REVIEWS

Comedian and writer Neal Brennan once remarked “there’s nothing worse than trying to be funny and not being funny.” Countless supposed comedies have tried too hard and failed even harder, aberrations like the disastrous spy spoof ‘Leonard Part 6,’ ‘Son of the Mask’ and the irredeemable ‘Movie 43.’ Torments to sit through, they stand as monuments to the painful truth that laughter cannot be forced. Christopher Cain’s 1997 effort ‘Gone Fishin’ is one such disaster; a generic co

Ever since bursting onto the scene with 1998’s raucous ‘The Quiet Family’, Kim Jee-woon has been one of the most exciting filmmakers...

Although considered horror royalty, Stephen King has never been pigeonholed to the genre. From ‘Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption’...

Parody is a delicate business. Done well, it dances the line between homage and mockery, sharp enough to skewer its target but light...

It’s often said that a film is made in the edit. Sometimes, though, that’s where it dies. A misstep in pacing, a scene trimmed too far, a...

The ever-versatile Nicolas Cage remains one of cinema’s most unpredictable delights. For some, his grounded turns in films like ‘Pig’ and...

There are few writers whose output is as prodigious as Stephen King. With over 65 novels and countless short stories to his name, the...

They say there’s nothing new under the sun. This is especially pertinent to cinema, where originality is often hard to come by....

There are few detective shows as endearing and unique as ‘Monk’. Airing from 2002 to 2009, the series followed Adrian Monk, a brilliant...

Ernst Lubitsch made films that winked at you. Sophisticated spectacles, his comedies didn’t shout their jokes, but smuggled them in like...

Matthew Holness might not be a household name, but in certain circles he’s a cult hero. The actor, writer, director- and occasional...

John Candy was a comedic powerhouse. Over the course of his all-too-short career, he starred in a treasure trove of great films. ‘Planes,...

The partnership of Ringo Lam and Chow Yun-fat has resulted in some brilliant films. Their first collaboration, ‘City on Fire,’ helped...

Yosuke Sasano is a salaryman in Tokyo who is let go from his job at an architectural firm. Struggling in his marriage and low on capital,...

It is 1975, and George Manning is a happily married man living in San Francisco. On his 40th birthday, a family emergency necessitates...

It is hard to think of a movie as underwhelming or as twee as Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City,’ a meandering, grandiose comic-drama that is...

Jackie is an executive assistant at a large law firm in New York. One night, she invites Michael- a coworker- for dinner at her...

Ben is a charming, witty go-getter fond of architecture, poetry and murder. A brutal serial killer, Ben is followed by a film crew who...

It is summertime, and Masao is a lonely boy living with his grandmother in Tokyo. One day, he finds an address supposedly belonging to...

On the first anniversary of his wife's death, wealthy film producer Clinton Greene hosts a week-long get-together aboard his yacht, the...