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This Weeks Movie Reviews: Friends with Money Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener. Produced by Anthony Bregman. Cinematography by Terry Stacey. Music by Rickie Lee Jones. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Scott Caan, Joan Cusack, Greg Germann, Jason Isaacs, Catherine Keener, Simon McBurney and Frances McDormand. Sony Pictures Classics, 2006. R. 88 minutes. Friends with Money has drawn comparisons to The Big Chill (1983), but I don't see the resemblance. Friends with Money isn't about going back to move forward. It's about what happens when the music ends and it's time to go home. Read more...
Hoodwinked Directed by Cory Edwards with Tony Leech and Todd Edwards. Written by Edwards, Edwards and Leech. Produced by Maurice Kanbar, Sue Bea Montgomery, Preston Stutzman and David K. Lovegren. Starring the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Andy Dick, David Ogden Stiers, Andy Dick, Xzibit. Weinstein Company, 2006. PG. 81 minutes. I'm a sucker. That's all there is to it. You give me a retold fairy tale, folktale, myth or iconic story of any sort, and I'll give it a try. This fascination continues despite the simple truth that for every Wicked (the exceptional novel by Gregory Maguire; I reserve judgment on the musical), there is a King Arthur, something so inept that even the valiant efforts of the likes of Clive Owen can't redeem it. Read more... |
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