Everybody needs an Igor – this film could’ve used one, too. I think that’s the real lesson here, even though the trumpeted one was that “it’s better to be a good nobody than an evil somebody.” What the story really showed was that to DO anything at all you need someone focused on the job,…
DetailsTom Hanks returns as Professor Langdon in this adaptation of the sequel of the bestselling “The Da Vinci Code.” Langdon is again the detective in this second religious-history whodunnit. And, of course, the mystery to be solved is tailored to him to a T. Otherwise, as the captain of the Swiss Guard so aptly puts…
DetailsEditor’s Note: Since most of us comedy film nerds are a bit… older, have grown up with the Star Wars franchise and hate seeing it slowly destroyed, we thought we should get a fresh younger perspective on this film. And yet I think both the young and older have come together on this one. It…
DetailsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I won’t say this movie was perfect, but it’s about as perfect as a movie of a very long book can be. In other words, it was great. Yes, the hard-core Potter fans are going to complain about the number of memories Dumbledore shows Harry, or that there wasn’t…
DetailsWell, another Halloween down, and that means another Shriekfest has also crept into the history books. Or shall I say; the dusty, creaky tomes of yesterdays. Nonetheless, it was a treat to attend as it was last year. Our gracious hosts, Denise Gossett and Todd Beeson, always put on a great festival of independent films. …
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