Film & TV
Chuck Sucks
If you pass up partying or studying to see a movie this weekend, I sincerely hope it's not for Good Luck Chuck.
Sky of blue, sea of green
If you choose to slip into the film's phantasmagoric and stunningly beautiful aesthetic, Across the Universe will transport you to a trippy 1960s dreamscape.
woodcock rocks
If the man sitting next to me in the movie theater wrote this review, Mr. Woodcock would be getting a crotch-thrusting four stars.
ThE SUMMER-Y Movie
Sizzlin': Knocked Up & Superbad: Judd Apatow was on a roll this summer. His films, Knocked Up and Superbad, are both home runs, with gross-yet-good-natured comedy and remarkably un-cheesy morals showing that even the most nebbish of guys can get the slammin' hotties. Waitress: Perhaps the greatest cinematic crime of the summer was that this indie gem grossed a measly $19 million.
Woodcock rocks
If the man sitting next to me in the movie theater wrote this review, Mr. Woodcock would be getting a crotch-thrusting four stars.
My Pet Movie
His eyes droopy and features looking deprived of melanin, the instantly recognizable Mike White sits lethargically on a couch in a Four Seasons hotel room overlooking Logan Square.
This movie needs some snoop!
At times, expos‚s of modern suburban anomie (see: Ghost World, the entire canon of Todd Solondz) can inspire us to look deep into our own lives and contemplate just what tools the media-corporate complex has made us as a collective.
Notes on a festival: part deux
Waitress This year's closing night film tells the story of a lonely (but married) baker and waitress in a pie shop in the deep south.
La Vie en Rose
Director Olivier Dahan's new film La Vie en Rose had its Philadelphia premiere last Thursday night at the Philadelphia Film Festival and it received a standing ovation.
Feelin' hot, hot, hot
It's surprising that the action-packed police movie isn't parodied more often, because Hot Fuzz, the hilarious and slightly insane new film from the creators of Shaun of the Dead, makes it look so easy.
The 'force' be with you
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is an adventure. Just like the late-night Cartoon Network show from which it's derived, this film relies on the key elements of a typical episode of the cartoon: lots of absurd moments and aimless yet humorous dialogue.
Tarantino's grand 'grind' experiment
It's not often that one equates gratuitous violence and sexual content with skillful, calculated filmmaking.
Notes on a festival
ROY DISNEY Last Sunday night, Roy E. Disney was in town to receive the Philadelphia Film Festival's first ever Inspiration Award, a tribute to his lifetime of dedication and contribution to the entertainment industry.
The movies been berry, berry good to her
On tour promoting her sexy new suspense thriller Perfect Stranger -- no, not an adaptation of that 80's sitcom with Balki Bartokomous - Oscar-winner Halle Berry had a quick chat with 34ST. STREET: What have you not yet accomplished in your film career?
Catch Me If you can
A man who thinks he can get away with fabricating the autobiography of the most famous man alive deserves everything he gets.
Barrel full of monkeys
Remember the kid with the mullet from third grade that always wore that Dungeons and Dragons T-shirt?
The Plagues of n.o.l.a.
Those who frequent Bible Study (or anyone who's watched The Prince of Egypt) are probably familiar with those 10 little inconveniences called the deadly plagues: locusts, frogs, rivers of blood and all that jazz.
Pass over
Hilary Swank must be content with her two Oscars; she certainly isn't trying for a third with the supernatural thriller The Reaping.
Hollywood hotshots
These guys and gals may be all over Hollywood - big screen, small screen, behind the camera, in front of it, possibly on the side of it - but they all come from the same place: the University of Pennsylvania.
