“It Only Hurts When I Think”, reads the boy’s shirt. Two boys they are, and they don’t think too much, they’re too busy cracking each other up and having fun. Tenoch (Diego Luna) is the…
Date Archives April 2006
Jean-François Tremblay’s reviews
SUNSHINE CLEANING I have a low tolerance for a certain kind of film that specializes in quirkiness obviously, patently meant to get your sympathy. NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS This is an observant, heart-warming film. QUARANTINE…
V for Vendetta
“Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.” Four centuries after Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up the British…
THE SENTINEL
It used to be that when you were reviewing a generic, boringly efficient low-rent movie, you could just compare it to something made for TV and people got the picture. But in the age of…
AFI 100 (1998 VERSION)
The American Film Institute’s 100 YEARS, 100 FILMS 1: Citizen Kane (1941) 100 [ review ] 2: Casablanca (1942) 100 [ review ] 3: The Godfather (1972) 100 [ review ] 4: Gone with the…
BRIDGET JONES’ DIARY
Meet Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger), London “singleton”, a slightly overweight thirty-something woman who starts making various resolutions after a disastrous New Year’s Eve which ends with her alone in her pad, downing a bottle of…
BULLETPROOF
Mmm. This one of these really borderline movies. You sometimes feel like it’s the worst film you’ve ever seen, but sometimes you’re like, well, it’s not that bad, I’m having a good time. It’s one…
Casablanca
1942, right in the middle of World War II. France, and most of Europe is occupied by the Nazis. A lot of people want to leave for America, but the only way out is by…
George of the Jungle
Weird movie! This contemporary version of the 60s cartoon about some dumb Tarzan has some very cool direction and visual style for a Disney family movie. The narration is totally wacked-out, and the storyline is…