Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)
One wonders how much my enjoyment of this third installment of the Oceans series is influenced by the fact that the second, Ocean’s Twelve, had been a disappointment to most of those who loved Ocean’s Eleven. Perhaps it...
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The Ladykillers (2004)
Perhaps the lesser of all of the Coen Brothers’ films, their remake of the 1955 film, The Ladykillers, proves to be just too disjointed to fully enjoy in its totality. Blame miscasting of the supporting...
29 Palms (2002)
It’s hard to watch so many good character actors get together in a film that doesn’t explore great characterizations. Yet, here they are, doing what they can to inject life in yet another gimmicky,...
The Good Thief (2002)
The Good Thief is a loose remake of the classic French film, Bob le Flambeur, and with all of the heist films that have come out in recent years, I suppose it would seem as good...
Second Time Around (2002)
Upon first sight of the opening credits, either an homage to or a rip-off of The Matrix, depending on your perspective, you’ll probably guess that Second Time Around is going to be a sci-fi flick dealing...
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
The amazing Steven Soderbergh is at it again, showing a mastery of a new genre with almost every film he’s made. After the Academy Award nominated films Erin Brockovich and Traffic, Soderbergh goes for a fun and...
Tomcats (2001)
Gregory Poirier, screenwriter for the also bad films See Spot Run and Gossip, takes his first turn filming one of his screenplays with Tomcats, another in a series of gross-out comedies to come down the pike since the...
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
It will come as no surprise to learn, for those people unfortunate enough to view 3000 Miles to Graceland, that its director, Demian Lichtenstein, started his career in music videos. It is mainly because he...
Reindeer Games (2000)
As soon as you find out that the movie’s set around Christmas time, and the main characters in the film are named “Rudy” and “Nick”, you know you’re going to be in for a...
Hard Eight (1996)
A young man named John blows all of his money in Vegas trying to get $6000 to bury his recently deceased mother. Sitting outside of a diner, an elderly gentleman named Sydney approaches and...