The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance," and the life depicted as such, in horrific slow-motion and comic fast-motion, and always in the slickest of photography, is that of urban America. Short of universal genocide, however, no alternative lifestyle is put up for inspection. The …
A variation on the theme of The Champ, much more mundane but not much less maudlin, about a women's-lib widower raising a child on his own when the mother goes off to Find Herself and the custody fight that ensues when she returns eighteen months later as a Whole Human …
A young boy’s desire for an old-fashioned family Christmas unleashes terror for the holidays. One-third sitcom, two-thirds actors being attacked by toys, elves, and other assorted CG sock puppets, and 100% unwatchable. Not for a second does the viewer fear for any of the characters’ well-being, thanks to director/co-writer Michael …
Kraven's complex relationship with his ruthless father starts him down a path of vengeance, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared. Set before his notorious comic book vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character. Directed …
Kraven's complex relationship with his ruthless father starts him down a path of vengeance, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared. Set before his notorious comic book vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character. Directed …
Doggedly biographical treatment of the celebritized twins of the London underworld in the 1960s (real-life models for the fictitious gangsters of Performance, Villain, The Long Good Friday). It begins in, or right outside, the womb, and dwells on their attachment to Mum's apron strings. But for all that, it contributes …
An academic hoax -- faked footage of a "lost" New Guinea tribe in the Anthropology professor's backyard -- and a happy ending for the hoaxers. (Useful documentary evidence of moral decay in America.) A few old pros and one new -- Richard Dreyfuss, Lily Tomlin, Elaine Stritch, and Jenna Elfman …
Krisha Fairchild stars as a woman under the influence of her director’s oppressive stylistic constraint. A silver-haired lioness who has spent the past decade detouring the road to redemption parks before her sister’s home where the Thanksgiving reunion dinner will take place, the tail of her garment flapping precariously outside …
Hanu Raghavapudi writes and directs this romance starring Nani and Mehrene Kaur Peerzada. In Telugu.
Directed by Aneesh Krishna. Starring Imam Hossain Saju, Radhika Sarathkumar, Shirley Setia, and Naga Shaurya. Music composed by Mahati Swara Sagar.
Science-fictionalized Arabian Nights, or Arabian Nighted sci-fi -- it's hard to know which. In any case, Princess Lyssa is kidnapped by The Slayers on her wedding night and taken back to their master, The Beast, headquartered in a mobile mountain called The Black Fortress. Prince Colwyn, her espoused, sets out …
Taylor (Nick Robinson), an 18-year-old virgin with the unstable heart of an old soul, falls for Krystal (Rosario Dawson), a reformed stripper/hooker/addict who comes complete with a hot tempered ex (T.I.) and an adoring, wheelchair-bound teenage son (Jacob Latimore) who’s two years Taylor’s junior. OnTaylor’s side, there’s a wacky mother …