Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is a Class-A attack on the senses. Take the opening: a dazzling camera that bobs and weaves, throws a flurry of punches to the body before darting out and sticking...
“Girls Gone Wild” goes to various campuses and bars where women are partying and encourages them to reveal their bodies and perform for the cameras. In most of the filmed scenes, these women are...
The Tribeca Film Festival, Robert De Niro’s annual glam-fest on the Hudson, is glitzy and obnoxious and very L.A. – which is exactly why I enjoy covering it. It’s like traveling to the West...
I’m fairly neutral on the subject of Starbucks, because I don’t care about coffee. Coffee generally reminds me of dirty, boiling water that has been poured through a rusty grating and into a cup...
Fitna (the Arabic word for ‘dissension’), a new film by Geert Wilders, a rightwing Dutch parliamentarian, should not be suppressed. This isn't because it has anything valuable or insightful to...
Did I seriously just write the above headline? Heath Ledger was? He was? People die young all the time. There's nothing new under the sun, and tragic death in one's prime is no exception. In many...
I’m an “opportunity man:” a man that knows how to take advantage of the chances that life slings your way. It's easy. You just have to know what to look for and how to think on your feet –...
Every single person I come across seems to hate this movie. It's "silly." It's "weird." It's "NOT HISTORICALLY ACCURATE!" download Drop Zone movie download Towelhead aka Nothing Is Private dvd...
I recently saw the film “The Siege,” made in 1998, about terrorist bombs going off in New York City. Of course, Middle Eastern men planted the bombs and soldier Bruce Willis, taking marching...
On controversy and great filmmaking “United 93” could have easily been gratuitous, or cheesy, or exploitative. It is none of these things. If you feel ready to confront the tragedy of the...