Young Sherlock Holmes Want to see the origins of the Harry Potter movies? Check out Barry Levinson’s enchanting Young Sherlock Holmes, believe it or not. Written by Chris Columbus (who’d later go on to direct the first two Potters), our titular hero (Nicholas Rowe) displays incredible intelligence and wit as he muddles his way through […]
El Mariachi After its release, Austin-bred Director Robert Rodriguez’s El Mariachi is still the subject of Texas-sized legend. People who have never seen the film still know about the circumstances of its production. They know about the borrowed camera. They’ve heard rumors about the director raising money by guinea-pigging himself out for bizarre medical experiments.
Election Talk about redemption. After starring in some of favorite movies ever, Matthew Broderick had to go and make Godzilla. Election proves that once again he should stick with comedy, with this little gem easily ranking as one of the top comedies in recent memory, and the best thing to ever come out of MTV’s
The Element of Crime Before he decided camera trickery was actually a bad thing (in re his Dogme 95 movement), Lars von Trier couldn’t get enough of it as is evident in his first English language feature, The Element of Crime. A twisted tale of a cop who undergoes a hypnotic treatment in order to
Elephant Gus Van Sant has made an eclectic career out of portraying vastly different avenues that adolescents use to focus the anxieties they grapple with. From the strangely compelling My Own Private Idaho to the more mainstream Good Will Hunting, he remains consciously aware of the often erratic motives of youth while creating an effective
The Elephant Man Understated and masterful in its use of costumes, makeup, and low-budget camerawork, David Lynch’s portrait of John “The Elephant Man” Merrick stands as one of the best biographies on film. From his discovery by Dr. Frederick Treves (Hopkins) in a carnival freakshow, to his rehabilitation in the hospital and acceptance into London
Elling Reportedly the most popular Norwegian film, Elling proves itself as eminently worthy of its Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination. This hilarious tale about two neurotics just outta the asylum and living together would get Adam Sandler-style slapstick treatment here in America. (Sadly, the Odd Couple and Cuckoo’s Nest days seem to be long lost
Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert Today, Hollywood aggressively seeks actors through the music industry, not necessary because musicians are talented actors (or talented musicians, for that matter), but because their names sell tickets. Today’s generation probably doesn’t realize that music pop stars laced the silver screen long before Britney Spears and Mariah Carey. In
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Star Wars: Episode V-The Empire Strikes Back I was excited to see the rerelease of The Empire Strikes Back, but I had forgotten about how masterful the film is realized, and I had especially forgotten what it looked like on the big screen. Empire, newly restored by George Lucas and his cronies, makes the remastered
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End of Days Here it is, November of 1999, and I thought we weren’t going to get a good end of the world, Satan-conquers-all apocalypse movie (Dogma doesn’t count). Whew! End of Days arrives just in time (no pun intended) to quench that Linda Blair thirst. If you know the basic plot of End of
