI gunfights since… Shoot ‘Em Up, I suppose. Double check on that one. Three: heavy-handed social commentary. Check. Four: an [...]

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Two weeks prior to its release, I wrote a review of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. My pre-release review was equal parts contempt and resignation, swirled around with a jigger of blogger’s snarkiness. It was a sophomoric stunt, to be sure, but one with a point… that this is a movie [...]

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Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is like that awkward drink you have with your ex-girlfriend years later. You smile, but your heart isn’t really in it. After it’s all over, you know it was a bad idea, and you’ll be happier when it’s all forgotten.

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