Film & TV
Whatever lola wants
While the title is somewhat misleading (sorry, no sex guys), this British comedy/melodrama is surprisingly touching and funny.
Dreamz 4 eva
If you like your satire obvious and your states blue, you'll love American Dreamz. Picture a country where a bumbling Commander in Chief sees his term in office as a mandate from God and a contest for pop superstardom is tops on television.
Classic 4/20 movies
If you're reading this right now, chances are, you're blazed off your rocker. Since you're incapable of studying or doing anything productive, might as well go out there and rent a classic stoner film because you probably lacked the foresight to get your Netflix cue arranged with 4/20 in mind... Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004): If you're of the Indian/Asian pothead variety, this one's for you.
J'aime ce film
L'Enfant is a French film that has garnered a lot of praise during its recent circuit throughout various prestigious film festivals.
Editors' picks
Spring is in the air, bringing along warm weather, short skirts and frat boys lounging in front of their house on couches like they're hot shit.
No selling out here
We all know that entertainers are total sell-outs. Whether your problem is with the Rolling Stones for playing at the Super Bowl or Ice Cube for dropping his N.W.
Crash and Burn
It breaks my heart to have to say this, but Freddie Prinze Jr. turned 30 this month. That's right, kids, the guy whose boy-next-door charm made She's All That watchable has hit the big 3-0 ... and he's had one hell of a ride.
I was meant for the stage
Heather Douglas left Penn in 1995 with a degree in English and dreams of one day becoming an actress.
Turner classic
Strap on your cowboy boots everyone because Ted's Montana Grill has officially invaded Philadelphia.
Slevin years bad luck
Lucky Number Slevin is a veritable melting pot of film styles, buzz-inducing high concepts and A-list actors.
Take me to your leader
There comes a time for the aging heartthrob to retire his half-buttoned shirt and resign himself to making more family-friendly films.
Ice, Ice Mammoth
The key difference between Ice Age and Ice Age: The Meltdown is really just that everything is melting.
Slither me this
At first glance, nothing seems to be appealing about the new horror film Slither. In typical horror movie fashion, giant red slugs chase hapless South Carolina bumpkins up and down farm houses, through bathtubs, and other charming facets of small-town America.
Time-rusted stone
There is absolutely no room in 2006 for Sharon Stone's 48-year-old breasts. Since Basic Instinct 2 sports scarcely any other images -- excepting car crashes and endlessly-recurring exteriors of large phallic buildings which can all be read as metaphors for Sharon Stone's breasts -- I am going to venture that there is no room in 2006 for Basic Instinct 2. A sad attempt to revive the '80s/'90s sex thriller genre, Basic Instinct 2 suffers from severe temporal confusion.
Philadelphia Film Festival
Evil Premieres April 3 at Ritz Five, 5 p.m. The Greeks may have given us philosophy and democracy, but come on, that was so BC.
Inside man, not inside me...
In a era of big budget remakes and sequels, (can you say Rocky 6?) Spike Lee's new joint, Inside Man, is a welcome puff of fresh air.
Ben Affleck Down in Flames
Ah, the heyday. Shakespeare in Love had just come out, and every girl in my fifth grade class was obsessed with marine biology.
Watch me watch
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! pioneers the documentary "concert film" as a democratic and participatory medium.
Teen films
On spring break, somebody suckered me into sharing a bed with a bronchitis-ridden travel partner and, as you might guess, I started feeling the symptoms a few days into the trip.
