Overlooked Greatness
Overlooked Greatness: 'Brick' (2005)
- by Amy J. Aniobi 10 Comments
- Posted March 5th 2009 at 2:14 AM
Photo: Focus Features This just in (not really, but it makes it sound important): Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience has underperformed. Expected to make in the area of $30 million, the 3D picture that thought it could has come in at just under $13 million. Now, since it has been heralded as a "concert [...]
Read MoreOverlooked Greatness: 'American Outlaws' (2001)
- by Amy J. Aniobi 6 Comments
- Posted February 18th 2009 at 1:49 AM
Scott Caan and Colin Farrell in American Outlaws Photo: Warner Bros. I can guess what you must be thinking. A cowboy movie? With Colin Farrell? Yes, you're right. It was an unknown Irishman playing a classic American cowboy--and Jesse James, to boot. It's everything wrong, and perhaps that's why, seven years ago when I first [...]
Read MoreOverlooked Greatness: 'Bottle Rocket' (1996)
- by Amy J. Aniobi 8 Comments
- Posted February 3rd 2009 at 3:57 AM
"Bob's gone! He stole his car!" Photo: Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment Have you ever been separated from your friends or family at the supermarket and had to be summoned via overhead speaker, because "your party" was waiting for you? You duck your head, pretending it isn't you, pretending you just wanted to saunter to the [...]
Read MoreOverlooked Greatness: The Iron Giant (1999)
- by Amy J. Aniobi 11 Comments
- Posted January 20th 2009 at 1:43 AM
Photo: Warner Bros. I love movies with robots! From Batteries Not Included to Short Circuit -- I grew up on that stuff. Maybe that's part of why I'm so drawn to The Iron Giant, which feels like a throwback to an older style, both in animation and delivery. I feel that where WALL-E failed to [...]
Read MoreOverlooked Greatness: Across the Universe (2007)
- by Amy J. Aniobi 16 Comments
- Posted January 6th 2009 at 12:27 AM
Photo: Columbia Pictures You bring up Across the Universe in conversation with a few friends, and they all have an opinion. Either it was too "all over the place" or too "Moulin-Rouge-y," but ask your dear friends when they saw the movie -- Was it with you? Or with someone else? -- and they'll have [...]
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