Monthly Archives: March 2006

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Posted on March 25, 2006

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was a comic novel which I’d been looking forward to seeing on the big screen for years which sadly turned out a huge disappointment. No doubt that Douglas Adams created visuals and action challenging … Continue reading →

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Find Me Guilty

Posted on March 25, 2006

Vin Diesel shows a little range in Sidney Lumet’s courthouse comedy Find Me Guilty, stretching his chops outside the action and semi-action comedy flicks he most often makes. Not that I don’t enjoy both of the linked films, but it’s … Continue reading →

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Five Easy Pieces

Posted on March 9, 2006

Maybe back in the day this passed for counterculture sophistication but I just don’t see the appeal of Five Easy Pieces (1970). Maybe star Jack Nicholson’s allegedly overlarge penis was visible and I just don’t look there, otherwise I don’t … Continue reading →

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Kung Fu Hustle

Posted on March 6, 2006

After enjoying Shaolin Soccer, the last film written, directed and starring Stephen Chow, we were looking forward to Kung Fu Hustle and glad to see it on On Demand early access. Unfortunately our expectations weren’t really met. Possibly this was … Continue reading →

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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Posted on March 5, 2006

This is one of those movies I wouldn’t pay to see in the theater but, for free on cable, is hard to pass up. There was plenty of hype from the cast–Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie–and because this … Continue reading →

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