“You can set the world on fire/with chewing gum and a yard of wire!/How d’you do it?/Fiddly-dee!/With ingenuity!” The Scoop: 1981 G, directed by Yoram Gross and starring Drew Forsythe, Barbara Frawley, Ron Haddrick, Anne Haddy and Ashley Ayre. Tagline: That I’m aware of, none. Summary Capsule: Santa and a little girl who can talk [...]

“Some cultures are defined by their relationship to cheese.” The Scoop:1993 PG, directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and starring Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, and Julianne Moore Tagline: A romance on the brink of reality. Summary Capsule: When mental instability meets whimsical absurdity, can normalcy survive the collision?

“Doesn’t this guy ever stop to smell the flowers?” The Scoop: 2010 PG, directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Martin Sheen, Deborah Kara Unger and James Nesbitt. Tagline: It is never too late to find the way. Summary Capsule: A father in mourning walks across Spain, resulting in friendship, spirituality and wacky high-jinks. Shameless pilgrimage [...]

“I feel like a gerbil smothering in Richard Gere’s butthole.” The Scoop: 1995 R, directed by Gregg Araki and starring James Duval, Rose McGowan, and Johnathon Schaech Tagline: Sex. Mayhem. Whatever. Summary Capsule: Three really messed-up teens go on a metaphysical ride to hell.

“When I was young, I invented an invisible friend called Mr Ravioli. My psychiatrist says I don’t need him anymore, so he just sits in the corner and reads.” The Scoop: 2009 NR, directed by Adam Elliot and starring Toni Collete, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Bethany Whitmore and Barry Humphries Tagline: No tagline Summary [...]

“My name is Quintus Dias. I am a soldier of Rome. And this is neither the beginning nor the end of my story.” The Scoop: 2010 R, directed by Neil Marshall and starring Michael Fassbender, Olga Kurylenko and Dominic West Tagline: Fight or die. Summary Capsule: The most unlucky Centurion ever tries to keep himself [...]

“I am the Nightrider! I’m a fuel-injected suicide machine! I am the rocker, I am the roller, I am the out-of-controller!”  The Scoop: 1979 R, directed by George Miller and starring Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Vincent Gil and Tim Burns. Tagline: The Maximum Force of the Future. Summary Capsule: Mel Gibson [...]

As most of you probably know, Cars 2 will hit theaters this summer, proving that no matter how bad the economy gets, Larry the Cable Guy will somehow always have work. However, while I enjoyed the original Cars, I can’t say it was my favorite Pixar movie, or really even close to the top of [...]

It’s no surprise that Hollywood has kind of been running out of ideas. There’s the rare jewel here and there but that generally just turns out to be a re-imagining of a story we’ve already heard. Even the famous Wizard of Oz, made in 1939, was a remake. It’s inescapable, really. A lot of times [...]

“You must pay for everything in this world, one way and another. There is nothing free except the grace of God.” The Scoop: 2010 PG-13, directed by the Coen Brothers and starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld and Matt Damon Tagline: Punishment comes one way or another Summary Capsule: Teen hires bounty hunters to pursue her [...]