A names-changed adaptation of the memoir by Toby Young (now Sidney Young) on his disastrous stint at Vanity Fair (now Sharps), an impudent Brit-wit, played impudently but not wittily by Britisher Simon Pegg, who aims to breathe a breath of foul air into the Manhattan beau monde. On screen it …
Dark comedy-thriller that serves as a modern reimagining of the 1949 British film Kind Hearts and Coronets. Disowned at birth by his wealthy family, Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way. Directed by John Patton Ford and starring …
Grandma's quilting bee is sewing a "wedding quilt," and the bride-to-be is soaking up the romantic knowledge and wisdom of the various members. The episodic flashbacks (most of them populated by younger actresses difficult to match up with the rememberers) are underdeveloped individually, and the total sum seems small, though …
Driven by the desire for a multimillion-dollar inheritance, a man puts aside his dreams as a hopeful game caster to care for his terminally ill grandmother. However, winning Grandma's favor is no easy feat. She proves to be a tough nut to crack - demanding, exacting, and exceedingly difficult to …
Caper film starring Audrey Hepburn as the daughter of a wealthy art forger who must steal a statue from a Paris museum in order to protect her father. Peter O'Toole and Eli Wallach costar.
At the dawn of the AIDS epidemic, while the government was scratching its head and wondering what to do with Americans dying off in record numbers, two coalitions — ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) — stepped in and stepped up the medical breakthroughs in health care needed to …
It's not a good sign when an indie distributor declines to offer screeners to the press.
Computer-animated, seemingly computer-written, Viking tale, revolving around a twiggy little lad named Hiccup, “different” from his stout fellows, odd, aberrant, queer you might say, who rather than slay dragons, gets to know them, understands them, negotiates for peace between the species, yet still proves his mettle as a “real” Viking …
"With Vikings riding dragons," proclaims the clever young Viking Hiccup at the outset, "the world just got a whole lot bigger." "Bigger" pretty much describes this sequel to the 2010 sleeper hit - as opposed to, say, "different." Once again, our hero must convince a hardheaded hulk about the right …
Live-action adaptation and remake of DreamWorks Animation's 2010 animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on the book series by Cressida Cowell.
File under: if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Or rather, if what’s broke doesn’t bother the audience, for heaven’s sake, leave it alone. In installments one and two of the saga of scrawny/savvy Viking Hiccup and his beloved dragon Toothless, there was a requisite Enemy to serve as the …
File under: if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Or rather, if what’s broke doesn’t bother the audience, for heaven’s sake, leave it alone. In installments one and two of the saga of scrawny/savvy Viking Hiccup and his beloved dragon Toothless, there was a requisite Enemy to serve as the …
File under: if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Or rather, if what’s broke doesn’t bother the audience, for heaven’s sake, leave it alone. In installments one and two of the saga of scrawny/savvy Viking Hiccup and his beloved dragon Toothless, there was a requisite Enemy to serve as the …