Road comedy. Odd-couple comedy. Male-bonding comedy. In sum, computer-programmed comedy. An expectant father (Robert Downey, Jr.), desperate to reach the delivery room in time, is compelled by contrived circumstances to hitch a ride with a Hollywood-bound wannabe actor (Zach Galifianakis). The jokes, such as Dad’s ashes in a coffee can …
Simple-minded simplification of a wonderful Conrad tale about two officers in Napoleon's army who engage each other in a series of duels over a period of years. The duels are shot in a panicked manner that does not allow you to appreciate the action, and the rest of the scenes …
Upon discovering that his best friend, Colin has been having an affair with his girlfriend Woody decides that no modern form of revenge could possibly satisfy him. Instead, Woody challenges his closest companion to a classic contest of honor – a gentleman’s duel to the death. When two of their …
In my youth, a film such as this was vanquished to the “old people’s movie” bin. Now that I snugly fit the demographic, I take even greater offense to such simple-minded geezer-porn. Jim Broadbent stars as Kempton Bunton, a real life taxi driver/frustrated playwright outraged over a television tax imposed …
Because you just don't see enough good Broadway revues any more. Especially not in movie theaters.
Despite the '70s arthouse softcore vibe, there's little in the way of sex and/or nudity in this deeply felt BDSM romance. Instead, writer-director Peter Strickland makes the viewer squirm in the presence of naked emotional intimacy. Cynthia is a gently aging entomologist; Evelyn is her young and willing slave. Or …
Shabby little comedy about a doo-wop group that time forgot (“In 1963 we were on top of the world”), three of whose members attempt a gold heist at a dental lab to finance a restaurant. Emotionally flat, despite the constant propping-up by golden oldies. The climactic concert raises more questions …
Big-screen transplant of the hayseed TV comedy circa 1980, a younger cousin of the likes of Smokey and the Bandit. There is thus a sort of rough justice in casting the mummified Burt Reynolds, the one-time Bandit, as an odious backwoods bigwig, a greedy pig named Hogg. One early chuckle …
Playing in conjunction with the 2019 Hola Mexico Film Festival Tour.