8 Women (2002)
Based on the play by Robert Thomas, 8 Women transcends the stage by becoming an homage to 1950s Hollywood films and the female archetypes within them, combining the glamour and conventions of that decade with the...
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The Guru (2002)
Many readers may be completely unaware of the Indian cinema many have dubbed “Bollywood” because of the prolific but unique types of movies coming from that region. They are musicals which usually have a...
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Although Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was more or less ignored on its initial release back in 1971, it is now regarded as a children’s classic, although some adults may still think it too disturbingly...
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999)
Granted, I have never been much of a fan of the “South Park” TV show. I think that the humor is too easy, merely relying on vulgarities in the absence of true wit. Some...
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Elwood Blues gets out of jail and once again gets the old band together to head to Louisiana and enter a Battle of the Bands contest to save the orphanage. Along the way the...