Boardwalk Empire – Premiere

Boardwalk Empire – Premiere

With the high-pitched 1920’s era tunes blaring, the dress of the day in full effect and a sea of pink faces scattered across the narrow streets of Atlantic City, Boardwalk Empire blazes across the screen in a scorching premier only worthy of the HBO family of shows. Steve Buscemi (everybody’s favorite supporting actor) is the lead in this new series...

The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and The Frog is a beautifully drawn, well animated slice of the standard Disney pie with a Louisiana spin. Although I found all of the characters to be very loveable, I thought that Disney’s “playing it safe” (you know exactly what I mean) due to a bunch of jackasses who blindly let a trailer mislead them, ultimately hurt the movie...

Live and Let Die (1973)

Live and Let Die (1973)

Ever watch a movie in it’s entirety and as the credits roll you think to yourself “what the f— was that?” This is how I felt about Live and Let Die. Welcome Sir Roger Moore – to the world of James Bond. To think that the introduction of the second most recognizable man as Bond would be a crazy, blaxpoitation, voodoo spoof, is well,...

You Only Live Twice (1967)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

If you want a long movie of embarrassing Orientalism and exploitation, You Only Live Twice is the one for you. Two thing saves it from my pen of eternal disdain however and that is the space-aged gadgetry and the main villain. This comical caricature is the influence behind Dr. Claw of Inspector Gadget fame and Dr. Evil from Austin Powers. Sean Connery is not...

V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

“Remember, remember the 5th of November” It is sometime in the future, the United States is no longer the country it once was, nor is Europe. The tides of war, corruption and disease has led the people of Europe to blindly elect a man to take them away from the misery of Democracy. This supreme leader takes Europe into a period of totalitarian...