Not lazy in the sense that he has no ambition, or doesn’t want to work hard to maintain his status as America’s big-screen comedy king. But in the sense that Sandler has built an empire by doing the same things with the same people, over and over again. That sameness,…
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Judy Blume’s first novel, The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, was published in 1969, yet it’s only now, 44 years later, that the first big-screen adaptation of her work—Tiger Eyes, based on 1981’s novel of the same name—finally opens in theaters. This is a disgrace. One can…
Shadow Dancer: Terrorism, Betrayal, and Sacrifice
A film seemingly produced only because it boasts enough sizable roles to entice multiple stars, Craig Zisk’s The English Teacher reveals that a respectable cast and much noisy boisterousness isn’t enough to generate a single laugh. Introduced by a stuffy female British narrator as a spinster with no marriage prospects,…
Pietà Is an Intriguing, Phsychosexually Twisted Tale
Uwe Boll will no longer fight you — at least, not with his fists. Often lambasted by critics as the worst of the worst, Boll once literally got into the boxing ring with four film bloggers, but these days prefers to combat negative press with what he claims are more…
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