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Prince Rogers Nelson made Hollywood remember his name with 1984’s Purple Rain, but left most critics in the cold with his follow-up, Under the Cherry Moon. His next film was a concert documentary entitled Sign O the Times, which earned him praise, albeit not for a dramatic role. So for Prince’s fourth feature film, he decided to go back to what brought him to the table, and make a sequel to his first film…
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In 1984, Prince created a cult classic in Purple Rain. Two years later, he decided to follow it up with a nod to 1930’s screwball comedies set on the French Riviera, and got a tepid response. He did, however, manage to introduce to the world a future Oscar nominee in the process, and even got to call her “Cabbagehead”…
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I’ll always love Purple Rain. It all goes back to my childhood, where I was such a Prince freak that I joined the “Purple Rain Club” with other kids in my fourth grade class, and we met under a table in the back of the classroom to discuss how wicked awesome we thought the man who would eventually have no name was…
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Yes, I went to see The Breakup. [The Aniston/Pitt/Jolie joke would go here, if it hadn't already been done to death everywhere else.]
The previews have propped it up as a comedy, but I’ve already heard the first wave of backlash and it’s warned me to expect a not-comedy about two people sadly breaking up. Man, I would’ve been pissed too if I brought a date to an ironically-titled romantic comedy that turned out to be a literally-titled buzzkiller. And it was a buzzkill…
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One episode of South Park once proclaimed that all independent movies are about gay cowboys eating pudding. Ang Lee apparently took that to heart, changed pudding to beans, and made Brokeback Mountain, the most buzzed-about movie of the year…
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So I’m watching Pretty in Pink last night. The John Hughes-penned Pretty in Pink. Until recently, I assumed Pretty in Pink was actually directed by Mr. Hughes, but it turned out I was wrong. Howard Deutsch was behind the camera for this one…
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I like things that come in twos. Popsicles. Reese’s Cups. Breasts. Battles of Bull Run. Anyway. Couples, pairs, are a natural, organic occurrence. Positive and Negative. Yin and Yang. Bert and Ernie…
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GARDEN STATE is one of those debut films that gets all the right press. Zach Braff’s little indie dramedy has been getting all of the appropriate buzz at film festivals and in all the independent film rags…
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Okay, before I get started here, I’m going to address one point. I get a lot of flak here for my comments on the work of one Kevin Smith. I’ve gotten some nasty e-mails from Smith fanatics that wish me death for giving anything he touches less-than-stellar reviews…
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Man, that title sure is a mouthful. Not that I would ever harp on the title of a film in relation to the overall quality of the finished product, but the title just sucks. Long ago, Chad wrote an article about how to title a film, and more importantly, how not to title your film…
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The Coen Brothers (Ethan and Joel) have long since been respected by many for their unique vision, off-beat sense of humor, and subtle story telling style. Their films–no matter how recent–always seem to ring with a certain feeling of familiarity…
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I’ve been putting off writing a review of LOST IN TRANSLATION for a few days now. It’s one of the few films I’ve seen in a long time that I just can’t really think of how to even start talking about…
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Normally, I’d leave a strange little movie about deviant sexual activities for Terry to review, but he was apparently catatonic after seing this movie and never got around to writing about it…
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Here, I’m going to attempt to review the triumphant soon-to-be comedy classic JUST MARRIED. I say “attempt” because unlike most of the films I review here on the site, I haven’t actually seen JUST MARRIED…
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PUNCH DRUNK LOVE is such a fitting little title for this film, the latest offering from MAGNOLIA auteur P.T. Anderson. Basically, on the level of a love story, this film hits the nail right on the head…
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HEAVENLY CREATURES sits near the top of my list of all-time favorite movies. Since my first viewing of the film on video in 1995, I have been in love with this movie. And yet, after 7-odd years, I’ve never had the nerve to write about it…
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May we hope that somewhere in heaven, George Peppard is resting peaceably. After all, this is the guy who played Hannibal. No, not the cannibal and not the guy who crossed the Swiss Alps…
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We all know the phenomenon that Titanic became. There’s nothing new that can be said about this film that you haven’t already heard or read in another source. I will give you the background information here, however…
