For Your Viewing Pleasure

May 19, 2005 by

Here is a brief preview of what to expect of the selected films for the Reel Loud Film Festival. It is quite the eclectic group of stories, actors and ideas. When you have an open call for all aspirin...
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Unleashed | Every Dog Has Its Day

May 19, 2005 by

It may have been the psychologist John Watson, or perhaps B.F. Skinner, who argued that if someone were so inclined, they could mold another individual's personality into whatever they wanted. If such...
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy | Don’t Forget to Bring a Towel

May 5, 2005 by

You know when a film opens with dolphins singing about the end of the world in a song called "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" you are in for something... special. This weekend was not the offici...
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Big Hands You Know You’re The One

April 28, 2005 by

Even the glaring afternoon sunlight and perpetual dust cloud couldn't keep fans from rushing the stage just to grab a glimpse or even a high-five from their favorite rock bands at this, the first year...
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Dust to Glory | A Surf Movie about Off-Road Racing

April 21, 2005 by

Imagine yourself sitting atop a motorcycle, senses fried over the past 14 hours of straight racing. You are burning down some unnamed Mexican beach at 110 miles per hour when your vision focuses on a ...
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Are You My Daddy?

April 14, 2005 by

Since the days of the Babylonian empire there have been whores. The "whores" in question are not your smelly roommates who ate your leftover Domino's pizza, but the traditional "ladies of the night" w...
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Bear Puddin

March 31, 2005 by and

What do you get when you compile eight of the top art students at a university and give them the chance to create and organize their own show? The answer is part classical and part modernist, a little...
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First Sick? Twisted? Hilarious? You Bet Your Ass!

March 31, 2005 by

Are you one of those people who thinks cartoons are dumb? When someone says animation, do you think singing crabs and midgets with pickaxes? Well, prepare to have all your preconceived notions about a...
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Slighty Off-Key

March 3, 2005 by

There was a time before "Chicago" and "Moulin Rouge" when the movie musical was an endangered species in Hollywood. Musicals are expensive and risky sells to American audiences.
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Denial Should Be a River in France

February 17, 2005 by

Early Monday morning, the media world converged on the otherwise normal town of Santa Maria for the jury selection for the Michael Jackson child molestation trial. Among the impersonators, fans and sl...
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Scoring a Perfect 10

February 10, 2005 by

The harsh reality of competition is that there will inevitably be winners and losers. Last Saturday, as directors and patrons alike paid 10 entrance fee, everyone knew that by the end of the night the...
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Your Mission, If You Choose To Accept It…

January 27, 2005 by

10-10-10 sounds like a perfect score in an ice skating competition, but don't look for any whiney Canadians or Russians here. Formally called Project Rosebud, the new and proper name is the Sotheby's ...
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Hotel Rwanda | Check-out Time

January 27, 2005 by

Movies about real events are always a tough sell to an escapist public. Part of the enjoyment of movies is the break they provide from the mundane, and, unless the story is overly dramatic, people are...
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Bringing the Office Home

January 20, 2005 by

"In Good Company" is mediocrity at best. The comedy is too "PG," the acting is lukewarm and the story is too frivolous to really get the audience involved. Writer and director Paul Weitz does a fine j...
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Fighting Like a Girl

January 6, 2005 by

Adapted from a series of fictional short stories by former boxer Jerry Boyd, "Million Dollar Baby," has successfully inked an overwhelmingly potent script that will have you reflecting on it long afte...
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